I think I’ve said it before, but just in case you haven’t heard, I’m a big fan of the Google productivity suite. I use their email, calendar, photos, documents…I think you get the picture. Well, when a few friends and I decided to start an investment club the logical choice for an easy to set-up website was Google Apps for your domain. It allows us to easily share information, administer users and experiment with things while we decide what we want our more permanent solution to look like. All in all, it’s worked pretty well and the group members love it.
Tonight, as with most nights, I login to check club activity and make sure things are working smoothly. I have a lot of faith in Google but based on my experiences at work, a random check up here and there can save you in the long run.
Much to my surprise, I was greeted by a message that said my users may have issues using Google Apps - specifically the email application. I like that I was warned and luckily we all still keep our own personal email addresses, but I was still pretty shocked. While implementing the site I read several of the forums and there are a lot of people that use Google Apps for ‘mission critical’ purposes.
I will say though…at least they warn you. It was nice for them to let me know I may get some crappy emails before they actually made it to my inbox. I tried to get an image of the problem but I’m on the road (Dallas, TX this week) for work and well…my company issued computer is pretty worthless. I apologize for its quality in advance.
Tags: Google, google apps, productivity suite
Nathan, as with any acquisition and improvement process, it will take time to iron out issues..
Like you said, be glad you got a message alert atleast..
Lakshmi -
I am very thankful they warned me but what do you mean by acquisition? Google’s email was homegrown which is why I was surprised to see it down…then it went down for standard Gmail a day or two later so I chalked it up to an ‘oops’. I agree that for something like Google Sites (an acquisition) growing pains like downtime may be more common.
Thanks for the comment!