Articles in support of Google Apps & Cloud Computing (Saves Schools Money)

Below are some links to articles on Google Apps. The feedback at the my secondary school where I set up Google Apps Education Edition through the school library has been very positive. Also given the economic climate Google Apps is a good choice because it saves money.

It is free for educators and can replace expensive internal servers and management software. For more information on Google Apps Education Edition click here.

Google to power Adelaide University
Quoting Paul Duldig, University of Adelaide services and resources vice-president. "UNIVERSITY of Adelaide has selected Google as its default email and collaboration platform for over 16,000 students" "project costs one tenth of what it would if done internally"
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Macquarie University rolls out Google Apps
Quotes from Macquarie's IT services director, Mary Sharp
"will result in cost savings and the move to Google will free up time for IT staff to help students in other ways.""students now have (seven) gigabytes of e-mail storage capacity, as well as IM capabilities with their contacts, and an online calendar that allows them to add classes, tutorials and meetings right from the Gmail interface."
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Technically Speaking: Computing in the Cloud Hamilton College
David Smallen Vice president Information technology "we can provide IT resources less expensively by thinking differently about the way we use the Internet. Providing access to computing resources by using the Internet is called computing in the cloud" "Cloud resources provide additional ways in which we can think differently in these difficult financial times. It is crucial to use these technologies as we look to the future."
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Guardian News & Media goes Google Apps
Andy Beale, technology director of enterprise operations at GNM "Google is perfectly adequate and a lot cheaper and simpler to use." "We're promoting [Google Docs] as the primary productivity application because it's simply a better collaborative app,"
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The Pros and Cons of Hosted E-Mail
Quoting Vivek Kundra, chief technology officer of Washington, D.C
Discussion on why the city of Washington DC changed to Google Apps “So we were able to solve that problem for half a million dollars what would have cost us $4 million, so that’s $3.5 million savings right off the top there.”
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