SADA Systems & Sony Music Entertainment Germany Launch New Joe Cocker Site

Joe Cocker, legendary English rock & blues musician, recently debuted his new web presence Cocker.com to commemorate the Hard Knocks (2010) album and in anticipation of his "Hard Knocks Tour 2010."

With the assistance of SADA Systems and Sony Music Entertainment Germany, Joe Cocker's team was able to swiftly coordinate a new user experience that incorporates behind the scenes videos, interviews, social media connectivity and a live forums for fans! In a short 2 weeks, Cocker.com got a a brand new new look, sleek functionalities and a thriving community.

Are you a Joe Cocker fan? Let us know in the comments below because everyone at SADA is!

End of Q1: SADA Says Thanks!

We would like to take a moment to extend a personal thank you for helping SADA Systems grow this quarter. We genuinely appreciate you helping “spread the word” about our company and the services we provide. In case you may not recall all of the services we provide, please visit this page on our website, which lists everything. Maybe there are needs you have we may not be providing yet - if so, please let me know. We'll be more than happy to help.

Also, we would like to extend a $25 Visa gift card for any future referral as a small token of our appreciation. If a referral turns into a SADA client, we will forward an additional $250 Visa gift card. Hey, in this economy, every little bit goes a long way.

Referring clients to SADA is easy, simply click here, and fill out the form.

We look forward to continuing to work with you for the rest of 2010
and beyond. Thank you for your continued business.

Buzzer About to Sound on SADA's Cloud Computing March Madness! Google Apps, Microsoft BPOS Deals Expire March 31st!

Want to save some dollars on deploying a great cloud solution? Don't wait to make it a buzzer beater! Contact us NOW for great deals on Google Apps and Microsoft BPOS.  We're offering awesome discounts and free valuable services for support, deployment, migration, etc.  For details click here.   These offers expire March 31st, 2010!


To get started call us at 866.997.0000, option 3 or click here.

Wishing Haiti all the best and a speedy recovery.

SADA Systems started a Relief for Haiti campaign almost immediately after the tragedy struck. This week SADA was able to make a contribution to UNICEF.

As promised 1% of all Cloud Computing based revenues were donated this week to help victims and the rebuilding process in Haiti.

SADA Systems was glad to be in a position to be able to help out those less fortunate and wishes Haiti the best as they rise from the rubble.

Google Saves the Day with Consistency...

The lack of a witty title for this article speaks to shear practicality of the topic at hand. Google's recent step forward to level the playing field within applications with regards to saving your work.

There is nothing witty about the feature itself. This simple brilliance has become a simple expectation that we can save our work when we want, it automatically saves if we don't, and it saves us from saving our work by subtly notifying us that is currently being saved.

Did you follow?
Good.

Google is taking this saving functionality with its new 'saved' - 'saving' - 'save' buttons and sharing it. So the convenient and at times life saving feature currently available in Google Docs and Google Presentations is now expected to make its debut in Google Sheets.

Hats off to Google for leveling the playing field among its applications. We love the comfort of the save feature and we now love that we will soon be able to use it in Google Sheets and other applications too.

Can't wait to see the next feature they roll out with.
This saving feature is coming soon to a Google Sheet near you.

Forrester Research Inc. Shares the Love - It MUST be Valentine's

We are touched.

Forrester, in their January 5th 2010 issue, did a few pages on SasS but more specifically the several types of system integrators offering skills in SaaS from small specialists, to offshore Firms and MNCs.

How does this pertain to SADA?

Under the subheading "SaaS Specialist firms" Forrester discusses Google, and "its increasingly popular Google Apps offering, [which] has attracted the attention of specialists like...SADA Systems."

Here @SADASystems we are thrilled that Forrester, a top Forbes 200 -Fastest Growing Company for five consecutive years, noticed our hard work and pursuit of perfection and client satisfaction. We greatly appreciated the mention as a Google Apps Specialist and felt the love.

As a privately held information technology consulting, outsourcing, and development firm approaching our 10th birthday, we are grateful to have started out as a Google Partner for Google's search technology and proud to be one of the world's first 10 Google Partners for Apps.

We only strive to give Forrester more to write about.

Love is always a two way street,

Happy Valentine's Day Weekend.

SADA

Google wants your doodle!

...and by doodle we mean oodles of doodles.

