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- Family Zone has officially joined Google’s Technology Partner Program as a Cloud Partner and a Google for Education Partner
- This gives the company the opportunity to create complementary products to enhance and extend the functionality of current Google for Education products
- Family Zone has been working closely with Google Cloud since early this year
- Completing the Google Cloud transformation project is an “immediate priority” for Family Zone
Family Zone is continuing to establish a strong presence in the education market by becoming a Google Cloud and Google for Education Partner.
The cyber safety technology company has been working closely with Google Cloud to transform back-end services, to support global delivery and scale, according to company management.
Today, Family Zone announced it has officially joined Google’s Technology Partner Program as a Cloud Partner and a Google for Education Partner. This gives Family Zone the opportunity and ability to build on current Google Cloud products and create innovative solutions.
This includes integrating Family Zone’s Education Solutions with Google’s G Suite Education and Chromebook platforms. This will give schools and educators greater visibility and control over security, administration, and an increased ability to teach students how to stay safe on the web.
Family Zone Managing Director Tim Levy said the company’s immediate priority is completing its Google Cloud transformation project, in order to increase is customer support and global scaling.
“Joining the Google for Education Technology Partner Program offers us a great opportunity to leverage Google’s services to innovate and support the expanding role of schools in student wellbeing and healthy use of technology,” Tim said.
The Head of Google Education for Australia and New Zealand, Suan Yeo, said the company was pleased with the new partnership.
“We are excited to welcome fast growing education innovator Family Zone as a Google for Education Partner,” he said.
The announcement of this new partnership comes just one week after Family Zone released its “game-changing” SpotShield software and reported strong growth through its partnership with Telkomsel Indonesia.
Shares in Family Zone has continued to increase over the last week, gaining 11.13 per cent today as at 11:13am AEST to trade at 15 cents a piece in a $30.09 million market cap.
