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November 16, 2009
LTECH ANNOUNCES NEW FEATURES IN LTECH POWER PANEL FOR GOOGLE APPS, AN ENTERPRISE CLOUD ENABLEMENT PRODUCT
Contact Journal and user onboarding and offboarding templates among new features that provide distributed management and improved workflow within Google Apps
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Nov. 16, 2009 – LTech (www.ltech.com), a leader in enterprise cloud computing products and services, today introduced the latest version of its LTech Power Panel for Google Apps (Power Panel). Power Panel is a Google Apps add-on product that provides IT and end-users with features that extend the power of the Google Apps platform. Power Panel works with the Premier, Education and Partner editions of Google Apps for organizations of all sizes. Building on the user lifecycle management features in its Sept. 2009 release, new features of Power Panel include Contact Journal, Quick Links, new features for IT administrators, and an integration framework for CRM and enterprise data.
“As Google Apps reach further into the enterprise, IT managers and end-users need tools that enable the same type of management and workflow capabilities they experienced before moving to the cloud,” said Ed Laczynski, founder and CTO of LTech. “Our customers have driven our product roadmap for features like Contact Journal and Shared Contact Search, and we are happy to announce the availability of these new features today.”
Power Panel is deployed on Google App Engine™, and is secured within a customers’ Google Apps domain. All features and functions are hosted directly in Google’s cloud.
New features in Power Panel include:
• New User Gadget – End-users can access the features of Power Panel directly from a Google Gadget within GMail.
• Contact Journal – Provides users with a 360-degree view of their contacts and relationships inside and outside of the organization. Using Contact Journal, information on upcoming appointments, shared documents, group memberships, common contacts and social network profiles are available directly within the GMail web client. Contact Journal also serves as an integration point for CRM data from vendors like SalesForce™.
• QuickLinks for Information Workers – Power Panel allows executives, managers and IT to distribute links to commonly used workflow applications, forms and documents directly to end-users within the GMail browser canvas via a centrally controlled gadget.
• Shared Contact Search – Provides end-users direct access to add, edit and search organization-wide contacts.
• New Templates and Macros for IT – Includes user lifecycle management tools, including onboarding and offboarding templates, and macros for group-wide password reset, IMAP and POP enablement.
• Power Panel Integration Framework – Based on its extensive work with large enterprise customers, LTech has added new integration capabilities to promote improved workflow, information sharing and collaboration. Using Power Panel as an integration point, customers can tie data from CRM and help desk systems to extend the reach and interoperability of the Google Apps platform. Power Panel supports the Google App Engine, Java and Google Web Toolkit (GWT) SDK’s for customization.
Pricing and Availability
LTech Power Panel for Google Apps is available immediately and pricing starts at $3 per user, per year. Existing and new customers will enjoy all of the above features for the same price. For more information please visit http://www.ltech.com/google-apps/products/power-panel.
About LTech
Founded in 2001, LTech is a leading provider of products and services for enterprise cloud computing. Its cloud integration products include LTech Google Docs Backup, LTech Power Panel for Google Apps and LTech Single Sign-on for Google Apps. LTech also helps enterprises leverage the cloud by providing implementation, configuration and support services. As an early Google Enterprise Partner™, LTech has successfully completed dozens of Google Apps deployments and helped develop best-practices for adopting and successfully scaling cloud computing programs for large-scale customers in business, government and education. LTech merged with The Matlen Silver Group Inc., one of the leading IT solutions companies for the Fortune 500, in January of 2009. For more information on LTech and its services please visit www.ltech.com, or call 866-583-2473.
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LTech Press Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Cell: 303-827-5164
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
October 14, 2009
LTECH OFFERS $5-PER-MONTH PRICING FOR GOOGLE APPS
New pricing for Google Apps eliminates up-front costs and helps better manage cash flow
Bridgewater, NJ – October 13, 2009 – LTech (www.ltech.com), a leading provider of products and services focused on connecting business to the cloud, today announced a new monthly pricing option for Google AppsTM. The offering allows customers to pay a monthly fee of $5-per-user to help lower upfront costs and accelerate the adoption of Google Apps. Standard pricing for Google Apps is an upfront cost of $50-per-user, per year. Complete information on the LTech monthly pricing for Google Apps is available at http://www.ltech.com/google-apps/monthly-pricing.
“The predictable monthly spend and added support provided by LTech affords our organization greater flexibility to manage our IT budget and lower the up-front costs of successfully transitioning to Google Apps,” said Jeanie Nivison, Chief Financial Officer at Vandyk Mortgage Corporation.
Monthly pricing for Google Apps is $5-per-user and includes LTech’s enhanced service level agreement and ongoing customer support. This pricing is available to customers who qualify with the option to lock in pricing based on one-, two- or three-year commitments. LTech also provides deployment and migration services to ensure customers make a smooth transition to Google Apps.
“With the current economic climate, we know it can be easier for small- and medium-sized businesses to pay using a subscription model of smaller monthly payments to make cash flow more manageable.” said Ed Laczynski, founder and CTO of LTech. “LTech is dedicated to meeting the needs of our customers and delivering Google Apps solutions that fit their needs and are within budget.”
In addition to the introduction of the monthly pricing offering for Google Apps, LTech customers also have a variety of payment options on value-added products, such as: LTech Power Panel for Google Apps, Postini archiving and discovery tools and Google Docs Backup.
For complete information on the LTech monthly pricing for Google Apps please visit http://www.ltech.com/google-apps/monthly-pricing.
About LTech
LTech is a leading provider of products and services focused on connecting business to the cloud. LTech’s cloud integration products include Google Docs Backup and LTech’s recently launched Power Panel for Google Apps. LTech also helps enterprises leverage the cloud by providing products, implementation, configuration, and support services. As an early Google Enterprise PartnerTM founded in 2001, LTech has successfully completed dozens of Google Apps deployments spanning hundreds of thousands of users. LTech merged with The Matlen Silver Group Inc., a business and technology solutions company for Fortune 500 companies, in January of 2009. For more information on LTech and its services please visit www.ltech.com, or call 866-583-2473.
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LTech Press Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Cell: 303-827-5164
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
