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| Google Launches Hangouts Chat, Its Slack Competitor, For All G Suite Users | | VentureBeat | After nearly a year in beta, Google is rolling out its Slack-competing Hangouts Chat platform for all G Suite users. Hangouts Chat features threaded conversations, search, and bots that help automate tasks, while virtual chat spaces can be used for specific teams or projects. More G Suite news: Over the next few months, Google said that Calendar will be updated to use artificial intelligence (AI) and suggest available rooms and spaces for you to reserve in your workplace. It also announced that it’s expanding its Google Drive “Quick Access” feature to Docs. | | 14 Top Tools to Assess, Implement, and Maintain GDPR Compliance | | CSO | Running behind on meeting the EU’s new GDPR privacy rules? These tools can help you meet the requirements and stay in compliance by deadline. | | [Webinar] A Better Way to Manage Multiple SaaS Apps — The New SaaS Operations Management Market | | BetterCloud | Current cloud management platforms and SaaS administration tools weren’t designed to handle SaaS proliferation within enterprises, and as a result, managing multiple SaaS applications is creating unprecedented risk for IT organizations. Register for our upcoming webinar with 451 Research Principal Analyst Carl Lehmann to learn about the new SaaS Operations Management (SOM) market and how you can manage your apps more effectively. | | | | | | The Best VPN Chrome Extensions for 2018 | | Tech Advisor | A VPN (Virtual Private Network) can be used to protect your identity only, allowing you to browse completely anonymously safe in the knowledge that no one can spy on you. It can also be used to access blocked websites online. Here, Tech Advisor shares some of their favorite Chrome VPN extensions. | | How to Keep Your Devices’ Batteries Alive As Long As Possible | | Lifehacker | For the most part, batteries can take care of themselves and combat our bad habits as long as you monitor a few factors. Here’s what you should look into when determining the health of your battery, and how to keep it full of electrons until it’s time for a replacement. | | | | | | Hangouts Chat Now Generally Available | | G Suite Updates | Google is making Hangouts Chat generally available as a core G Suite service. From direct messages to group conversations, Chat helps teams collaborate easily and efficiently. Here are some admin-specific details about Hangouts Chat to help you get started. | | Google Vault Support for Hangouts Chat | | G Suite Updates | Google introduced Google Vault support for Hangouts Chat. Here are some admin-specific details to help you get started. | | Coming Soon: Automatic Room Suggestions in Google Calendar | | G Suite Updates | Google introduced automatic room suggestions in Google Calendar, which will be launching to all G Suite editions in the coming months. This tool will automatically suggest rooms optimized for each attendee based on their building and floor location, previous booking history, audio/video equipment needs, and room capacity requirements. Here are some admin-specific details about automatic room suggestions to help you get started. | | Quick Access for Docs Now Available | | G Suite Updates | Google introduced Quick Access for Google Docs. Quick Access for Docs uses artificial intelligence to suggest relevant files based on signals like Drive activity and information in your documents, so you can work with the most up-to-date information and create new material quickly. Here are some admin-specific details about Quick Access for Docs to help you get started. | | Twelve Third-Party Applications Added to the G Suite Pre-Integrated SAML Apps Catalog | | G Suite Updates | Google is adding SAML integration for 12 additional applications: 15Five, 4Me, Clarizen, Deskpro, Heroku, Hightail, moxtra, ScreenSteps, Targetprocess, Tinfoil, UserEcho, and xMatters. | | New in February—Advancing Creativity, Teamwork, and Management in the Modern Workplace | | Office Blog | New Office 365 capabilities in February included tools to improve the quality of your work, craft compelling resumes, and work with team members outside your organization. Office 365 administrators also benefit from new ways to manage collaboration at scale, communicate complex ideas, and protect their employee and customer data. | | Introducing Trello For Google Hangouts Chat: Bring Chat And Project Management Together | | Trello Blog | G Suite fans get ready, because you can now get your Trello alerts in Hangouts Chat! As more teams are using technology to evolve the ways in which they communicate, the importance of seamless chat and collaboration (or chatlaboration as Trello has coined it) has never been more urgent. | | Introducing Jira Cloud for Hangouts Chat | | Atlassian Blog | Enabling teams to deliver value to their customers faster by releasing earlier, more often, and more iteratively is what Jira is all about, which is why they're jazzed to announce that Jira Cloud customers can now have issue notifications sent right to Chat. | | | Here’s Why Spotify Had to Go Public This Year
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