Google Apps Demo
SETUP
Business Editions
PROS
- $50 / user / year ($1250 / 25 users / year)
- this is basically another..
- employee
- server
- backup system
- support
- ... for a very small cost.
- 24/7 support
- shared contacts with company
- Google Gears
- Allows to download most Google Apps so they are available offline.
- Gmail
- Mobile Access for most applications on Google Apps
- iPhone
- Blackberry
- other
- LARGE email storage (25 GB per user)
- shared contacts with company
- Security / Backup
- IMAP and Webmail support
- No VPN needed
- Google spam/phishing filtering
- Exchange Mail Migration Tool (move mails from Exchange to Gmail)
- Policy management and message recovery
- Automated backup of all accounts
- Shared Contacts
- No account limit
- Advanced Search options
- Integrated instant messaging (webmail)
- Ads are optional with Corp. Account
- VERY unlikely to get blacklisted being on Goggle servers
- Calendars
- Conference room and resource scheduling
- Shared Calendars
- Sync with Outlook
- Mobile access
- Integrated API (add callbacks to calendar, timoff...)
- Google Talk
- integrated into Gmail
- Shared contacts with Gmail
- VOIP chat with voicemail
- file transfers over chat
- Mobile Access (iPhone, Blackberry, other)
- No need for pigeon unless want other systems
- no need to update/save contacts to other system, available on any web browser
- Google Sites
- Intranet
- collabrative site pages for groups to edit
- Google Docs
- word documents
- spreadsheets
- presentations
- No need for purchase of Office Suites
- Supports uploading and saving as many standard formats (.doc, .pdf, .xls,...)
Tool to Remotely backup Google Accounts (not really needed since they do a backup also)
CONS
Additional login (unless using outlook with saved login)
Admin 2 systems
adding users
removing users