Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Google Apps
Google Apps Demo
SETUP
Business Editions

PROS
  1. $50 / user / year ($1250 / 25 users / year)
    1. this is basically another..
      1. employee
      2. server
      3. backup system
      4. support
    2. ... for a very small cost.
  2. 24/7 support
  3. shared contacts with company

  1. Google Gears
    1. Allows to download most Google Apps so they are available offline.
  2. Gmail
    1. Mobile Access for most applications on Google Apps
      1. iPhone
      2. Blackberry
      3. other
    2. LARGE email storage (25 GB per user)
    3. shared contacts with company
    4. Security / Backup
    5. IMAP and Webmail support
    6. No VPN needed
    7. Google spam/phishing filtering
    8. Exchange Mail Migration Tool (move mails from Exchange to Gmail)
    9. Policy management and message recovery
    10. Automated backup of all accounts
    11. Shared Contacts
    12. No account limit
    13. Advanced Search options
    14. Integrated instant messaging (webmail)
    15. Ads are optional with Corp. Account
    16. VERY unlikely to get blacklisted being on Goggle servers
  3. Calendars
    1. Conference room and resource scheduling
    2. Shared Calendars
    3. Sync with Outlook
    4. Mobile access
    5. Integrated API (add callbacks to calendar, timoff...)
  4. Google Talk
    1. integrated into Gmail
    2. Shared contacts with Gmail
    3. VOIP chat with voicemail
    4. file transfers over chat
    5. Mobile Access (iPhone, Blackberry, other)
    6. No need for pigeon unless want other systems
    7. no need to update/save contacts to other system, available on any web browser
  5. Google Sites
    1. Intranet
    2. collabrative site pages for groups to edit
  6. Google Docs
    1. word documents
    2. spreadsheets
    3. presentations
    4. No need for purchase of Office Suites
    5. Supports uploading and saving as many standard formats (.doc, .pdf, .xls,...)
Custom urls (docs.brokerbin.com, sites.brokerbin.com, mail.brokerbin.com)
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