Google Apps for Business is a web-based office tools hosted by Google to streamline setup, minimize maintenance, and reduce IT costs
Messaging apps: Gmail and Google Calendar and Google Groups for Business
- Gmail storage 25 GB / account
- Interoperability with Microsoft Outlook email and calendar
- Sync with Blackberry Enterprise Server
- Easy contacts management
- Mobile email, calendar and IM access
- Email security, powered by Postini
- Gmail ads can be disabled
- Resource scheduling in Google Calendar
- Mailing list functionality and easy content sharing with groups
Collaboration apps: Google Docs, Sites, and Video for Business
- Google Docs storage 1 GB per user for file storage
- Google Sites storage 10 GB plus 500 MB per user for shared storage
- Google Video for Business offers private, secure video sharing
- Google Apps Script
Support and reliability
- 24/7 phone and email support
- 99.9% uptime guarantee SLA*
- Synchronous replication
- Self-service online support
Increased security
- SSL enforcement for secure HTTPS access
- Customizable spam filtering
- Customize password strength requirements
- Email routing and email gateway support
- Customizable policies to filter email containing sensitive information
- Email encryption using standard TLS protocols
Migration and integration tools
- Manage multiple domains from one Google Apps account
- Email migration tools and API
- Directory sync with LDAP systems
- Email routing and email gateway support
- Single sign-on API
- User and group provisioning API