More great apps for Google Apps

This evening, we were joined by more than 50 participating companies to announce the launch of the Google Apps Marketplace, a new online storefront that enables millions of Google Apps administrators to discover and purchase integrated third party cloud applications and deploy them to their domains.

Adding an application from the Marketplace to your domain is simple - it only takes four clicks. Applications can then be easily managed from your domain's control panel and accessed by users through the same links as the Google Apps suite.

1) Click "Add it now"
2) Agree to the vendor's Terms of Service
3) Grant access to the data that the app is requesting (ome apps require data access, some don't...so only grant access to apps you trust)
4) Turn it on and start enjoying your increased productivity

Applications listed in the Google Apps Marketplace integrate with Google Apps using open protocols. These integrations improve the efficiency of your businesses by allowing users to share data and collaborate on projects as well as connect to users' daily workflows in apps like Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Contacts.



This integrated app experience is available in the Marketplace today for users of Google Apps Premier, Standard and Education Editions thanks to the efforts of folks like Intuit and Atlassian, and others who are committed to join, including NetSuite and Successfactors. We are honored to work with the more than 50 partners listed below:


The Google Apps Marketplace gives software vendors access to a rapidly growing Google Apps customer base of 25 million users from 2 million businesses and universities. By embracing open standards like OpenID and OAuth, and by giving software vendors freedom of choice for both billing arrangement and hosting platform, Google makes it easy to build apps for the Google Apps Marketplace.

For a lot more detail on what this means for developers and ISVs, check out our posts on the new Google Apps Developer Blog and the Google Code Blog.

We look forward to seeing the ways in which companies leverage the applications currently in the Google Apps Marketplace in addition to the apps to come in the future. In fact, we'll be exploring these topics further at Google I/O on May 19-20 in San Francisco. We hope you'll join us!

Posted by Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner Lead, Google Enterprise team

New blog for Google Apps Developers

Editor's note: Don Dodge is a Google Developer Advocate helping developers build new applications on Google platforms and technologies. Don has been a startup evangelist at Microsoft and is also a veteran of five start-ups including Forte Software, AltaVista, Napster, Bowstreet, and Groove Networks.

You can follow the Developer team's updates on Twitter, too – @googleappsdev – and, while you're at it, stay tuned to updates from the Google enterprise team at @googleatwork.

We've just launched have a new blog, Google Apps Developer Blog, for developers interested in building applications that leverage Google Apps. This blog will cover topics of interest to Google Apps developers building applications on top of Google Apps, integrating with them or utilizing the APIs.

Some of our topics and resources will include:

• code snippets and samples
• reviews of customer integration and deployment cases
• interviews with developers on best practices for developing in Apps
• voting on most-requested developer extensions in Apps
• discussion of OAuth roadmap
• references to OpenID
• smart ways to do logging (and analysis/reporting) in AppEngine, etc.
• storing JSON in AppEngine

Watch this blog for announcements of developer events, DevFests, Google I/O updates, product announcements, links to other Google developer related content and case studies on actual integration, implementation and deployments.

Also, don't forget to register for Google I/O, which is May 19-20, 2010 in San Francisco. Google I/O will feature 80 sessions, more than 3,000 developers, and over 100 demonstrations from developers showcasing their technologies. You'll be able to talk shop with engineers building the next generation of web, mobile, and enterprise applications. Last year's I/O sold out before the start of the conference, so we encourage you to sign up soon.

We want your feedback! Ask questions, suggest topics, and even submit your own stories for possible inclusion in the Google Apps Developer Blog. ContactGADBeditor @ google if you have a story for submission, or story suggestion. Comments will be enabled on this blog, and we hope you'll join the discussion.

Thanks,

Don Dodge
Developer Advocate
Developer Relations Team

Posted by Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner Lead

Calling All SaaS ISVs: Don't forget to sign up for Google I/O!

This year's Google I/O will play host to a number of sessions and events aimed specifically at helping Software as a Service companies integrate with and monetize Google Apps, including:

• Add Single Sign On to your app using OpenID
• Connect your app with Google Docs and Sites
• Learn how Google architects its own GWT applications for production
• GWT + HTML5 can do what?!
• Making Freemium work - converting free users to paying customers - VC panel

Plus:

• Learn how to acquire additional customers using the Google Solutions Marketplace
• Network with Google Apps Resellers and find new channel opportunities
• Network with other ISVs in the Developer Sandbox that are already selling to Google Apps customers

We are planning several more sessions that we'll be announcing in the coming weeks that you won't want to miss. We'll also be hosting a mixer event just for the enterprise developer community that'll take place just before the After Hours party at I/O.