Doodle 4 Google is a competition aimed at inspiring K-12 students to express their artistic creativities to help create new logos for Googles infamous changing logo. This years competition is aspirationally themed "If I Could Do Anything, I Would..."


The theme itself makes us feel 10 years old all over again. We are looking forward to the entries which should at very least be endearing, genuine, and inspiring to all of us. As a matter of fact we would love to see an album of all submissions!


The panel of judges assembled to critique and select the winners represent an impressive range of talent from well-known illustrators from The Sesame Street Workshop, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, The Charles Shulz/Peanuts Museum and Pixar Studios. However, for the lucky 40 that make it past these judges they will get the honor of being in the presence of the talent that selected them.


The 40 finalists will also be displayed in the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.


Registration for the contest closes at noon PST on March 17th, 2010 and entries are due by noon at the end of that month. The winning picture will grace Google.com on May 27th.

Delegation and Single Sign On supported in latest version of Google Apps Sync for Outlook

Google's latest release, Version 1.7, of their Apps Sync tool for Microsoft Outlook increases it's capabilities with new features.

Single Sign On is now supported by Google Apps Sync for Outlook. "When you log in, you have the option to log in with your Google Apps account and password, or instead use your company's SSO authentication if they have enabled that option." (Google)

Now when you delegate your email and calendar in Google Apps, the person you delegated to has the ability to handle messages, calendar events, answer emails, and create and respond to invitations on your behalf, all from Microsoft's Outlook client.

Haiti shaken by tragedy, SADA motivated to help.

Result? SADA will donate 1% of all cloud-computing based revenues through February to Yele Haiti and UNICEF.

The 7.0 earthquake to ravage Haiti earlier this week has made news across the globe. As the images of the aftermath make their way around the world, we are all trying to do our part to help.

Here at SADA, just like you, we are moved by the tragedy the people of Haiti have experienced and want to help the relief efforts. Hence, we will donate 1% of all cloud-computing based revenues (Google Apps & Microsoft BPOS) to the following two organizations that are helping serve the victims of Haiti.

Both Yele Haiti and UNICEF are among the organizations rushing to the scene to help secure fundamental resources like clean water and shelter which are crucial in securing sanitary living environments as the rebuilding process begins. As of now we are tallying votes to see which of the two charities, Yele Haiti or UNICEF, you would like our donation to go to. Please submit your vote via twitter as a Direct Message or Mention to @SADASystems. We will periodically announce the standings and will close voting on the last day of February.

We at SADA are fortunate enough to be able to help and are encouraging you to join us and join the global community's efforts in raising Haiti from the rubble.

For more ways to contribute click on your choice of organizations:

• International Medical Corps
• Direct Relief International
• World Vision
• International Relief Teams
• Yele Haiti
• American Red Cross
• Operation USA
• CARE
• Catholic Relief Services
• World Food Program
• World Concern
• Save the Children
• UNICEF USA
• Mercy Corps
• Operation Blessing International
• Shelterbox
• Americares
• Operation USA
• Doctors Without Borders
• Medical Teams International
• The International Committee of the Red Cross
• The Salvation Army
• more options...
  
  

City of LA Goes Google Apps; SADA to Assist Effort

Today Google announced on their official Blog that the City of Los Angeles is kicking off an effort to transition over 30,000 employees to cloud computing and Google Apps.

The story of Los Angeles moving to Google Apps started early this year, when the city's Chief Technology Officer, Randi Levin, and her team at the Information Technology Agency (ITA) looked to replace their aging, on-premise system with more secure, productivity-focused technology. After calling for proposals and carefully evaluating over 14 different ones, Randi and the ITA decided to revamp the city government's email technology by adopting Google Apps.

Los Angeles will be the first major city and the largest in the US to move to Google's platform. At the time Google's bid was approved by the Los Angeles City Council, Councilman Tony Cardenas, who made the motion in Council to go Google, told the Los Angeles Times that the City had made a "world-class decision" to go Google.  CTO Randi Levin explains in more depth her organization's decision to go Google in this post at Google's Enterprise Blog

For the last year, SADA Systems, Inc. has been a part of supporting this effort.  Beginning today we are proud, along with Computer Sciences Corporation to be part of the Google team that will implement the solution for the City.

For more information on getting started with Google Apps, please click here or call 866-997-0000, option 3.

