Google started selling Google Apps

    In America, sales of the Google Apps Premier Edition office suite have begun . The offer, as expected , included a set of web services already known for free versions of Google Apps . Recall that it includes:

    - GMail mail,
    - Google Docs & Spreadsheets text and spreadsheet editor,
    - Google Talk voice messenger,
    - Google Calendar organizer,
    - a platform for creating web pages Page Creator, etc.

    What is Google offers to buy for $ 50 a year?

    Firstly, five times more spacious GMail. For mail, each client is allocated 10 GB of space on the company's servers. You can view correspondence without advertising - the function of prohibiting its broadcasting is present. There is also a mobile version of GMail for correspondence from BlackBarry devices.

    Secondly, Google provides a 99.9% guarantee of the smooth operation of web services. Technical support is available 24 hours a day.

    Thirdly, clients are given access to the API, which allows them to adapt programs to the specifics of the business.

    Google Apps Premier Edition will be useful to both individual users and corporate customers, according to Google. It is understood that companies will pay $ 50 per year for the account of each of the employees working with the package. The corporations General Electric and Procter & Gamble have already started using this offer, which seems to be a pretty significant fact.

    Google Apps family services have been freely available since August 2006. These are entirely online products involving the storage of user data on the developer's servers. In addition to the commercial news, Google offers two free variations of the package - Google Apps Standard Edition and Google Apps Education Edition. According to the company, over the past six months, hundreds of universities and more than 100 thousand small businesses have managed to use the "free" versions of programs in the United States.

    VIA WebProNews.com , AP

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