Google I/O is our biggest developer event of the year, and it's also the best chance you'll get to learn about the technologies that can help you build a thriving business extending Google Apps. We hope you'll register today!

Posted by Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner Lead

Enterprise developers: See you at Google I/O!

As you may have heard from our announcement yesterday, registration for Google I/O is now open! This year's Google I/O will focus on building the next generation of applications in the cloud, using Google products like App Engine, Google Web Toolkit, and Google APIs, with particular emphasis on Android, Chrome, and Enterprise.

Here are just a couple of Enterprise sessions that are already listed on the I/O website (many more are in the works!):

• Making freemium work for you: VC panel
• Untangling Auth

We'll be adding much more Enterprise (and Google Apps) content to the I/O website over the next couple of months. For updates on new content, follow @googleio on Twitter.

Today's registration opens with an early bird rate of $400, which applies through April 16 ($500 after April 16). Last year's I/O sold out before the start of the conference, so we encourage you to sign up in advance.

Google I/O

May 19-20, 2010

Moscone West, San Francisco

To learn more and sign up, visit code.google.com/io.

We hope to see you in May!

Posted by Joyce Sohn, Google Developer team

Learn how enterprises are adopting the cloud at Google I/O

Google I/O is coming up on May 27 – 28, 2009 in San Francisco, California, and will feature many sessions on enterprise adoption of the cloud. Come hear how companies like Salesforce.com and ThoughtWorks partner with Google and leverage technologies like App Engine and Secure Data Connector to pioneer applications and help businesses realize the benefits and efficiencies of cloud computing.

Sessions will include:

Connecting the Clouds: Integrating Google App Engine for Java with Force.com, presented by Ron Hess of Salesforce.com and Iein Valdez of Appirio

This session will focus on connecting the Salesforce SOAP Web Services API to Google App Engine for Java, including a demonstration by Appirio of an advanced casino host application blending App Engine and Salesforce.

ThoughtWorks on App Engine for Java: An Enterprise Cumulonimbus?, presented by Martin Fowler and Rebecca Parsons of ThoughtWorks

Presenters from ThoughtWorks will discuss applications they've built for App Engine, as well as strengths and weaknesses they've encountered with the platform. The session will also include a discussion of the role of Big Table in App Engine.

Using the Google Secure Data Connector to Access Behind-the-Firewall Data from Google's Cloud, presented by Jun Yang

This session will demonstrate how enterprises can bring their own data into Google Apps using the Google Secure Data Connector. The presenter will share an example of using data stored in a behind-the-firewallSQL database in App Engine, a spreadsheet and a gadget.

Lots of other fun and interesting things are happening at Google I/O, including the Developer Sandbox, Fireside Chats, Tech Talks, and After Hours Playground. Sound good? Registration is still open. Check it out!

Posted by Chris Kelly, Google Enterprise Partner Team

Learn about custom web apps running on Google's infrastructure

In early April we unveiled App Engine for Java as a preview release. With the goal of providing an end-to-end Java solution for web applications, this release includes an early look at our Java runtime, integration with Google Web Toolkit, and a Google Plugin for Eclipse.

We're excited about the potential to use these tools to build scalable applications that complement the Google Apps suite of messaging and communication services. We're eager to share what we've learned so far, and encourage you to try it out and give feedback.

To help with that, we hope you'll join us for two upcoming events focused on developers, where you'll hear about our experience and that of partners who've begun development with App Engine and Google Apps. Then, give App Engine a try and join the conversation in our developer and partner communities and let us know what you think.

Details:

• Partner Webinar, May 12: Building Enterprise Applications Using Google App Engine for Java. Google is pairing up with Appirio, a Google Enteprise Partner, to offer a webinar detailing these new developer capabilities. The event targets IT leads and app developers within enterprise companies and takes place at 10:00 a.m. PDT / 1:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 12. Register or learn more here.
  

• Partner Event May 14: Partner with cloud leaders Google and Salesforce.com. Google and Salesforce.com are jointly hosting an ISV-focused event on Thursday afternoon, May 14 in Sunnyvale, California to discuss building a cloud computing strategy. If you're in the area, register here for this free event to test drive the latest cloud technologies, meet Salesforce.com and Google partner representatives, and network with cloud experts, fellow entrepreneurs, and developers.

Also: Google I/O May 27-28th: The Google I/O Developer Conference is May 27–28, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Learn more about the enterprise-focused sessions and sign up.

Posted by: Maureen Bradford, Enterprise Partner Marketing Manager