Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Google Apps for Government

5:30 AM | Posted by Brad Gardner | Edit Post


When a company decides to update its email and document management infrastructure there are many questions and concerns that need to be addressed before any decisions are made. The obvious issues being cost, re-training of employees, new maintenance strategies and security models.

From it's beginning Google Apps has provided these services at a cost below its competitors, eliminated infrastructure maintenance, and provided a robust system that minimizes all future re-training of employees. This week, Google has announced another step forward in it's hosted platform, Google Apps for Government.



Google Apps for Government is a brand new edition of Google Apps geared towards the needs of federal, state and local governments. With this offering, Google Apps became the first cloud computing platform to receive a Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) certification from the U.S. Government.

If you have lingering security concerns about using Google Apps for your business, knowing that it is secure enough for the U.S. Government should help to put those issues to rest.

To find out more, visit us at http://www.productivity.rippe.com/

You can also read the full post from Google here.

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Friday, July 23, 2010

Writing a Blog Page

7:39 AM | Posted by Thom Davidson | Edit Post
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It is often quite challenging just to collect your thoughts.  In addition, one wants to add an appropriate image as well as links or quotes.  I am testing a new feature.  The following will be a cut and paste:


First of all, let’s define what I mean by online backup.  Online backup is a method of offsite data storage in which files, folders, or the entire contents of a system are regularly backed up on a remote server or computer with a network connection.   A number of companies provide online backup services for subscribers whose computers are connected to the Internet, automatically copying selected files to backup storage at the service provider's data vault.  Seven (7) advantages of online backup services include:
1.    Automatic.  Once one establishes their schedule, it is fully automated.  There are no tapes to manage, staff to schedule, or vendors to coordinate for pickup and delivery of tapes.  Therefore, you save time, money and virtually eliminate errors.
2.    Secure.  Data is stored on disk and not tape.  Tape has a history of failure and it typically occurs at the most inopportune moment.  In addition, most tapes are not encrypted.  One can only imagine the potential ramifications to your business if customer records were accessed by someone using one of your unencrypted tapes.  The story is not much better if you are unable to recover critical data at vital point in time.  Online backup services can offer end-to-end encryption AES algorithms that are used both in transit as well as storage.  This further ensures the security of your sensitive data.  With the online backup service your sensitive data is also automatically stored offsite in a secured data center.
3.    Accessible from Anywhere.  Web-based centralized management Manage your backups from anywhere with a browser.  Jim Kandrac with VAULT400 says, “ blah, blah, blah”  Need comments and quote from Jim Kandrac.
4.    Efficient Use of Internet:  Some of the better online backup services back up only the data blocks in new or changed files, resulting in significantly faster backup times and minimal.  Data is also compressed before transmission.  In addition they might offer bandwidth throttling.  This allows one to define how much of their Internet bandwidth they want to allow to be used for this process during various time windows of the day.  For example, you might limit the process to a maximum of 10% of your bandwidth during normal office hours and open it up to 80% for the balance of the day.

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Rippe & Kingston Speaks about Google Apps at The Circuit

9:15 AM | Posted by Rippe Blogger | Edit Post
Rippe & Kingston's Thom Davidson and Mike Albers were invited to present Google Apps at the CIO Round-table at the Circuit Meeting on July 14th, 2010 in Cincinnati, Oh. They discussed the benefits of Google Apps and defined what is included in the Google Apps Office Application set. They related to the audience the potential benefits and cost savings for companies of any size using this technology. Google Apps are comprised of Google hosted solutions for e-mail, e-mail archiving, spam filtering, calendar functions, calendar sharing, word processing, spreadsheet applications, voice chat, video chat, video and website management all via your Internet browser. For additional information see http://www.productivity.rippe.com/ written with one Google Apps tool, Google Sites.




A Little Information on The Circuit and Rippe and Kingston

The Circuit is the information Technology association for the Greater Cincinnati tri-state region, including Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana. The Circuit a non-profit created to enhance the development of technology related companies and institutions on the greater Cincinnati area. The Circuit is a member of Ohio’s IT Alliance, a statewide network of six regional organizations with the common goal of growing and improving the competitiveness of Ohio’s information technology industry.


Rippe & Kingston Systems, Inc. is a International Information Technology Solutions and Services firm with client in 43 States and 9 Countries.
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