Guide to Google Apps

Running a small business has always been difficult. As much as computers have helped make things easier, maintaining them can quickly divert your attention from the main mission of your business. It's time consuming to grapple with questions like: Which email host to use? How do I filter SPAM? How do we backup data? How do we share calendars? What if we want access to our data at home or at the other office? For every employee you might need to:

* Buy and Install Word, Excel, Outlook,
* Get them an email account
* Give them access to your network.

These basic software systems can cost as much as $500 per employee on top of the price of the computer. Then once you have your IT system, it is a challenge to maintain. Internal Exchange servers, storage space, upgrading software -- who has time for this? Google Apps is Google's answer, and this is going to make running a small business easier.

Google Apps for small businesses is a suite of applications designed to give employees powerful communication and collaboration tools. Google Apps brings your businesses technology into the 21st century -- the century of hosted applications. This means: Gone are the days of installing office software. Gone are the days of backing up data to a CD or floppy and taking it home for "off site copies." Gone are the endless days of upgrading software and maintaining server networks. The benefit of a hosted application is that you and your employees can access the applications -- and your data -- from any internetworked computer anywhere. That means you can see your data from home, from any of your office locations, from the road, from your mother-in-law's house -- where ever. And it means that all your staff can work on the same documents and spreadsheets at the same time -- no matter where they are. Most importantly, NO more need to buy and install expensive upgrades to your of your office software. Sign me up!



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