At Spanning, we strongly believe that a fundamental part of offering business-class backup for Google Apps is strict adherence to data privacy principles and laws, both domestic and international.

Spanning complies with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries and Switzerland.

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At Spanning we've decided to to keep no paper files, and instead use Google Docs as our filing system-for everything. And the thing that's given us the confidence to go all-in on the cloud? Spanning Backup.

All legal, HR, finance, operations, marketing, sales, IT, engineering, and corporate documents—everything but stock certificates, which we're legally required to keep in paper form—are now stored in Google Docs.

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Austin, TX, April 26, 2011 — Spanning Cloud Apps, the makers of Spanning Backup for Google Apps, today announced the appointment of Bill Dolan as vice president of sales. Following the company's recent Series A financing, Dolan will bring his considerable sales experience to Spanning and play an instrumental role in the continued growth of the company.

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Google Apps is used by more than 40 million people and signs up 5,000 new businesses every day according to numbers recently cited by Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt.

But what do all those millions of people actually use Google Apps for, and how heavily do they use it?

At Spanning we have a unique view into the data, so we decided to run some numbers and find out.

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Fred Wilson recently completed his move to the cloud. He and the rest of the Union Square Ventures team now use Google Apps for email, calendaring, contacts, word processing, and spreadsheets, and are already realizing the benefits:

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