SADA Success Story: "Our Users Enjoy Them Too!"

Nothing confirms more that SADA Systems, Inc. is succeeding in achieving it's mission than when a client takes the time to address their satisfaction with our services. Here Deby DeWeese; Director, Network Operations of the Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA recalls the University's recent partnership with SADA on their Google Apps Education Edition deployment.

"Fielding Graduate University began working with SADA Systems on a Google Apps project and we were so impressed with the depth of their technical talent and the professionalism and customer service skills of all members on their team that we increased our business relationship.  

We now work with SADA to manage our Exchange server, manage all our Staff desktops, all our remote faculty desktops, as well as a larger managed services contract to manage our entire data center.  In addition, we are working with the SADA development team on a single sign on project, an AD-LDAP project, and a Google Sites project.  

Whether it’s Help Desk, engineering, programming, or project management, the SADA Systems team is by far one of our best vendors in terms of responsiveness, technical ability, and overall ease in doing business.  Simply put, I can relax when SADA is on the job as I know everything will go smoothly.  Our users enjoy working with them too!"

For more information on all of SADA's services, please click here or call 866-997-0000, option 3.

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SADA Helps Save the Day for Fielding Graduate University

Continuing Medical Education Expands Beyond the Walls of the Medical Center with SADA's CME Anywhere

There is a rising trend in the medical profession of providing online content for medical and administrative staff. One area that has grown considerably is providing online programming that allows physicians to earn their Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit. Online lectures allow physicians and other health care professionals to fulfill their CME requirements without having to take time away from patients.  With CME Anywhere, these professionals can engage in professional development and earn CME credit literally anywhere and at any time of the day.

With that need in mind, SADA Systems has developed a turnkey CME platform - CME Anywhere - that allows delivery of video content through a health care provider, or health care organization website.

This web-based application was initially developed for Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, and has been in place for over a year. The solution developed for Providence St. Joseph has proven successful, and serves as a terrific proof-of-concept for the implementation of online lecture series provided by a health care organization for their physicians.

SADA Systems, Inc. will debut the latest version of this system at our exhibitor booth at the Southern California Medical Education Council (SCMEC) 13th Annual Conference to be held Friday, November 20th at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles.  Attendees will have an opportunity to view and demonstrate the system and ask questions of the application's developers.  The Southern California Medical Education Council (SCMEC) is a group of Continuing Medical Education professionals whose purpose is to enhance the performance of Continuing Medical Education professionals and the quality of CME programming. Established in 1981, SCMEC members explore their common interests, concerns and responsibilities for the planning, coordination and evaluation of CME programs.

For more information about CME Anywhere please call Michael Higby at 818.942.1094 or visit us online at http://go.sadasystems.com/cme.

SADA Systems, Inc., an information technology services firm founded in 2000. SADA works with its primary client base to develop innovative Information Technology solutions to business problems. SADA designs, delivers, deploys and supports a holistic and cutting-edge suite of best-of-breed technologies, allowing organizations to the highest leverage Information Technology to achieve levels of effectiveness, efficiency, and collaboration.

SADA's Google Apps Specials for October!

October may be the month for goblins, ghosts and tricks but here at SADA Systems, Inc. its all about treats for new Google Apps users!

Buy Google Apps and take advantage of the following promotions, through October 31st!

• Free Google Apps JumpStart when you purchase at least 50 user accounts.
• Additional Free Services offerings available for larger account purchases.
• Discounted licensing fee structures for multi-year purchases.

Why buy Google Apps from SADA?

• We are Google's #1 resale partner.
• We've been deploying Google Apps since its launch.
• We can provide complete end-to-end services for your deployment.
• We provide extreme client satisfaction, and the most published success stories.

Additional Services

• Google Apps for Small Business
• Google Apps for the Enterprise
• Other Google Services
• Postini

To get started please click here to visit our website and fill out our Google Apps order form.  A SADA representative will contact you promptly!

One of the first 10 Google Apps for Enterprise partners worldwide and initial contributor to the Google Apps Open Source provisioning tool kit, SADA Systems, Inc. has developed an proven track record in successful implementations of Google Apps solutions for the higher education market. SADA works closely with its clients to create custom, leading edge solutions that strategically meet their business and institutional objectives.

Google Apps for Education Success Story: "Call SADA Systems!"

