Daily Monitor #55: New 451 Research Report: “IT Organizations Must Alter their Approach”

New 451 Research Report: “IT Organizations Must Alter their Approach”

BetterCloud Monitor | What are the major benefits of cloud applications for IT and end users? Which cloud office system, Google Apps or Office 365, better suits the needs of their customers? What new skills are most important to learn when adopting new cloud applications? Read the latest report from 451 Research for answers to these answers and more.

Investing in the Future of Work: News from the Slack Fund

Slack | ​Slack announced 11 new investments through their Slack Fund. To date, the $80 million fund, launched in December, has invested in 14 Slack platform applications. There are now over 600 apps in the Slack App Directory, according to the announcement.

Seagate's 10TB Barracuda Pro is the World's Largest Consumer Hard Drive

PCWorld | Yesterday, Seagate introduced the world's largest consumer hard drive. "Samsung’s recently announced “world’s largest SSD” costs $1,500 for 4TB, which makes it about 37 cents a gigabyte," writes Gordon Mah Ung. "The new Seagate Barracuda Pro comes in at about 5 cents a gigabyte."

How to Use the Q&A Feature in Google Slides

BetterCloud Monitor | Instead of droning on in your next presentation, liven it up by making it interactive and collaborative. With the Q&A feature in Slides, your audience can submit questions and vote on them during your presentation. Here's how to use this feature.

How-To: Create Desktop Bookmarks Directly to Specific Gmail Accounts

9to5Google | If you use multiple Gmail accounts, you probably use the account switcher option in the upper right-hand corner of the page to switch accounts. Instead, you can set up a bookmark to go directly to a desired account. Here's how to do it.

SaaS Updates for July 20, 2016

Google released an update that allows you to choose a file's folder location when you make a copy in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. It also released a new Sheets template for preparing financial statements. DocuSign released a redesigned mobile app for Android, and Trello published a roundup of new third party app integrations.