Today Google plans to unveil a corporate version of its YouTube video sharing service called Google Video for Business. Google has added video into its stable of Web apps with Google Video for Business, a new service that permits video sharing among employees. The feature is that anyone at a company from CEO on down can post a video, but the content will be accessible only to others at that company. Videos can be shared within a company, but not say to your company’s ad agency.
Google Video for business will be available as a new tab in Google Apps Premier Edition ($50 per user annually) accounts at no extra charge. It includes 3GB of video storage per user. Google Apps administrators can enable the service through their Google Apps control panel. To access Google Video for Business, users must first sign in. Videos can be viewed only by people who are invited to do so by the original uploader. You can invite any person who has a valid company e-mail address
Google Video for business offers a way for individuals or groups to share videos, tag them, and embed them in internal Web pages. Executive might use it to deliver news of the company’s new strategy. A tech support employee might use it to post an instructional video on how to solve a problem with the company’s e-mail client. In addition, video can help a company share its creative assets with far-flung employees.
One notable feature is you can embed videos hosted on Google Video for Business into a Web page or into anything that accepts Google Gadgets including iGoogle and Google Docs spreadsheets. One possible use for this would be to embed an explanatory video into a spreadsheet to help users make better sense of confusing chart.
VP of research at Nucleus Research’ Rebecca Wettemann said
In principle, video is a great way to add context to and expand collaboration at a company, But she cautioned that technical issues and cost can hamper corporate video efforts. Nonetheless, she sees Google’s approach having value for specific applications, like corporate training videos.
Four reason to use Google Video
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Share rich video information : Video sharing makes important communications like internal training and corporate announcements more personal, engaging and effective.
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Keep videos secure and private : Employees can securely share videos with select coworkers or everyone at the company without making confidential information public.
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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.
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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 a product that’s distinctly easier and far less expensive than anything that’s ever been available on the market.
