Google opens Workspace to everyone

But for Google, this clearly shows the path Workspace is on.Image Credits: GoogleImage Credits: Google“Back in October of last year, we announced some very significant updates to our communication and collaboration product line and our business, starting with the new brand and identity that we chose around Google Workspace that’s meant to represent what we believe is the future direction and real opportunity around our product — less around being a suite of individual products and more around being an integrated set of experiences that represent the future of work,” Soltero explained in a press briefing ahead of today’s announcement.And then there is “Spaces.” Until now, Google Workspace features a tool called “Rooms.” Rooms are now Spaces. To strengthen your security, you may want to bring your own keys to the service, so Google has now partnered with providers like Flowcrypt, Futurex, Thales and Virtru to enable this.“With Client-side encryption, customer data is indecipherable to Google, while users can continue to take advantage of Google’s native web-based collaboration, access content on mobile devices, and share encrypted files externally,” writes Google directors of product management Karthik Lakshminarayanan and Erika Trautman in today’s announcement.Image Credits: GoogleImage Credits: GoogleGoogle is also introducing trust rules for Drive to give admins control over how files can be shared within an organization and externally.