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Google is ratcheting up the sophistication of its messaging and collaboration applications by adding voice and video chat to Gmail. The enhancement is in part a tactical play — Google would like to scoop up more video users among its enterprise customer base, according to Rajen Sheth, Google senior product manager. However, it is also part of a larger strategic move on the part of Google which aims to press along all points of the enterprise in order to make as many inroads as possible.

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Google Adds Webcam Support for Chatty Gmailers

The importance of creating synergies between the deliverance of business-critical data over the wide area network to support remote employees is increasingly important to business because more than half of the total workforce works outside the corporate headquarters’ structure. According to Aberdeen’s February 2008 Benchmark report, “The Roadmap to the Next generation Branch Office Networks,” the number of end-user organizations expect the number to increase by 7 percent by the end of 2008.

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Many Google Gmail users who tried to access their accounts Monday found the service dark. For a period of roughly two hours, users would log on to be greeted with an error message. The outage was caused by a temporary glitch in Google’s contacts system, which was preventing Gmail from loading properly, according to the company. Google did not return a call to TechNewsWorld in time for deadline. Google, for its part, has been profuse with its apologies.

Gmail Spaces Out, Users Flip

Many Google Gmail users who tried to access their accounts Monday found the service dark. For a period of roughly two hours, users would log on to be greeted with an error message. The outage was caused by a temporary glitch in Google’s contacts system, which was preventing Gmail from loading properly, according to the company. Google did not return a call to TechNewsWorld in time for deadline. Google, for its part, has been profuse with its apologies.

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Gmail Spaces Out, Users Flip

Many Google Gmail users who tried to access their accounts Monday found the service dark. For a period of roughly two hours, users would log on to be greeted with an error message. The outage was caused by a temporary glitch in Google’s contacts system, which was preventing Gmail from loading properly, according to the company. Google did not return a call to TechNewsWorld in time for deadline. Google, for its part, has been profuse with its apologies.

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Gmail Spaces Out, Users Flip