Nothing confirms more that SADA Systems, Inc. is succeeding in achieving it's mission than when a client takes the time to address their satisfaction with our services. Here Mike Sommerville of the University of San Diego recalls the University's recent partnership with SADA on their Google Apps Education Edition deployment.

In the fall of 2008, the University of San Diego embarked on a project to migrate over 13,000 student e-mail accounts from our current system to the branded Google Apps offering: ToreroMail (powered by Google) http://ToreroMail.sandiego.edu The team at SADA Systems hosts this webpage and since going into full production, provides one of the highest levels of reliability and uptime of all our applications.

We partnered with SADA Systems to provide expertise in systems implementation – integrating our on-site authentication system to the suite of Google applications.

Because of our relationship with SADA Systems we were able to use their custom-made tools to allow students to ‘self-migrate’ to the new ToreroMail (powered by Google). Leveraging the Google IMAP migration tool also allowed us to move e-mail and account authentication for as many as 5180 accounts in one week.

The student experience was near seamless and our students never missed one incoming e-mail. After migrating over 13,530 student e-mail accounts to ToreroMail (powered by Google) we have received less than 130 calls into the ITS helpdesk (i.e. less than 0.1% of our client’s ever had issues). At the University of San Diego we consider this a major success! We are grateful to have been able to partner with such a competent team at SADA Systems, Nicky Parseghian and Michael Higby were our go to guys every step of the way and always took our requests seriously and provided a great level of service.

To date, the University of San Diego has over 15,300 student who have “e-mail for life” on the ToreroMail offering, powered by Google Apps.

Moving to Google Apps.? Call SADA Systems!

Mike Somerville
Manager - Systems Support
University of San Diego

SADA is Hiring! IT Solution Sales Position Now Open

Title: Professional Inside Sales, Information Technology
Location: North Hollywood (Los Angeles), California
Date Posted: 3/12/2009
Status: Open
How to Apply: Apply by emailing your resume to: careers@sadasystems.com

SADA Systems, Inc. is a Microsoft Gold Certified and Google Apps Enterprise partner; a leading Information Technology services organization, specializing in Managed Services and Cloud-Based solutions to business problems. Located in the heart of the NoHo Arts District in sunny Southern California, we represent an exciting and challenging place to work. Our dedication to our clients and the community has resulted in some great accolades, including:

• Inc. Magazine 5000 - fastest growing companies in the U.S., two years in a row.
• San Fernando Valley Business Journal's "50 Fastest Growing Private Companies."
• State of California - "A Salute to Small Business" award recipient.

To learn more about SADA, please visit: http://www.sadasystems.com/

We don't just grow our company, we grow our people!

Position and Job Description:

We are looking for an expert cold-caller and relationship cultivator who is excited about helping organizations improve their information technology operations.

Primary Duties include the following:

• Working primarily out of our headquarters in NoHo.
• Learning the ins and out of our offerings, and developing a strategy.
• Helping run call campaigns around specific vertical or promotional targets.
• Making 20-30 targeted and well through-out calls per day.
• Setting 2 well-qualified, high-value appointments per week.
• Logging and tracking campaign statistics in our CRM application.

The ideal candidate will also be energetic, creative, enthusiastic, intelligent, analytical, and eager to take on responsibility and learn new skills. She/he will enjoy working in a fast paced and agile organization and contributing to an exciting, fun, teamwork-oriented environment. We are looking for those who want to grow with SADA, and are in this for the long term.

You Would Be Great For This Position If You Have…

• 3+ years of telesales / inside sales experience.
• Have a proven track record of previous success in a similar position.
• Knowledge and experience speaking intelligently about I.T. solutions.
• A great rapport and the ability to sell without reading a script.
• Experience selling Managed Services, or similar flat-fee, recurring offerings.

Why You’ll Love Working At SADA...

• You'll work with a great group of people, one of the best in the business, in a highly collaborative, team and results oriented atmosphere.
• You'll have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and extremely positive environment where there is always the chance to challenge and enhance your skills.
• You'll get awesome benefits that include competitive and attractive compensation, performance based bonuses, holidays, combined vacation and sick days, medical, dental, life, short and long term disability insurance, simple IRA with matching funds, casual dress, flexible hours and more.
• You'll receive ongoing training and plenty of opportunities for advancement.
• Your offices will have a ping pong table, basketball hoop, big screens, a Wii and an espresso machine (We are an IT company after all!).

