Google has been working to make Drive even better for business, and yesterday at the Google I/O a new version of Drive was unveiled. Google Drive for Work is a new premium offering for businesses and it includes unlimited storage, advanced audit reporting and new security controls for US$ 10/user/month.
Google introduced Drive two years ago with an aim to help enterprise work faster and collaborate better with their coworkers and customers. Drive keeps all users’ work safe, and makes it available everywhere and easy to share. All new features of Google drive are as follows:
More control, more visibility
Google Drive for Work combines the familiar storage, sync and share experience of Google Drive with new admin controls, advanced file audit reporting and eDiscovery services. New fine-grained controls let admins customize the Drive experience, such as which employees can install the desktop sync client. With the new audit view users can see activity like moving, deleting or sharing a file within or outside the company, and an audit API will also be available for developers. Google Apps Vault, our solution for search and discovery for compliance needs, is also included with Drive for Work, expanding to cover all content stored in Drive, including Docs, Sheets and Slides, as well as any other file type.
More than enough space for all your work
Every year companies create more data than the last, adding megabytes, gigabytes and terabytes. Well, today, we’re taking bytes out of the conversation. For $10/user/month, businesses get unlimited storage for all their employees and can store files up to 5 TB in size (To put that in perspective, no desktop or laptop on the market today even has a hard drive big enough to capture and store a file that size).
More security
Google Drive will be encrypted, not only from a user’s device to Google and in transit between Google data centers, but also when at rest on Google servers.
More productivity
Google drive have built the power of Quickoffice into Docs, Sheets and Slides, so you can open and edit those documents in their native format using Office Compatibility Mode directly on Android and Chrome browser today, and coming soon to iOS. No need to buy additional software or decide how to open your file. Editing Office files is just a click or tap away from Drive on a user’s computer, tablet or phone.
Google Drive for Work includes the benefits and guarantees of Google Apps for Business, like 24×7 phone supports and a 99.9% uptime guarantee. Users will also get access to all of Google’s productivity apps like Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites and Hangouts, enabling them to collaborate in even more ways. Drive for Work also offers enterprise-grade security and compliance, including a SSAE 16 / ISAE 3402 Type II, SOC 2-audit, ISO 27001 certification, adherence to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles, and can support industry-specific requirements like HIPAA.
Drive for Work is available globally. Current Apps customers can upgrade from the Admin console to get new features like unlimited storage. Those new to using Google at work can learn more about Google Drive for Work on the web
Expert Opinion
One can share, collaborate and work fast with the all new Google Drive for Work. It also provide unlimited storage, advanced audit reporting and advanced security controls on Drive, now you can work from anywhere.
