Posted by Hong Zhang, Software Engineer These days it's commonplace for employees to bring personal mobile devices to work, expecting to get all kinds of business done on-the-go, and this can be both a blessing and a challenge to IT managers. The importance of keeping mobile devices and data secure is as essential as ever. Starting today, comprehensive mobile device management is available at no extra charge to Google Apps for Business, Government and Education users.

Posted by Nishit Shah, Product Manager, Google Security )Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog and the Online Security Blog ( Earlier this year, we introduced a security feature called 2-step verification that helps protect your Google Account from threats like password compromise and identity theft. By entering a one-time verification code from your phone after you type your password, you can make it much tougher for an unauthorized person to gain access to your account.

Editor's Note: We're pleased to welcome guest blogger Andrew Murrey, Vice President of IT Infrastructure Cinram North America. Cinram specializes in optical disc manufacturing, packaging, distribution and demand planning solutions for the home entertainment, telecommunications, and retail industries. Learn more about other organizations that have gone Google on our community map or test drive life in the cloud with the Go Google Cloud Calculator . For more than 40 years,

Editor's note: Continuing our Gaining Altitude series, we've invited guest blogger Marsha Egan, CEO of InboxDetox.com and an internationally recognized workplace productivity expert and speaker. Named one of Pennsylvania's Top 50 Women in Business, her "12 Step Program for Curing Your Email E-ddiction" was featured in several publications and on ABC Nightly News and Fox News. Overwhelmed by your inbox?

100% web technologies have many advantages for customers over legacy software and server technologies, but the ability to access improvements without doing any work is particularly important. By simply refreshing the browser, new features just show up without any complex software patching or hardware upgrades. This is how software should "just work", and the power of the cloud makes it possible. Because of this rapid acceleration of innovation,

Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog and the Google Small Business Blog As customers begin to recognize large productivity gains with Gmail, Google Docs and the rest of Google Apps , they frequently ask when they'll be able to use services like Google Voice, Reader, Blogger and AdWords with their Google Apps accounts. We've steadily added new functionality to Google Apps and recently added support for third-party apps ,

Cross posted on the Official Google Blog, Google Enterprise Blog and the Google Mobile Blog With Google Docs, we're always trying to make you more productive"and part of that means making it possible for you to get things done from anywhere, at anytime. That's why we're excited that the new documents editor now supports editing on your mobile browser. We're rolling this out over the next few days. That means that... You can work on that important memo.

This week the Google Enterprise team is excited to be participating in the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Orlando, Florida. Thousands of IT leaders and CIOs from around the world have gathered to hear about the latest trends and innovations in IT, discuss issues facing their teams, and learn how to deliver more business value to their organizations. On Monday, Michael Lock, VP of Enterprise Sales,