Zbohom G Suite, vitaj Google Workspace!

Goodbye G Suite, hello Google Workspace!

Crowded offices, whiteboard-covered meeting rooms, buzzing canteens, cheerful conversations by the water cooler, after-work drinks and busy airports seem like a distant memory. The way we work has probably changed forever under the impact of the pandemic and the climate emergency.

Time spent in offices, commuting or flying has decreased, while our desire to work together more effectively across multiple zones and to be more productive has grown. To ensure the long-term well-being and productivity of colleagues, our way of working had to be re-examined.

Organizations around the world are striving to create a remote identity, a sense of belonging for their colleagues, and to build a culture that attracts the best talent of the future.

They are crying out for collaboration tools that better support their remote workforce, corporate brand, customers and suppliers. Organizations need to find a way to communicate in an integrated, less burdensome way to protect their employees and shield them from burnout caused by prolonged homeworking.

Google is world-famous for its offices designed around innovation, collaboration and employee well-being, but these have now been empty for more than 6 months. With the safety of Google employees and customers in mind, this state will remain at least until the summer of 2021, yet the company continues to thrive thanks to its evolving toolset.

Google Workspace launches today, drawing on the best of G Suite's real-time communication and collaboration platform, redesigned to better support colleagues working from home. Colleagues can now collaborate more easily, spend time on what matters now, and build better human relationships, regardless of which device they are on.

###### So what has changed?

Google recently announced three major developments for the newly named Google Workspace:

• a new, deeply integrated user experience that helps teams collaborate more effectively, keeps frontline workers connected, and lets businesses deliver new digital customer experiences
• a new brand identity that reflects Google's ambitious product vision and the way our products work together
• new ways to get started with solutions tailored to the unique needs of a broad range of customers

##### What are we most excited about?

There are two features we would most love to use and demonstrate to ourselves and our clients:

Meet picture-in-picture in Docs, Sheets and Slides. At Cloud Tender we love giving presentations and developing new ideas together. We miss the whiteboard sessions, pulling projects together and brainstorming. This new feature will bring us together in a way no other technology can, while allowing us to present and feed back our ideas to the business and our clients the way we want! Whereas previously you could only see the file being presented, now you get all those valuable non-verbal cues that come with actually seeing someone's face.

##### Enhanced security:

We know it is not always the most exciting topic to shout about — but as the world changes and innovation rises — unfortunately, so do the opportunities for data leaks and cyberattacks. The security of our clients' confidential data has never been more important, so we are glad that, in true Google style, the fundamental elements of security have not been lost in this new release.

##### The new features include:

• Audit capabilities for administrators. Administrators can now track, report and block abusive users of Chat and Meet within their business. This not only helps administrators keep up with chat activity across the business, but sudden spikes in abusive or malicious chat patterns can also warn of phishing or hacking.
• Google Workspace Security Center. Available in the coming weeks, this allows administrators to get a holistic view of the entire product suite. The new investigation tool lets you dig into the details to clearly understand suspicious activity.
• Data protection insights. Administrators can proactively create reports that help them understand the sensitive information stored within their organization.

##### How can we help?

Not only do we help our existing clients transition to the new Google Workspace with services such as change management, internal communication, training and configuration, but we are also happy to help every new client who is just stepping into Google Workspace.

As a Google Cloud Managed Service provider and an official Google Workspace reseller, we can help you navigate pricing, get to know and configure the admin console, create a custom communication package, and set up Google Workspace in the most optimal way.

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