Google Video For Business Launches

Over the past couple of weeks we've created several videos at PN that we've wanted to share with clients and others in the PN Network without making them accessible via YouTube for the world to see. The problem with adding your 'private' video to YouTube is that you have to send out special invitations to your friends in order for them to see it, which means you have to take the time to invite a client to be a friend, wait for them to accept, and then invite them to view the video. It's a really long process that isn't all that efficient in a world that demands instant gratification.

I was thrilled to learn today that Google just launched 'Google Video For Business' - I only wish it were free!

The app is similar to YouTube, only the security is better and they make it easier to send secure videos within your office or network. The application enables workers to....

Share rich video information – Video sharing makes important communications like internal trainings and corporate announcements more personal, engaging and effective.

Keep videos secure and private – Employees can securely share videos with select coworkers or everyone at the company without making confidential information public.

No large files or complex infrastructure – Google securely hosts and streams your videos, so employees don't need to share videos over email, or burden IT for a video solution.

Everyone at your company can contribute – Employees can share videos instantly. Viewing and annotating doesn't require any special software, just a standard browser.

Google Video for business is now available as part of Google Apps Premier Edition at no additional cost (the suite itself costs $50/user/year). Each Google Apps Premier Edition domain gets 3GB of Video storage per user account, with a file limit of 300 MB per video.