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How Nonprofits Can Ensure Security and Compliance of Sensitive Data in the Cloud

NTEN

If you use Gmail, Google Docs, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Salesforce, or Yahoo mail, you’re in the cloud. How can a nonprofit protect the data it holds in the cloud? The vast majority of nonprofits employ cloud computing in some way, but they may not know or think about it. cloud back-up compliance Data IT Staff'

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5 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Care About Cloud Computing

TechImpact

Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Google Docs are all examples of cloud-based applications, also known as software as a service (SaaS). Image courtesy of entech. Chances are good your organization is already using some form of cloud computing without realizing it. But what is cloud computing?

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Nonprofit Engagement: Why Website Logins Matter

NetWits

Think about the websites you most visit: Facebook , Google’s Gmail , Calendars and Docs , Yahoo , Netflix , NYTimes , Friendster –what, you don’t use Friendster anymore? Well, my point is that all of these sites have user logins.

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Why Should Nonprofits Care About Cloud Computing?

Tech Soup

Current examples are Gmail , Yahoo mail , Google Docs , Salesforce , and Microsoft Office Live Workspace. I bet many of you are using a form of cloud computing without knowing it. They are often called Software as a Service ( SaaS ).

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Reduce Travel with Online Collaboration

Tech Soup

And be sure and check out the great online video, Google Docs in Plain English. collaborative work online and hosted by Google or Yahoo, TechSoup has. Online Project Management Tools. Online Collaboration NPLive Recap. Eight Tools to Keep Your Team Connected. Collaboration Tools Chart. Related Discussions.

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Google Acquires Writely Developer Upstartle

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

And the docs can be uploaded from, or downloaded to, your desktop. In the wake of Yahoo's purchase of Flicker and del.icio.us, I think purchase puts an end to the vision some held that web2.0 would spell the end of the software giant dominance as "two, three, many small ventures offered innovative wares over the net.

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The Social Sector Cloud

NTEN

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work.

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