No hiatus for Hiatus Spa and Retreat

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The smooth running of any business nowadays is important.  It is vital when using modern technology. What’s more, with everyone leading busier and busier lives, it is also important that some time is set aside to relax and re-charge our batteries. It was for this reason why Kristin Heaton-Peabody and Sheila Garrison, co-founders of Hiatus [...]

Yet another Google Apps success story

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Google has strong growth in many parts of the world now. Its growth is nothing short of remarkable when compared to the likes of Microsoft. What is more, companies such as Microsoft and Apple have been taken by surprise at how Google has managed to not just position itself as a PaaS and SaaS but [...]

Google set to acquire new company

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It has been reported that Google is in the process of taking over yet another application and its designing firm. This time it is Waze, a navigation and traffic report app designed by Israeli startup business Waze Mobile. Waze is said to have 50 million users, so it is not at all surprising that Google [...]

Google helps university link up with a local school

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Google is giving small grants to an American University and others to help forge links with local schools. Fairfield University’s School of Engineering is holding a seminar for local school teachers towards the end of this month.  The aim is to help teachers find new ways to use Google Apps for teaching. With many more [...]

Google signs another agreement

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Google has signed yet another deal with an educational institution.  This time it’s the University College of Bahrain. While I have no idea what this deal is worth for the company, I do know that both students and staff have made the right decision. Speaking with tradearabia.com, Sheikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa, the Technology [...]

Could Microsoft finally be in trouble?

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Few could argue that Google has managed to do more damage to the market share of Microsoft than any other company. Not only have growing numbers of businesses rejected Microsoft’s Office 365, they have voted with their wallets to go with Google Apps. However, while Microsoft’s cloud version of its popular “Office” suite has taken [...]

Catholic Church adopts the cloud

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The Catholic Education Network (CEnet) is a not for profit organisation based in Australia. Its aim is to support 15 Diocesan networks spread across the eastern area of the continent.  That is Queensland and New South Wales. Australia is a massive country, so communication will be difficult at the best of times.  But with around [...]

Are there any reasons to pay?

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Many SMEs and independent businesses are now using the free version of Google Apps. But would it be more worthwhile if they upgraded to the paid version? Well, while I personally have no intention of doing so, for many others it is possibly a wise move. The free version comes with many applications and functions [...]

Bahrain hosts a breakfast summit

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Organised by the well-known firm of international accountants, KPMG, a breakfast seminar was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Bahrain in the Middle East. The purpose of the seminar was to discuss the benefits and merits of cloud computing.  It was, by all accounts, very successful as it attracted some 50 top executives from around [...]

Microsoft steps up its attack on Google

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Microsoft, I think, is a company that doesn’t take things lying down. Despite being trounced by Google at every turn these days, the software giant is still determined to beat the younger up-start. Personally, I think Microsoft won’t succeed.  Like IBM’s Lotus Notes, Microsoft’s Office 365, the cloud version of its offline software is not [...]