Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced Google Video™
for business, a new application in Google Apps™
for sharing video in an organization in two easy steps -- simply upload
a video to Google Apps, and then invite others to view it. With Google
Video for business, anyone can upload a video -- on anything ranging
from executive communications to product training to trip reports -- and
share it securely with individuals or the entire company. Google Video
for business is now available as part of Google Apps Premier Edition at
no additional cost.
"YouTube™ has enabled millions of
consumers to easily capture and share video at an unprecedented level,
yet corporate video has remained expensive and complicated," said Dave
Girouard, president of enterprise, Google. "With Google Video for
business, our customers get the ease of YouTube combined with the simple
and secure sharing of Google Apps."
With Google Video for business, companies can leverage the power and
intimacy of video to communicate all flavors of corporate information
including:
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Leadership communications such as business updates and corporate
announcements
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Training and how-to videos to share product knowledge and business
expertise
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Customer insight derived from site visits, interviews, or focus groups
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Social videos that evangelize relevant activity and initiatives across
an organization
"Productivity and other improvements driven by the telephone over the
last hundred years, and email within the last 20, will now continue with
broad use of video in the business environment," said Manesh Patel,
chief information officer and senior vice president of IT, Sanmina-SCI.
"Cost and complexity have until now limited the effective use of video
to improve business functions. The integration of video into Google
Apps, combined with continuing improvements in video devices and network
infrastructure, provides significant opportunities for innovation and
saving throughout our global teams."
Sharing video is as simple as clicking "browse" to find a video and
"upload" to start sharing.
