Local publishing company gets on board with Google apps, see's opportunity for integration in local business, schools and governmental concerns.
DMS Communications of Windsor announced today its intent to help local businesses, educators and civic concerns learn more about the growing need to maximize efficiency in data storage, communications and media flexibility. This launch into being a "Windsor based" application service provider follows 2 years of solidifying a technical edge with the publishing companies own internal structure.
Sheryl Davies, President of DMS Communications and publisher of The Wedding Guide - Windsor/Essex felt the company had outgrown it's capacity a while back after 16 years of producing the local publication and co-producing Bluesfest International. She states "Our needs to communicate with several thousand individuals and businesses to conduct business, required a seamless transition from a legacy based system, to managed web based suite of applications". Google placed her as the "Top" search for anything to do with "Weddings, bridal and Windsor" for 3 consecutive years for it's online interactive wedding planner, which is also available in print twice a year.
Yale university announced its (unofficial) intent this month to make the switch.
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ExcerptInformation Technology Services administrators plan to join with Google Apps for Education to bring students, faculty and employees the Gmail e-mail service by the end of this month, said an undergraduate member of the Student Technology Collaborative who asked to remain anonymous because of ITS policy. The service, tentatively called “Bulldogs,” will also offer users a suite of tools for communication and collaboration — including Google Calendar, Google Talk and Google Docs. The new interface will look like the standard Gmail layout, but without advertisements, the student said.
The Gmail-based service will gradually replace the University’s current e-mail client, Horde, the student said. The incoming class of 2014 will be the first to go directly to the new Google system, and current freshmen and sophomores will have to make the switch. Upperclassmen will have the option of keeping Horde, but the University plans to phase out Horde by spring of next year, the student said.
Planning for “Bulldogs” did not include computer science faculty, computer science professor Michael Fischer said, adding that he and his colleagues have not yet discussed the transition with ITS administrators.
