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Backup & Beyond — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:36:47 +0000

Google will abandon ‘pure SaaS’ and take the ’software plus services’ route – courtesy Microsoft…

So the inevitable is happening. At last, Google seems to be coming around to Microsoft’s software plus services strategy. The news that Google is opening up Google Apps for resellers is the first step in this direction. Pure SaaS sold directl…

By: Google Apps 推出授權經銷商計劃 « Allyssa Yang’s Blog

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[...] Google Apps 推出授權經銷商計劃 Google 1月14日推出新的授權經銷商計劃(Authorized Reseller Program)，授權經銷商可以重新包裝成適合客戶的協同作業方案(郵件管理、辦公室應用)，以積極拓展Google Apps的付費服務(Premier Edition)，這項計畫與之前的企業夥伴計劃(Google Enterprise Partner Program)不同之處，新的授權經銷計劃不需要年費，也不需要每年取得Google的認證，只要對銷售Google Apps有興趣的公司都可以參與。一般相信這對微軟Exchange及雅虎 Zimbra的業務會造成影響，但有一些媒體指出，雖然Google號稱Apps (包含Gmail, 文件, 行事曆)企業用戶已經達到百萬家，而個人的使用者更超過了千萬人，但其中絕大多數都是使用帶有廣告的免費服務，如果想升級到信箱容量更大、沒有廣告的付費服務，一個用戶將收取50美元的年費，這對授權經銷商則是可以取得20%的折扣做為利潤。 CRN的報導中提到，Google對於經銷通路體系的建立並不熟悉，在之前併購郵件安全服務廠商Postini時，對於Postini既有的經銷商，以代理商做為溝通窗口，而沒有直接面對通路經銷商，使得這些經銷商在技術服務問題的解決上，因為層層關卡而顯得曠日費時，這些都會影響到通路體系的建立。現階段除了少數的大型企業外，對絕大多數使用免費服務的中小企業(免費版本帳戶上限為50人)來說，免費版Google Apps已經很好用了，個人信箱容量已經超過7GB，垃圾郵件的偵測率也較其他免費信箱服務為佳，要如何吸引這些人轉至付費服務，變成一大挑戰。服務的考量會是一項轉換的因素，但是以經銷商20%的利潤來說，要涵蓋服務的成本，誘因不大，除非經銷商本身能夠擁有其它加值的服務，例如：郵件備份、加密、郵件內容稽核及顧問服務，並且成功的讓客戶接受，才有可能將市場的餅做大。總之，Google能否成功的將Gmail的普及率轉化成企業協同運作服務的收益，是值得我們觀察的。 [...]

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links for 2009-01-14 « 個人的な雑記 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:03:43 +0000

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By: Allen

Allen — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:56:58 +0000

Melvin,

During the pilot, we tested an initial API that lets resellers provision accounts, users, and features. It was a great start.

Google will provide resellers with the web-based tools they need to manage the business.

Allen

By: goit

goit — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:16:46 +0000

“what Google is doing now is creating brand awareness” is really very important at this time, as time goes by people wont have any attachment to whoever service provider is (Google, MS, Salesforce,…) as long as these services follow certain standards. This path is very scary and devastating to MS in the long run.

By: Google and Resellers « It’s Never Too Late To Start Over

Google and Resellers « It’s Never Too Late To Start Over — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:09:18 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:08:49 +0000

“Which is a *requirement* for most larger companies’ policies.”

Large companies also have a requirement that their internal data can not be stored on external servers.

This is clearly aimed at foreign business with lax standards and requirements.
Foreign businesses leaders are less likely to kick the tires.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:04:05 +0000

How long did French last in Louisiana. That used to be 1/3 of the United States. Oh yeah that’s right?

Do you know why French is still used in Canada?

Because they force people to use it by law. Otherwise nobody would want to. Nobody would willingly send their kids to French language schools or even bother with it.

They keep french around because it makes skilless, soulless people money translating TV, movies, and other services, everything down to books and gift cards, where as they would have no economy otherwise.

Give people the choice of language, and they will NEVER EVER choose French.

With that said, who cares if it’s misused.
Like I said, it’s not even a real language.

By: Ariel Di Stefano

Ariel Di Stefano — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:54:27 +0000

We have developed a tool (KiGoo) to provide Google Apps user the same experience using MS Outlook but with Google Services in the cloud. (calendars and contacts). We are launching this week a new version to work with multiple calendars and off line browsing mode.

So, IMAP or POP, plus Contacts and Calendars inside Outlook, maybe Google Apps has a chance to win..

http://www.getkigoo.com

By: Melvin M. Tercan

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:14:28 +0000

If the Google Apps API (http://code.goo....com/apis/apps/) provides an interface to automatically sign up new accounts… so that resellers can automatically manage (and sell) Google Apps accounts … I can see this thing become huge…

But if it remains a manual transaction (meaning that you have to register every account by hand), then I consider the odds of this being a succes very low.

By: » Blog Archive » Google Unveil New Resellers Service!!

» Blog Archive » Google Unveil New Resellers Service!! — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:56:58 +0000

[...] Google says that more than 1 million businesses and 10 million users use Google Apps today, and 3,000 new businesses sign up daily. The largest business user, Genentech, has 20,000 employees on Google Apps. The service is free for businesses that are willing to put up with ads, little customer service and relatively low storage limits. The premium version is $50/user/year. Most of the 10 million users are using the free version of the service, but Google says “hundreds of thousands” of users are paying for the service. Resellers will be given the service at a 20% price reduction, or $40/user/year. Anything they charge above that is profit. Source (TechCrunch) [...]

By: michael

michael — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:13:22 +0000

As opposed to thinking that you can do it better than Google! (maybe you can, but most cannot)

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By: free minded

free minded — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:29:24 +0000

This market is so big that even a small part of it will be extremely lucrative for Google. let’s face it – they are very good at casting their net in every profit pool. Despite the GoogleApps limitations mentioned here, it’s bound to be another profit source for Google.

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Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:45:38 +0000

It’s pretty stupid to outsource all your emailing to one hackable company that will always be a very interesting target.

Gentlemen, start your engines.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:42:00 +0000

Google seems to be loosing its battle in Russia as Firefox just annonced that the Russian search engine yandex.ru will be the default one on the new version of firefox (http://tinyurl.com/7pbaro
– Russian version of techcrunch).

By: Allen Falcon

Allen Falcon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:29:31 +0000

Asim,

As one of the pilot resellers, you are right on the mark.

Google Sites for internal and customer portals is one of our best selling poings.

We package full setup, which can be quite technical when you include the optional services, such as spam and virus protection. We also assist with email migration, provide end user support, and offer user training.

Regards,
Allen
http://www.hori...nfoservices.com

By: Ashu

Ashu — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:27:48 +0000

good news for the sales engineers, one more thing to sell