Compensation...

• Base salary starts at $40-55,000 per year, with no-ceiling, goal-based incentives which can easily add up to high six-figures plus annual compensation.
• Competitive benefits package.

SADA Systems, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Google Sets User Account Limit on Standard Edition

Google has announced that starting today Google Apps Standard Edition will support a maximum of 50 users for new customers. 

This limit will not affect current Standard Edition account holders, nor will it impact non-profit or educational users.

Google Apps Standard Edition is the no-charge version of Google Apps.  While it supports many of the same features as Google's Premier Version for business clients, it has a number of limitations by comparison including far lower data and email storage size and no access to Google's rich set of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) which allow for the customization and integration many clients need. 

In addition to offering Google Apps deployment, integration and customization services for it's clients, SADA Systems, Inc. is now an official Google Apps Reseller.  By purchasing Google Apps Premier Edition accounts through SADA clients engage with one of the most experienced Google Apps Enterprise Partners in the world.  For more information on our reseller program please click here.

SADA Launches New Website Built Entirely on Google Sites

January 7, 2009-North Hollywood, CA:SADA Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce the beta release of the first major revision to their website in three years. The new website was in development for most of the last half of 2008. To streamline the website and make the content as immediately available to clients and website visitors as possible SADA elected to develop it entirely in Google Sites. Google Sites is a rich website creation solution that is part of the Google Apps suite of "software-as-service" products. Google Sites is a powerful, cloud-based communication and collaboration platform.

Building the site on the Google Sites platform provides SADA with the opportunity to explore the development of unique Google Gadgets some of which can currently be experienced on the website. It is SADA's intention that especially useful or practical gadgets developed for the website will be made available to the public in the future.

“Why would a company who has web designers and developers on staff use Google Sites for their own website," says Tony Safoian, president and CEO of SADA, "Simply because their time is better spent doing custom client work, and this new platform allows our marketing team to update our own website instantly and, without burning very expensive development hours." Safoian's comment refers to making the ability to update the website accessible to anybody within SADA's organization. Updates to content, images, even videos no longer have to go through a web designer to be applied. There is no code to edit, and no special knowledge is required. SADA hopes this will ultimately mean the website is constantly being updated with fresh content, and there will always be something new on the website that will keep website visitors coming back.

Google Sites provides a search box for all of their pages. This means that all content, on every page of SADA's new site is a searchable term. Visitors to SADA's website who are unsure how to find an article, or page, or specific content may enter search terms in the search box provided on the website. Google's own search engine then crawls the website and returns pages with content matching the visitor’s request. SADA hopes this will help make the new site easier to navigate, and more meaningful to website visitors.

SADA Systems and Denver Seminary

One of the first 10 Google Apps for Enterprise partners worldwide and initial contributor to the Google Apps Open Source provisioning toolkit, SADA Systems, Inc. has developed a proven track record in implementation of Google Apps solutions. SADA works with a diverse client base to create custom, leading edge solutions that strategically meet client business objectives.

Founded in 1950, Denver Seminary offers a number of masters and doctoral level programs for clergy, counselors and other faith workers. The Seminary is home to nearly 900 current students and has graduated over 4000 alumni.

Challenges

Prior to adopting Google Apps, Denver Seminary did not provide its students with email accounts. Staff and faculty email was served through Microsoft Exchange however the Seminary did not see that as an appropriate solution for student email. Denver Seminary chose to use Google Apps Education Edition to fulfill this need and turned to SADA to help with deployment and implementation.

Solutions

SADA first reviewed Denver Seminary's existing IT environment. They assisted Denver Seminary with the sign up and initial account setup for Google Apps Education Edition. SADA then configured the seminary's MX/DNS records, and set up a Dual Delivery system for staff members already on Microsoft Exchange. SADA deployed its Google Apps User Provisioning/Synchronization and Web Single Sign-On tools. Each of these tools allows Denver Seminary IT staff to provision and synchronize Google Apps accounts through it's Active Directory (AD) and gives the Seminary's users access their Google Apps accounts with their AD credentials.

Results

By implementing Google's and SADA's solutions, Denver Seminary has an email solution that comes with lower IT administration costs, higher user satisfaction, and increased productivity. This peace of mind allows Denver Seminary IT focus on more strategic initiatives.

