google apps overview

Google Apps

Business challenges are changing

Information overload• Volume of information is increasing radically• Sort, file, and find is a broken paradigm

Collaboration is central• Work with global, distributed teams• Connect with external partners

Access anywhere• Proliferation of smart phones• Struggles with VPNs

Messaging challenges

Collaboration challenges

Technology challenges

Google Apps: tools for today's user

Gmail  Huge inbox with search: keep and find everything.

Talk  Business class IM and VC as easy as email.

Groups  Let users easily create and work in teams.

Calendar  Make sharing calendars and schedules easy.

Docs  Makes collaborating as easy as creating

Sites  Allow users to manage their own sites.

Video  Unlock the power of video within your business.

Postini  Security and compliance solutions.

Built on the cloud computing model

Google Apps Premier Edition

€50 / user / year

Benefits of Google Apps

1 Best tools for business.

2 Dramatically lower costs.

3 More reliable and secure.

Best tools for business

Information overload• Lots of storage: don't worry about quotas• Search built into every application• Labels and threading: new ways to cope

Collaboration is central• Make collaborating as easy as creating• Remove the IT barrier to collaboration

Access anywhere• Mobile versions for applications• Web-based, no VPN and no thumb drive

That just keep getting better

Frequent, small updates• ~2 week release cycle• Easier for users to adjust

Learn from users• Research• Usage analysis

Easy to manage• No server or client upgrades• No data migration• Everyone is on the latest release

Dramatically lower costs

Source: Microsoft Online Services Business Value White Paper (Microsoft, 2009)Source: Should Your Email Live In The Cloud?’ (Ted Schadler, Forrester, 2009)

More reliable and secure

Corporate IT Survey – Messaging & Collaboration, 2008-2009,” The Radicati Group, 2008.

Better uptime than on-premise

Downtime per month (in minutes)

Purpose-built infrastructure• Hundreds of thousands of

identical servers• Custom, hardened Linux OS• Can rapidly update all systems• No third-party security issues

World Class Security• Industry-leading experts• Obfuscation of data at rest• Security reviews for all code

 SAS 70 Type II certificationFISMA certification  (in progress)

Google's enterprise vision

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