Google Apps is a collection of web based programmes and file storage that run in a web browser without requiring users to buy or install software. User can simply log into the service to access their files and the tools to manipulate them. The offerings include communication tools like Gmail, google Talk and Google Calendar and productivity tools like Google Docs, text files, spreadsheets and presentations, a customizable Google start page and Google sites to develop web pages. These tools are free and users can pay for a premium edition that adds more storage space and other features.

Benefits

1. Proven cost savings: Using web based Google apps require no hardware or software and need minimal administration, creating tremendous time and cost savings for businesses.

2. 50 times more storage than the industry average: Each employee gets 25 GB for email storage, so they can keep important messages and find them instantly with built-in Google search. Employees can spend less time managing their inboxes, and more time being productive. Time-saving features like message threading, message labels, fast message search and powerful spam filtering help employees work efficiently with high volumes of email.

3. Mobile email, calendar and IM access: With several options for accessing information while on the go, employees can be productive with Google Apps even when they're on a move. Google Apps supports over-the-air mobile access on BlackBerry devices, the iPhone, Windows Mobile, Android and many less powerful phones.

4. 99.9% uptime reliability guarantee with synchronous replication: Google Apps ensures an uptime reliability of 99.9% of the time so you can worry less about system downtime. With synchronous replication, your data and activity in Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Sites is simultaneously preserved in multiple secure data centers. If one data center is unable to serve your requests, the system is designed to instantly fall back to another data center that can serve your account with no interruption in service.

5. Information security and compliance:  All your company's critical information to Google is safe and secure. Google and many other customers trust this system with highly sensitive corporate data.

6. Full administrative and data control: Administrators can deeply customize Google Apps to meet their technical, branding and business requirements. The easy Integration options let you connect Google Apps to your existing IT infrastructure.

7. Single sign-on API connects Google Apps to your existing authentication system: User provisioning utility and API connect Google Apps to your existing user directory system. Email routing and email gateway support let you run Google Apps alongside an existing email solution. Email migration utility and API let you bring mail from your existing email solution into Google Apps.

What we can do for you

Having provided Google Apps consulting in Google Apps to clients and digital agencies over the past several years we have worked with almost all of the biggest players across the industries like Real Estate, Insurance, Finance, Media, Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical, Medical, Employment, Education, Online Retail Chains, Travel, Petrochemicals and Manufacturing etc. It is not too late. We can help you ensure that Google Apps is set up correctly and capturing the right information from your website as quickly as possible.