28 August 2006
Google creates online applications for business and schools
Google is moving into the business sector with their new Google Apps for Your Domain. This software helps employees communicate and work together on projects more efficiently and even better for small businesses, it's free unless of course you want the premium version with more advanced features. A selling point for this software is that an organization doesn't have to worry about upgrades and new installations of software because it is all online based through Google.
Currently it is in beta form and after providing Google with some information about your company, they will decide if you meet the requirements for testing the software.
Once chosen a person is directed to the control panel of the service where they can add and remove users and choose which services to use. Those services include Gmail, which has 2GB storage space available for each user, Google Talk, which allows users to contact other people in both instant messaging and voice conversations, Google Calendar, allowing for the creation of personal and public calendars which can all be viewed from the same page next to each other, and lastly is Google Page Creator, which is a WYSIWYG editor for web page creation and publishing.
There is also a version for education with the web page creator removed. This is designed to help students work together as well and could be useful on projects.
While this can be quite useful for businesses, it could be more useful with the addition of a word processoring and spreadsheet application. Those applications have the potential of being used a lot more in business than a web page creator. Some sort of office suite similar to Open Office or MS Office would be the best option as in combination with the existing applications in the service, it would provide an organization with almost every needed tool for daily business.
Currently it is in beta form and after providing Google with some information about your company, they will decide if you meet the requirements for testing the software.
Once chosen a person is directed to the control panel of the service where they can add and remove users and choose which services to use. Those services include Gmail, which has 2GB storage space available for each user, Google Talk, which allows users to contact other people in both instant messaging and voice conversations, Google Calendar, allowing for the creation of personal and public calendars which can all be viewed from the same page next to each other, and lastly is Google Page Creator, which is a WYSIWYG editor for web page creation and publishing.
There is also a version for education with the web page creator removed. This is designed to help students work together as well and could be useful on projects.
While this can be quite useful for businesses, it could be more useful with the addition of a word processoring and spreadsheet application. Those applications have the potential of being used a lot more in business than a web page creator. Some sort of office suite similar to Open Office or MS Office would be the best option as in combination with the existing applications in the service, it would provide an organization with almost every needed tool for daily business.
