Mar 11
2010
This month we released our new login page. Instead of logging in at the salesforce.com site – you can now log in from the BasicGov website : www.basicgov.com/login
Why our local government customers will want to use our new login page?
The login page is becoming a key BasicGov resource area where we’ll post:
- Up-to-date service announcements
- Quick links to our new “cheat sheets” and quick guides (coming in February)
- Advance notice of new features and modules (like our latest software releases – Licensing and Citizen Portal)
- Information on how to register for upcoming training webinars and product demonstrations
The first time you log in from your computer, you’ll see a message that an activation link is being sent to you. Once you get that email either click the link directly – or copy the link and paste it into your browser’s address bar. You won’t need this link again*. After the first successful login you can simply go to www.basicgov.com/login to access the system.
(*Note that if you login from a different computer or a different browser on the same computer you’ll be sent a new activation link. It’s an added security measure aimed at ensuring that you are who you say you are.)
Mar 11
2009
My first two weeks here at BasicGov has been full of activity.
The first week was marked by an event that proves the cloud computing model is gaining significant traction in government. The decision by the City of Los Angeles to move from enterprise software (Novell) to Google’s Software as a Service (SaaS) for email and calendaring was a major departure from the, I’ll say it, older way of thinking and deploying software. The discussions about whether this is a good or bad move has been lighting up the internet and is very interesting, but at the end of the day, should the software customer be responsible for maintaining upgrades and best practices implementation anymore.
All in all, this is very exciting for companies like us as it shows other cities that a) change is good, and b) change can happen (as a sidebar, there are documents circulating that do a detailed cost analysis of this decision, if you would like that, please let me know). This is a major event in the evolution of cloud computing and many of my peers are very excited about how this event will influence government software decision making in 2010.
In addition to that, BasicGov is releasing a new product this week and there is an impressive set of products announcements ahead of us. Please sign up for any or all of ways to communicate with you (twitter, blog, newsletter, etc)
We are also preparing for DreamForce, which is an education and partnering event for companies delivering products based on Salesforce.com’s Force.com platform. If anyone is out there on the Force.com platform and sells to local government, I would like to meet you there.
Mike
michael.togyi@basicgov.com
