If you’ve been wondering about the security and privacy of Google Apps, this security whitepaper may answer many of your questions: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/pdf/ds_gsa_apps_whitepaper_0207.pdf Additionally, I just came across an interesting announcement from the Google Apps team. It appears that Google Apps for Government version has just received Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) certification and accreditation from the U.S. […]…Continue Reading Google Apps Security Updates
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Google Apps for Government
Last September, federal CIO Vivek Kundra argued that the US government cannot continue to invest in its own data centers and so plans to set up its own federal cloud computing services ( see: Apps.gov). At the same time, Google announced plans to make a government cloud to provide government agencies with access to Google […]…Continue Reading Google Apps for Government
Yale slows its Google Apps project
University Business reports that Yale has slowed its Google Apps project. Reports are that it is being slowed down in order to fully understand the privacy and security issues that attend shifting from a locally hosted mail system to a cloud based mail system. It also sounds like they needed to do more in terms […]…Continue Reading Yale slows its Google Apps project