BetterCloud: Google Apps A Critical Foundation of Cloud Apps
August 2, 2013
Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Chris Talbot.
BetterCloud, which focuses on evangelizing and selling apps on the Google (GOOG) Apps platform, released the results of its quarterly customer survey. Based on 1,537 responses from the nearly 25,000 Google Apps for Business administrators the company deals with, the survey has come up with a Google Apps customer profile, as well as data that shows Google Apps has become the critical foundation of the cloud application stack.
Keep in mind that BetterCloud has bet its livelihood on Google Apps, so the company is gaining data from those who are already sold on the platform. But still, its survey came up with a few highlights worth examining. The typical BetterCloud customer, which uses BetterCloud’s FlashPanel and Google Apps, is an IT director or system administrator who manages a domain with an average of 631 users…
According to the survey results, 59.2 percent of Google Apps admins have more than 10 years of experience working in the IT field, and 67.9 percent advocated for or drove their company’s decision to adopt Google Apps. Additionally, 25.2 percent of respondents noted they have managed a Google Apps domain in the past…
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