Google Apps CAN Integrate with Internal Apps

In April, Google announced a secure data connector for Google Apps. With Google Secure Data Connector, employees you specify can interact with authorized data from your on-premise applications within Google Sites, Google Docs and custom App Engine applications, even when employees aren't on your corporate network.

This represents a significant enhancement, available only for Premier and Education Editions.

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A Real Example of Calendar Integration

Worcester Fitness recently launched their new website. In addition to a great new look and feel, the site boasts new calendars. The daily class list on the home page and the multiple class schedules are both powered by Google Apps Premier Edition.

Using APIs and the calendar publication wizard, the web developers at Cold Spring Design deliver class schedules and information in an attractive, easy to use format for site visitors. At they same time, Worcester Fitness staff can add and modify scheduling information in real time.

The ability to create multiple "event" calendars and link calendar information to web sites, intranets, and online documents is a free feature for Google Apps Premier Edition.

The Open Cloud Manifesto is Finally Here ... What do YOU think?

Following a very noisy public spat between Microsoft and the Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum (CCIF), and within the CCIF itself, the Open Cloud Manifesto is available to the public.

Here is my opinion on the conflict and the process to date.

Please read the "Manifesto" and let me know what you think.