Google: 10 million Malaysian students, teachers, and parents will now use Google Apps for Education

Millions of Malaysian kids will be writing stories, collecting data, creating presentations, and organizing the future of their education in the cloud -- Google's cloud.

Google to challenge Evernote with new note-taking app Keep

Google is working to release a new note-taking app called Keep and it could seriously challenge Evernote, the king of note-taking applications.

Google quietly deletes free version of Google Apps for Business

Google said today that only the premium version of its Apps for Business would be available from now on, for $50 per user per year.

Google Apps gets a big enterprise security boost with ISO 27001 certification

Google Apps for Business has earned ISO 27001 certification, an important step that will help Google better convince enterprise customers Apps is secure enough for their needs.

“ISO 27001 is one of the most widely recognized, internationally accepted independent security …

New Google Drive screenshot shows 5GB free cloud storage per user

Google’s upcoming Drive cloud-storage service will reportedly offer each of its users 5GB of cloud storage for free, according to a screenshot from TalkAndroid.

In early February, we heard that Google would soon launch a cloud storage service similar to …

Google’s President of Enterprise Dave Girouard leaves to launch Upstart

Leaving Google behind, Dave Girouard is leaving to launch his own startup, backed by Kleiner Perkins, NEA, and Google Ventures.

The company is called Upstart, and it lets you “raise capital in return for a small portion of your future …

Appirio raises $60M to be your one-stop cloud service shop

Cloud service consulting company Appirio announced today it has raised $60 million in its fourth round of institutional funding.

“We are seeing more companies going cloud first, saying they’re not ever going to buy another server,” said Chris Barbin, Appirio …

Google Apps provider Cloud Sherpas raises $20M, merges with GlobalOne

Salesforce partner GlobalOne and Google enterprise partner Cloud Sherpas are merging together to form a new cloud consulting firm.

GlobalOne will take Cloud Sherpas’ name in this marriage, and the newly merged company will offer the same services for both …

Microsoft goes on the attack against Google Apps (video)

Microsoft has gone after Google before in ads attacking its search and Gmail products, but today the big M has launched a new off-kilter commercial showing off Google Apps’ biggest weaknesses.

The video, titled “Googlighting,” portrays the Google Apps productivity …

UC Berkeley chooses Google Apps over Microsoft Office 365 (updated)

University of California, Berkeley, that hotbed of civil unrest as well as academic achievement, has become the latest university to move from its old-fashioned e-mail system to the Google Apps for Education cloud.

The decision is part of the university’s …

Google Enterprise VP explains how Google Apps is being steadily adopted

Amit Singh, VP for enterprise at Google, is really high on Google Apps. Not just because it’s his job, but because many people are choosing it over Microsoft Office and he’s seeing real examples of how it works better.

Companies …

Got a Google Apps problem at work? Now, you can call tech support 24/7

Google is giving all its Google Apps for Business customers access to a 24/7 tech support phone line.

At the company’s all-day cloud event, Atmosphere, the company announced that the around-the-clock phone support would be available effective immediately. Separate support …

Google+ features come to Google Apps accounts

Google Apps customers can now access social features on the company’s social network, Google+, the company announced today on its Enterprise blog.

Previously, users of Google Apps — the company’s enterprise suite of web-based applications for documents, email and more …

Hands on with Office 365: a smart option for small businesses

If you’re a small business or startup, Microsoft Office 365 should be on your technology shortlist. It’s a cloud-based suite based on the world’s most popular office software that launched in late June. It will likely get small businesses and …

Google+ coming to paid Google Apps accounts?

New evidence suggests that Google is planning a full roll out of Google+, its new social service currently in beta testing, to Google Apps customers with the public launch of Google+ later this month. A Google OS reader reports accidentally …

Microsoft gives $250K to University of Nebraska to use Office 365

If you want to attract customers to a new product, sometimes you have to give out samples.

In a bigger-than-usual case, Microsoft has handed out $250,000 to the University of Nebraska to switch its e-mail, office, and calendaring programs to …

Microsoft launches Office 365, its Google Apps killer

Microsoft caught up with the present today with the launch of Office 365, a suite of its well-known Office software tailored for the cloud.

Office 365 is an online-based service that shares similarities to Google Apps and Zoho, and it …

Google strikes at Microsoft with Office 365 criticisms

On the day before Microsoft’s Office 365 launches, Google has taken steps to preemptively keep customers from choosing 365 over Google Apps. In a blog post, Google Apps Product Manager Shan Sinha listed four reason Office 365 was a weaker …