Either it’s a slow news day at the Googleplex or someone felt the need to restate what (hopefully?) is the obvious: Google has the ability to restore all of your Google Apps for Enterprise data, should something go horribly wrong.  Or, as they put it:

Our goal is not to lose any data when it’s transferred from one data center to another, and to transfer your data so quickly that you don’t even know a data center experiences an interruption. Of course, no backup solution from us or anyone else is absolutely perfect, but we’ve invested a lot of effort to help make it second to none.

But seriously, I am eating a sandwich.  When I read this, I tried to find something to justify almost 1,000 words.  It’s like your bank calling to inform you that they do, in fact, have enough reserve cash, just in case they were robbed or a disaster occurred.  Like me, you would find more concern in the fact that they felt the need to let you know, right?

Anyways, maybe someone else can make sense of this.  http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/03/disaster-recovery-by-google.html

It was bound to happen at some point, but I never would have guessed Google would be so ham-handed about it.

Google introduced a new social network platform called Google Buzz, to middling fanfare 2 weeks ago.  This service takes a 180-degree path from Orkut, which has been one of their few misses (though I hear it’s big in Brazil), being that it is integrated into Gmail and preys on references your contact list to build your community.  Automatically.  Without telling you.  You see where this is going, right? (more…)

This shouldn’t surprise anyone, as they’ve consistently broadened their direct-to-consumer network service.  First, the wireless broadband made available in the Mountain View area, and most recently airports.  Their purchases of fiber over the past years was not done without a long-range plan, being that their business thrives whenever they remove barriers between themselves and consumers.  By eventually offering an alternative to Comcast, AT&T, Verizon and others, they’ll be able to offer end-to-end solutions that further the quantity of data they have for selling and analysis. (more…)