"SADA Systems was a pleasure to work with," says Jason Adams, Director of IT for Denver Seminary. "I am impressed by their relationship with Google, something I didn't feel other vendors had. They brought experience and knowledge which was extremely important and helpful in getting us up and running."

He continues, "We are using SADA's fully hosted solution - they took care of everything, there was very little for us to do. And with the few resources we have that makes a huge difference - without breaking our bank! I would recommend SADA Systems to everyone looking to deploy Google Apps in their environment."

Google Features SADA on Google Enterprise Blog

SADA was proud to have some of our recent Google Apps work featured on the Official Google Enterprise Blog which covers Google solutions around enterprise information, search, and apps:

One of our more active partners so far is SADA Systems, Inc. SADA is involved in many Google Apps projects, most recently helping Virgin Mobile USA develop a custom hosted Single Sign-On solution in just three days.

SADA also assisted Kings, Krebs, and Jurgens, a New Orleans-based law firm, in their recent deployment of Google Apps. Working side-by-side with the firm's IT staff, SADA ensured that the Google Apps deployment complied with the firm's legal requirements for retaining old emails. They also implemented a dual delivery email configuration that continues mail delivery to the legacy system as the firm evolves to Google Apps.

Finally, SADA helped Kent State University provision accounts and migrate data to Google Apps Education Edition for more than 120,000 students, faculty, and staff.

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Kent State on way to Provisioning 120K Google Apps Accounts

This fall, Kent State University is replacing its internally-managed e-mail system with Google E-mail. The change affects all of the university’s students, part-time and emeriti faculty and alumni, a total of more than 120,000 e-mail accounts.

Kent State chose the Google Apps Education Edition for several reasons. Most significant to the decision were the benefits that Google offers to its users in terms of mailbox size; built-in chat and calendaring; and the online suite of document, spreadsheet and presentation applications.

The result to date has been extremely successful. So far, more than 19,000 individuals have chosen to activate their accounts early.

“We’re now able to provide students with access to applications that would be too costly for Kent State to build internally,” Edward Mahon, vice president for information services and chief information officer at Kent State, says. “As a result, the switch to Google offers a cost savings not only to the university, but also to students.”

Because of the scope of the project and the number of individuals across the university who are affected by the change, Kent State’s Google Implementation Team — which includes representatives from Information Services as well as University Communications and Marketing — has been meeting regularly since June to plan for the transition. The team decided early on that it was important to manage effectively the activation of accounts, not only to spread out the impact of the actual account migration, but also to mitigate the volume of calls to the university’s Helpdesk.

"SADA has provided invaluable assistance as an implementation partner"
Roberta Sikula-Schwalm

Kent State Associate Vice President of Information Services

For these reasons, the transition plan includes a nearly two-month early activation period, in which individuals are given the option of creating their Google accounts themselves by logging into a Web site, http://google.kent.edu. They simply sign in to the page with their university I.D. and password, which validates that they are eligible for a Google E-mail account.

One of the other important aspects of the plan was allowing users the option to move their old e-mail and contacts list to their new Google account. For this critical component of the project, the university called upon the expertise of SADA Systems to help create a unique opt-in solution that allows users to migrate their e-mail from the same self-service Web site. For the individual user, it’s as simple as checking a box, and their old e-mails and contacts show up automatically in their new Google E-mail accounts.

A comprehensive communications plan was executed to ensure everyone was fully aware of the transition. This included face-to-face meetings with various stakeholder groups; weekly targeted e-mails; story placement in student and internal media outlets; advertising; and postcard mailings. During the kickoff week of Nov. 3, a table was staffed in the university’s student center during lunch hours to activate accounts and answer questions. Viral, word-of-mouth marketing was enhanced through the creation of a Facebook page, distribution of T-shirts with the project logo design and chalk messaging on sidewalks in high-traffic areas on campus. Additionally, the university’s Google Web site included links to multiple tutorials and how-to documents, both those created in-house and supplied by links to Google’s help pages.

According to Kent State Associate Vice President of Information Services Roberta Sikula-Schwalm the result to date has been extremely successful. "So far, more than 19,000 individuals have chosen to activate their accounts early, just two weeks following the project launch. SADA has provided invaluable assistance as an implementation partner in working through technical questions regarding the migration, and the Kent State community seems pleased with the new features they are accessing through their Google E-mail accounts."