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Google, Box Team Up to Improve Cloud Productivity for Businesses

by Rajdeep
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Google, Box Team Up to Improve Cloud Productivity for Businesses

Google on Wednesday announced a partnership with Box, an online file sharing and content management service for businesses, which will allow the latter to act as a third-party repository for Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

The company says that Box will integrate with Google Docs and Google Springboard to deliver a “seamless experience for working and collaborating” for the enterprise customers in the cloud. The partnership will also allow users to create and collaboratively edit Google Docs directly from Box.

Apart from the Docs integration, Google also confirmed that it is working to integrate Box with Google Springboard, which was announced recently and is an AI-powered digital assistant for enterprise customers offering content from Google apps.

“We’re also working together to integrate Box with Google Springboard, which connects people and information with Google-powered search and intelligence. Through this integration, Springboard will help users find the right information at the right time, no matter where it’s hosted – in Gmail, Drive, Docs or in Box,” said Nan Boden, Head of Global Technology Partners, Google in a blog post.

Google announced that customers like Avago, Intuit, Internet2, and Whirlpool are already using Box and Google together.

“We’re excited to partner closely with Box to expand our efforts in the enterprise and transform how businesses work in the cloud. We want our customers to have flexibility in their choice of tools and to have the most productive and collaborative suite possible for their needs,” added Boden. Google’s move to partner with Box seems an interesting move from the company considering Google already has its own cloud storage service Drive.

[Source:- gadgets.ndtv]

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Education

UK lagging behind; learning and skills can tackle poverty and productivity

by Rajdeep
written by Rajdeep

A report released today by Learning & Work Institute, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows how tackling skills gaps can help to reduce poverty and improve life chances and calls for urgent action to support millions of adults improve their English and Maths

Some 9 million adults have low literacy, numeracy or both, limiting their chances to find work, build a career, get the best deal online and manage the household finances.

Today’s Learning and Work Institute report outlines three key measures that can tackle these inequalities:

  1. A new Citizens’ Skills Entitlement. By 2030 all adults should have access to the literacy, numeracy, digital, health and financial capability skills they need. This should be funded by refocusing existing budgets and investing an additional £200m per year investment, doubling current investment. (find out more)
  2. Shared responsibility. Personal Learning Accounts for individuals and incentives for employers to invest in those with least skills. The aim is for a system that better aligns public and private investment, puts individuals and employers in the driving seat, and better targets public resources on those with the lowest incomes. (find out more)
  3. A Career Springboard. A Career Advancement Service to help Britain’s 5 million low paid workers to progress, including by working with employers to boost productivity. And an Apprentice Charter to underpin Apprenticeship quality.

Stephen Evans, Chief Executive of Learning and Work Institute commented:

“We’re calling for a new national effort to help adults improve their skills. We need this to boost our economy and make sure everyone gets the best chance in life.

“A weak skills base holds back our future prosperity, but also contributes to poverty – while having skills is not a guarantee of avoiding poverty, lack of skills is almost a guaranteed passport to poverty.

“The UK’s learning and skills system delivers opportunities and second chances every day. But we need to do more so that people get a hand up when they need it. Poverty is not inevitable and improving skills can help to tackle it.

“These are practical and affordable changes, building on what already works and changing what works less well. Taken together, these changes would provide a framework for increasing our overall national prosperity, cutting poverty and increasing opportunity.”

[Source:- learningandwork]

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