SuccessFactors Announces Delivery of Integration with Google Apps

SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFSF), the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced the delivery of five new capabilities integrated with the Google Apps(TM) suite of communication and collaboration products and other tools. The integration of SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management suite with the products from Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) enables companies of any and all sizes to reap the benefits of cloud computing (no hardware or software to download, install or maintain), and extends SuccessFactors' mission to help companies better manage, motivate and engage their people to drive better business results.

Google Integrations for SuccessFactors

SuccessFactors designed, developed and integrated the following five solutions with Google products. The first three are with Google Apps and the other two are integrations with other Google products. The integrations include:

• SuccessFactors and Google Talk(TM) - to instantly communicate with a manager, members of a team, or others to discuss specific goals, performance reviews, and development/project plans
• SuccessFactors and Google Calendar(TM) - to keep track of key events, deadlines against a goal plan, or key dates in the performance review process
• SuccessFactors and Google Docs(TM) - for sharing knowledge and promoting collaboration by posting relevant, recommended documents, spreadsheets, and presentations from the SuccessFactors system, making them available to the internal and external audiences through Google Docs
• SuccessFactors and Google Book Search(TM)- gives employees the tools to control their career development by providing clear visibility into the competencies they need to work on to prepare for future roles, along with relevant, suggested reading through Google Book Search
• SuccessFactors and Google Maps(TM) - helps understand where individuals and teams are located, and to coordinate activities and make informed decisions on deploying talent

So now SuccessFactors users need not switch applications, or even browser tabs, to find information and collaborate with their colleagues. The Google Apps integration makes SuccessFactors customers more productive in one place and is a compelling example of the possibilities of cloud computing (aka SaaS - Software as a Service).

For more information, visit: http://www.succesfactors.com/google

Have Google Apps integrated to your mobile device and office PBX

Esna Technologies is now offering Unified communications for google Applications - Mobility, Presence, Messaging and Google applications all integrated to your mobile device and office phone system.

The Telephony Office-LinX UC gateway for GOOGLE ties the Gmail hosted services to the enterprise telephony infrastructure. Users can link their office desk phone and mobile phone into GOOGLE applications.

When a user receives an urgent email or voice mail, the UC gateway for GOOGLE will turn on their telephone message waiting light. Users can use any telephone to login to their GOOGLE applications with speech and access, manage and respond to all their email, voice mail and fax messages. Office workers leveraging thin clients can simply use a browser with any OS and login to Gmail™ to gain access to their voice messages, faxes and recorded conversations.

Here are some of the key features:

Full unified messaging with GOOGLE applications, Gmail and your office PBX. Light up message lights in the office, initiate call notification on email and fax messaging, and the ability to login to Gmail over the phone to access, manage, and compose messages.

Integrate GOOGLE applications with both legacy and IP-based phone systems such as Mitel, Iwatsu, Nortel, AASTRA, Cisco, Avaya, Toshiba, etc.

Ability to integrate multiple PBX with GOOGLE applications at the same time. Perfect for large distributed organizations with branch offices or large campus environments.

Integrates office call logs into a user Gmail™ folder so when users login to Gmail™ they can see who called them, time and date stamp and even duration of conversations.

The ability to automatically record office conversations and have them deposited in Gmail™ for full indexing, archiving.

Integrate click-to-dial from GOOGLE applications interface with the office PBX, and registered mobile devices. Users can highlight a number and call from anywhere within GOOGLE applications. This will initiate for both internal and external phone calls. Esnatech UC used intelligent least cost routing by leveraging the office PBX for all call creations.

Import GOOGLE contacts into UC server so users have remote access to contacts over the phone to initiate phone calls and message replies. This also leverages least cost routing rules of the office PBX.

Now any business regardless of size or budget can increase employee productivity and effectiveness while dramatically improving customer satisfaction by simply investing in a Telephony Office-LinX UC gateway and subscribing to GOOGLE applications! No need for a new phone system, no need for any changes to your office hardware.

For more information visit: http://www.esnatech.com/google/googleapps.htm