Neverware Switch on Service

Neverware's CloudReady solution enables legacy devices to run on Chrome O/S. For establishments with limited budget, or a large amount of older devices that require a faster, smoother user experience. CloudReady is an incredibly cost effective method of squeezing extra life and performance from your entire fleet of mobile devices.

You can read more about our exclusive Neverware Switch on Service by clicking on this link

Haptic Networks have taken our existing Switch on Service and customised it to make it easy to trial Neverware. In 3 easy steps you could have Chrome O/S running across your entire estate, also with additional chrome device Haptic Neverware Switch on Service management (CDM) licenses the benefits of a full device management platform could be yours.

Haptic Neverware Switch on Service

New security and intelligent features added to Gmail

New security and intelligent features added to Gmail

Google recently announced major updates to assist the paying businesses (over 4 million and counting) that use G Suite work smarter, safer and more efficiently.

Included in the all new, new-look Gmail:

In order to address Business Email Compromise (BEC) threats in which fraudsters impersonate an executive to obtain payments or information. Gmail introduced new phishing protections which help block 99.9 percent of BEC attempts by warning users.

Gmail - Confidential Mode:

With confidential mode, it's possible to protect sensitive content within your emails by adding expiry dates or revoking messages that have been previously sent. Requiring additional authentication via text message to view an email is another possibility to protect data even if the recipient's account has been hijacked whilst the message is active

Good news for business, good news for personal Gmail users too. You can opt-in to this new experience too (go to: settings, in the top right and select 'Try the new Gmail")

If you need help getting started with the new Gmail or any other G Suite application, feel free to contact us here

G Suite Case Study - South Wirral High School

For more case studies and information around G Suite and Chromebooks click here to visit our dedicated microsite 

Jamboard - I think, therefore I Jam

At the beginning of 2016 my colleague Nathan and I had a sneak peak of the brand new Google Jamboard at the BETT show, it was so secretive that we were ushered into a secret room on the stand itself where only one person was allowed to present to a maximum of three people and we had to sign an NDA before we could be wowed by the awesomeness that the Jamboard evoked.

In return for our silence we were greeted with a beautiful 55-inch whiteboard style 4k display with very striking red and white colour scheme surrounding.  It wasn't cluttered by wires save the single cable, and the tools consisted of a stylus and an eraser that were both passive and didn't need 50 more batteries than my sons toys will this Christmas.  It was clean, it was vibrant, but did it actually function as well as it looked?

Short answer...Yes, Using the actual hardware was intuitive and very easy, making something bigger was a simple pinch out gesture, the pencil was natural to use and next to no lag meaning even my infantile drawings looked half competent.  Perhaps one of the most impressive parts included in the Jamboard experience is its machine learning aspect, there is nothing more satisfying than drawing a wonky looking circle on the board and watching it turn it into a perfect circle for you.

So do you HAVE to buy a Jamboard to enjoy what the Jamboard service has to offer?

Short answer No...Google has continued with Jamboard their phenomenal ability to create simple, easy to use solutions that just work, and have them collaborate with the core apps which we all know and love in G Suite such as Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides.  Add to this the fact that you can use the Jamboard app on a phone, tablet, Chrome device running android, or the web means the ability to bring in multiple students both in and outside the classroom is as simple as pushing the app out through your G Suite admin console.

Google are in the next few weeks making the Jamboard service a core G Suite service for G Suite domains, if you haven't yet tried the Jamboard service out yet it's definitely worth exploring for yourself Jamboard Help Centre

G Suite for Education Event - Review

Google Apps Is Now G Suite

Google announced today the new name for Google Apps – G Suite.

Here’s how the changes will take shape:

Google For Work is now Google Cloud

Google Apps for Work -  now called G Suite

Google Apps for Education is G Suite for Education

The changes are in name only, the applications remain the same, no change to Gmail, Docs, Drive etc

Google have made the changes to better reflect their mission ‘to help people everywhere work and innovate together, so that your organization can move faster and achieve more.’

At Haptic we feel it’s a great move to improve the way the two aspects of Google’s offering align. We look forward to seeing future enhancements and developments in the coming months.

We will also be hosting another of our interactive Google sessions 29th November at Sheffield College, if you’d like to join us to learn more about the benefits and cost savings Google can provide – click here to contact us.

Read more about the changes on Google’s official blog

Haptic Networks Joins Google Education Partner Program

Last week we had the privilege of being invited to Google’s UK HQ in London. Feeling somewhat like Charlie Bucket on his trip to Mr Wonka’s establishment explains our anticipation.

With Google’s focus on altering the conventional way in which users in Education and Business utilise mobile devices, we were a perfect fit for their Partner Program.

Sadly no oompa-loompas were present, although it’s fair to say they have an excellent work environment and they truly convey a solid passion and a keen eye for what the tech users in Education & Business really need. We were greeted by a superb team from across the world, all present (in casual attire, naturally) to sit and work with us to understand how their offerings can have the upmost effectiveness at improving staff and student experience.

Since the launch of Chromebooks from brands such as Acer, Toshiba, HP, DELL and Lenovo users have already seen the benefits of the light, cost effective and easy to use/share devices. As a Google authorised reseller we at Haptic are enabled to provide the one off Chrome Management License to Education for just £19 per device (ex VAT)

We also offer a full deployment service, working with you to make the process of deployment and support as easy as taking the Chromebooks out of the box and handing directly to staff/students.

We have an extensive range of Chromebooks to hand for demo purposes, ask us for your free trial and we’ll arrange one for you. Likewise if you’d like to know more about Google’s offerings, let us know. Whether it’s a call, email, webinar or visit you’d prefer, we can arrange it.

Read more about Chromebooks here

More about Chrome Device Management