Google’s Google Apps for Business gives you Unlimited User Accounts, Gmail and Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Sites, Google Video and Google Groups for Business, 25 GB Email Storage per user, Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Microsoft Outlook interoperability and more absolutely FREE!
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Google’s Google Apps email service has some pretty cool features which are comparable to Microsoft Exchange. Google’s Google Apps comes with some of the same features, bells and whistles as Exchange but costs a lot less cost to get started. Google offers two versions of Google Apps for you to choose from: Google Apps and Google Apps for Business. Google Apps is currently free to get started whereas Google Apps for Business is $50/yr per user. The major difference between Google’s Google Apps and Google Apps for Business is that the free version limits you to 50 user accounts, does not include Google Video, Google Groups, on includes 2 GB of mail storage (as opposed to 25GB in the Business edition and does not offer 24/7 support) while the business version is unlimited and provides full support.
Google’s Google Apps helps make emailing easier! With Google Apps you, your business and employees can now have their own email address with you@yourbusiness.com, .net, .org, etc. There’s no need to purchase or setup expensive computer servers, hardware, or server software (such as Windows or Exchange Server) in order to setup email services for your business or organization. Google’s Google Apps offers key features such as IMAP and POP support, creation and management of users, groups, distribution lists and more. Google Apps also provides support for mail clients like Outlook and Thunderbird. In addition, you can also check email, calenders and schedules from the Google Apps website using popular browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and more including the ability to receive email on your android, blackberry and iPhone smart phones.
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Setting up Google Apps for your organization is pretty simple and straight forward. Google’s offers a detailed, online walk through to help those of us to get started who do not have dedicated IT on site. In addition to email, Google’s Google Apps allows you to create, view and share calendars, share documents (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pdf and others). Google Apps offers the largest mail box storage in the industry with a whooping 25 GB storage limit per user (included with Google Apps for Business). If you are using Google’s Google Apps for Business, then there are added benefits and features such as the ability to create more than 50 mailboxes, Google Sites, Google Videos and more.
The best thing about Google Apps has to be the low cost to get started. Your TCO (or total cost of ownership) is drastically reduced when compared to Microsoft Exchange. For $50/yr per user you can have the benefits and features with out paying for the expensive server hardware and software which is needed for Exchange. For example, a typical mail server setup in a Microsoft Windows environment could cost you anywhere from $2,000-$5,000 per server for hardware and $1000-$5,000 per server for the Operating System in addition to purchasing licenses for 50 users. With Google’s Google Apps it’s simply $50/yr per user! That’s a significant cost and savings for an entire business or organization.
Google Apps also offers more exciting features such as Google Calendar, Google Video, Google Sites, Google Docs, and Google IM.
- Google Video: Upload and share video footage with anybody anywhere on the Internet.
- Google Sites: Create, edit and modify your company or organization’s sites easily while controlling who can access that content.
- Google Docs: Create documents, spreadsheets and presentations on the Internet from any computer. There’s no need to have another office suite such as Microsoft Office or OpenOffice.org installed on your computer or laptop.
- Google Calendar: Create, schedule and share information on your calendar with ease. Now you can keep all of your events organized while sharing dates and schedules with friends, family or associates.
- Google Apps: Also has an Instant Messenger feature built right into the web portal. With Google IM you can chat or IM all from the same place as you email.
Google Apps offers some of the best tools and features for businesses available and the cost is far less than traditional mail services. Google Apps is also backed by the biggest name on the internet. Plus there’s no need to have or hire dedicated IT or staff to run your mail server. Google Apps provides everything that you and your business needs all for a low $50/yr. I highly recommend Google’s Google Apps to any business or organization out there looking for the very best in hosted business email, document and calender collaboration.
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Ray Eason – Owner/IT Consultant
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Ray Eason has been a computer technician since 1991. Ray believes in providing highly reliable and cost cutting computer and IT services to his customers and clients. Specializing in Windows, Windows Server, Linux and Open Source technologies, Ray Eason aims to provide you with the very best for your technology needs. Got a question for Ray? Please, do not hesitate to contact him today.