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Google Launches Apps Certification Program

Posted by samzenpus on from the look-for-the-seal dept.

angry tapir writes "Google has launched a program to certify that staffers at Google Apps resellers have specific expertise, knowledge and experience working with the company's hosted collaboration and communication suite. The Google Apps Certification Program will offer badges for various areas of expertise, including Apps deployment, sales, software development and technical support."

32 comments

  1. Google Apps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Fuck that shit. Buggy as hell.

    1. Re:Google Apps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ballmer? Is that you?

    2. Re:Google Apps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Of course it seems that way to you, Mr. Uncertified.

    3. Re:Google Apps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And you can certify that it's not? Mr. Uncertified. It's known Google's entreprise stuff is buggy. Butthurt Google shill?

    4. Re:Google Apps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Way to immediately go off-topic there.

  2. oh no, now they want you to wear a webcam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So they'll have you on video up close and personal, and those clips will be indexed and searchable forever, 300 years from now. The CIA wishes it had as much on file. Maybe that's the real purpose of this program?

    Also, it costs $100 just to take the test with 100 multiple choice questions. $100 to score multiple choice! Sounds like another profit center for UsedToDoNoEvil Co.

  3. Question by Even+on+Slashdot+FOE · · Score: 0

    Can they check those wallpaper packs for viruses? I keep hearing about how if I download wallpapers from the android market, my phone will be infected.

    1. Re:Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Wrong Google Apps :-)

    2. Re:Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes there is, retard, it made the news recently.

    3. Re:Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Link or it didn't happen.

    4. Re:Question by somersault · · Score: 1

      The summary for that story said that those were for wallpapers downloaded from unofficial app stores, not the Android market.. people were downloading the official ones, repackaging and putting on unofficial sources. Now with added malware!

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    5. Re:Question by tlhIngan · · Score: 2

      Wrong Google Apps :-)

      Actually, for Android, it's called Google Marketplace for differentiation. And it's not "alternative app stores", it's "alternative marketplaces".

      Geez, you'd think with all the Android users out there, they'd at least try to keep their terminology straight.

      In iOS, it's called "App Store" to refer to the iTunes App Store. In Android, it's called "Market" everywhere - it's the Google Marketplace, not Google App Store. Even the URL is market.android.com, not appstore.

    6. Re:Question by davester666 · · Score: 1

      Amen. Don't call it an 'app store'. Apple's trying to get a trademark on that phrase.

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  4. Meet the new boss by Compaqt · · Score: 1, Funny

    M$ ^H^H Google Certified Profiessional

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  5. Chrome. by Seumas · · Score: 1

    I haven't really used Chrome, much. The only time I reach for it is when I want to watch Netflix or something in another browser window, without possibly risking my primary browser crashing or experiencing any problems. Mostly, I've been waiting to make it a bigger part of my life, until they fix the UI (having another button on the top bar for almost every single extension I install is ugly and annoying) and for them to introduce a better tabs solution. Preferably the Panorama stuff Firefox 4.0 uses, but at least an exact copy of the Vertical Tree Tabs that I've used in Firefox for a very long time. The lack of these things prevents me from using it in a serious capacity.

    But the last time I launched Chrome, it had a big advertisement for their App store and some specific Apps splashed right across the top, above my bookmarks and previously viewed/most viewed web pages. I found it really distasteful and even if they fix the other things, that would probably be enough to turn me off from using Chrome, now.

    1. Re:Chrome. by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

      the last time I launched Chrome, it had a big advertisement for their App store and some specific Apps splashed right across the top, above my bookmarks and previously viewed/most viewed web pages.

      Ugh, it's even worse than that. When you go to add extensions you find yourself in the app store. They added clicks to the basic extension-gathering process in order to show you their store.

      I gave up on Chrome when you had to do stupid stuff to make Notscripts work, and then it STILL didn't work as well as Noscript.

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    2. Re:Chrome. by Emerssso · · Score: 1

      That's pretty easy to fix. Just click the collapse arrow next to the apps row, and the Collapse arrow next to the Frequently Viewed row, and it will look almost identical to the old page. (However, I agree that it is kinda annoying.) This change is stored and maintained for all new tabs opened afterwards.

