RingCentral For Google Integration Now Available


If you use Google for Work and are a RingCentral customer, you are going to love RingCentral’s latest integration.  Simply put, RingCentral for Google makes Gmail and Google Calendar your ‘hub’ for all business communications as you can handle communication tasks without leaving your Google account.   What does this look like?  With RingCentral for Google, you can make RingCentral calls and send Business SMS text messages directly from your Gmail account, increase the number of people who attend a Google Hangout, and even fax files from Google Drive and Google Docs.

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What Are The Benefits of Cloud Computing For Small Business Owners? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Cloud computing is being embraced by businesses of all sizes – from small businesses to large corporations.  Many small businesses are ‘moving to the cloud’ so that they can take advantage of key benefits including:  cost savings, flexibility to work from anywhere, ability to collaborate with colleagues on a document, data security, and improved efficiency.

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5 Ways to Share Contacts In Google Apps

Unfortunately, Google Apps doesn’t come with the contact sharing baked in as well as some users expect (especially if they are migrating from Lotus Notes or Microsoft Exchange).  Directory users can be shared but external ones can’t unless you use the API.  So for most small businesses what are your options? Here are 5 options for sharing external (contacts in your “My Contacts” group) with other users in your domain:

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Google Apps Offline – Tips & Tricks

According to a recent report, Canadians spend more time online that most countries. Whatever the reason, we’re seemingly more connected all the time, especially with the advent of fast 4G and LTE networks and smartphones.    Even traditionally offline areas like airplanes are moving towards providing internet access (albeit for a fee).  Air Canada and Westjet are both working to make WiFi available on their domestic and international flights.  Cloud solutions like Google Apps for Business realize that although offline time represents a small percentage of a users time these days, it’s still critical for the busy business travelers.  Since Google just made Google Presentations available to be edited offline, here are the best ways to work with Google Apps Offline:

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