Why Google Apps are the Right Choice for Your Business
When you’re looking to move your business to the cloud, it’s important to investigate all of the service options. Chances are, Google Apps is one of the first ones you’ll look into, and here’s why Google’s cloud computing service is the right choice for your business.
More Tools, Less Cost, Less Hassle
With features like Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Sites, Google Apps offers your business the most tools for the lowest cost and least amount of hassle. And unlike other cloud service providers, like Office 365, whose services function best in conjunction with products installed locally on the desktop, Google Apps is hosted entirely in the web browser. This means that your employees’ can access their Google Apps accounts, and all the information they store on it, on any device from any location – which means the office can be anywhere they are.
Gmail for Google Apps Users
Gmail, Google’s email system that many people already use in their personal life, is also the email system for Google Apps users. With Gmail’s 25GB of storage, which is 50 times the industry average, your employees can stop worrying about email quotas. Gmail makes email simple and organized with threaded emails, which group emails with the same subject together, Google-powered search, to effortlessly find past discussions, and IM and video chat directly in the server.
Google Docs
Users can stop worrying about forgetting to add attachments to emails or how to send files that are too large to attach thanks to the sharing capabilities of Google Docs. Google Docs allows users to create files such as documents, presentations, and spreadsheets and make these files as public or private as desired. Shared files enable multiple users to simultaneously edit the same file from any location, leave comments for others, and track revision history to view what changes were made and when. The Google Docs tool takes collaboration within your business and with clients to an entirely new level.
Google Sites
Google Sites is also a key function of Google Apps that enhances your business’ communication and collaboration capabilities. With Google Sites, users can create intranets or websites for a specific group of people. These sites provide users with a central location to store relevant information, as they can use the site to share files, calendars, tasks, deadlines, and much more.
Google Apps for Business are Cost Effective
In addition to improving your business’ communication and collaboration, Google Apps for Business saves you money. Because Google Apps is hosted 100% by Google and runs without any additional hardware or software, your business will cut down significantly on IT costs. The Google Apps for Business platform runs at $50/user/year, putting the service ahead of competitive cloud service providers.
Google also understands that time is important to businesses of all sizes, so with Google Apps’ 99.9% uptime guarantee, you never have to worry about losing time to system crashes again. You can also stop worrying about the security of your business’ valuable information, as Google Apps for Business is verified in a third-party SAS70 Type II audit, which protects the privacy of all information stored on Google Apps.
The cost-efficient and easy-to-use services of Google Apps for Business are sure to improve your business’ daily functions, making this service the best choice for your company.
About the Author: This blog post is brought to you by Cloud Sherpas. Cloud Sherpas is a leading Google Apps cloud service provider. As a Google Apps Authorized Reseller and Google Enterprise partner, we have migrated over one million users across all major industries from legacy, on-premise messaging systems to Google Apps, helping organizations adopt cloud computing to innovate and dramatically reduce their IT expenses. Get to know our company by checking out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/cloudsherpas.
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Agree 100%! I use Google apps extensively to run my online business. Definitely saves time and money.
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I hear ya! Google Docs became one of my best friends after I learned the hard way not to rely on storing your documents and spreadsheets solely on your computer. It’s very heart-wrenching to lose hours and hours of work you hard drive takes a dive. Another convenient feature I found was through Microsoft Office Professional. It has a syncing feature that can help you keep all your stuff safely in the cloud, too in the event something should happen to your PC. It’s not free like Google Docs, but if you find it’s a good program for you, may as well take advantage of it.
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I can understand the want to have everything be in one place and cohesive, but I don’t like the idea that i have to use google for everything, with some of the privacy issues at hand, you know that google monitors everything. and when your job is to rise your company in the ranks of google I don’t want them to know everything I am doing.
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I also agree! I use Google apps more and more now. It is much more productive. I also use Apple’s iCloud quite a bit for syncing my iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro. These are all positive moves for me as they save me time so I can focus on what I really need to.
Couldn’t agree more, but WORKetc is worth noting here. It’s a great CRM that integrates with Google Apps and simplifies how business management works by putting CRM, project management, billing, and time tracking into one web app.
One of the best parts about WORKetc is it’s Gmail integration, which allows in depth functionality without having to leave Gmail. For example, use emails to create new leads, or attach an email to an existing WORKetc item from Gmail. Also, Google Docs sync automatically into WORKetc projects!
WORKetc CRM, project management, billing, time tracking, and support integrated into Google Apps, with Mobile applications at the ready. Worth taking a look at!
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Thank for this Post. I also agree.
Google is number one in the world and the development stops never.
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To boost up business network and our sales, Google apps are sure the right choice. Thanks for nice info.
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Bigger company like Google gives us more confidence about our privacy and security so we prefer them.
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Thank you Cloud for posting this. Google is really amazing. Perhaps it has become the world’s most powerful brand. It is safe, easy-to-use, innovative, avant-garde!
I am a beginner blogger, and I am excited about the new world I have found through google apps.
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How about sky livedrive by microsoft office? you can share docs like in google docs.
i understand that using google apps is the most convenient, but they cant offer solutions designed for you if u need, and if you are a serious biz you will probably need.
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yes , ofcourse .Google is after all the biggest network for its app and online Works so for sure they are the best choice
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We converted to GA for Business years ago and won’t be going back to anything else, anytime soon. Best spam filtering on earth.
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