    3. Re:Chrome. by bberens · · Score: 1

      If you hover over the horizontal bar on the "home" screen you can even click a little X on the far right side to completely remove the whole section from the UI. I think the GP was talking about the icons to the right of the address bar though. Currently mine has: the Chrome wrench, Adblock, Amazon Wish List, Google Voice, Gmail, Chromey Calculator, Flashblock, and an RSS subscriber tool. The only things I actually *like* having there are: Chrome wrench, google voice, gmail. *shrug*

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    4. Re:Chrome. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why I still use firefox.

      - I like having that home icon, I use it all the time.
      - I like the easy search, just by entering the "/"
      - I like that little dropdown thing on the upper right, which allow me to go to wikipedia, or amazon, or whatever.

    5. Re:Chrome. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Don't use Flashblock. It's not 100% effective and it doesn't work for other plugins. Go to about:flags and enable 'Click to play' and then turn it on under Options-UtH-Content-Plugins.

    6. Re:Chrome. by somersault · · Score: 1

      I've been using "Incredible StartPage", presumably since before all of that happened. The Chrome homepage was nice, but I wanted it to be more configurable..

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    7. Re:Chrome. by somersault · · Score: 1

      What? Chrome has a home icon. I never use home anyway, I just use New Tab (ctrl-t) and often ctrl-w to close tabs I don't want. Ctrl-number to switch tabs if I really don't want to use the mouse.

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    8. Re:Chrome. by walterbyrd · · Score: 1

      I don't see any home icon. I see a reload page, a stop, and back and forth arrows. No little house icon, or anything else like that.

    9. Re:Chrome. by somersault · · Score: 1

      I just have back, forward, reload (changes to stop when a page is loading) and home.

      Ah okay, go to Options, and click "show home button on the tool bar". Simples.

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    10. Re:Chrome. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Flashblock still gives you the URL, Click to play doesn't. Anyway NoScript for Firefox does scripts, Flash, Silverlight etc., (but if you use NoScript don't use Flashblock because NoScript already does what Flashblock does, plus it conflicts with Flashblock).

    11. Re:Chrome. by DaVince21 · · Score: 1

      until they fix the UI (having another button on the top bar for almost every single extension I install is ugly and annoying)

      They fixed this. You can drag a small area to the left of the extension icons to reduce the area where icons are shown, so you can only make, say, 3 icons appear and the rest appears in a collapsed menu next to it.

      and for them to introduce a better tabs solution.

      In about:flags, you can change a setting that makes the tabs appear to the left of your browsing session, much like a side bar.

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    12. Re:Chrome. by DaVince21 · · Score: 1

      Addendum: there's also a "Hide button" option for extension icons now. Just right-click on it.

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  6. Google has had an apps cert for a long time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I suppose this is a new apps cert. But, just to be clear, google has had an apps cert for several months at least.

    http://edutraining.googleapps.com/

    Google certs are confusing.

  7. They needed this a long time ago by dave562 · · Score: 2

    Check out this thread in their support forum regarding the effectiveness of their support.

    http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Apps/thread?hl=en&tid=384dd0d72db87c6d

    In short, support for Google Apps is hit and miss with the majority of the cases being a miss. Google seems to have zero interest in supporting their product, so they foist the responsibility off on the resellers. The problem is that the resellers run into the same problems as everyone else, and they have to rely on Google for support. Since Google is not really interested in offering support, it is a viscious cycle.

    1. Re:They needed this a long time ago by victorhooi · · Score: 1

      heya,

      *vicious*.

      I can't speak for their paid support, but yeah, I have to agree, their email and forum support is a bit hit and miss. I just assumed that was because I was on Apps Standards.

      Cheers,
      Victor

  8. Buff up your resume for a mere 5 altraillin quid by johncandale · · Score: 1
    Hey you, yeah you, the freshman in your 3d year at the local JC. You too can get hired by a company on the edge, all you need is this Google cert. on your resume, a mere 100 a test.

    Channel partners interested in having staffers certified need to buy a special, $US45 webcam from Google and pay $100 per person who takes the test. The tests, which last several hours and consist of multiple-choice questions, are monitored live by a Google representative through the webcam. Results are computed as soon as the test is over. Those who pass, receive via e-mail a diploma and access to an official badge graphic. Those who fail are told which areas they need to improve upon.

    Because you know, those cisco and M$ certs are looking dusty.

    Said part is this usually actually works, because managers that hire know dickins about IT tech and it makes them feel comfortable