| Google Apps Overview |
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| Written by Administrator |
| Saturday, 17 May 2008 13:34 |
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Google Apps are innovative tools provided by Google that can help small business firms, Non-Profit Organizations, Corporate houses and Educational institutions in their day to day functioning and also help the take the organization to the next level. Many schools and universities are already making use of Google Apps to facilitate better co-ordination among students, staff and faculty. For small business firms it helps improve collaboration and communication among employees and helps them work faster and more efficiently. Google helps non-profit organizations with its apps at no cost to allow them to function properly without being tied down by their limited means. The Google Apps suite includes tools like Gmail, Gtalk, Google Docs, Google Calendar and the newly added Google sites. Gmail is a great tool for sending and receiving web mails in an instant from anywhere in the world. Gmail also offers a mail storage capacity of 25GB. This means you can store endless number of mails for a very long time. You can search your mails quicker when you are using Gtalk without having to ransack your entire mailbox. You can also search the web through your Gmail. Gmail also has spam filtering facilities. Spam Filtering ensures that your inbox does not get choked by unwanted content. Gmail comes with inbuilt chat and calendar also. Gtalk is an IMing service with the help of which you can send and receive instant voice and text messages anywhere in the world. With Google Calendar you can organize your schedule, inform other members of your community about upcoming events and notify them about meetings. With Google Docs members of a team can sit together and work on a project from their computers or they can do their individual work like making documents, spreadsheets and presentations and let others view and edit it. The good thing about docs is that you can control who can and who cannot access your work. Access can be restricted to a single person or a team or an organization depending on the situation. The newest addition to the Google Apps suite is Google sites. Google sites enable anyone to create their own personal webpage by just a few clicks. There is no coding required on the part of the owner. You can make your webpage in a few seconds, customize it according to your needs and tastes and start sharing information. It is highly useful for small business firms who could not make their Corporate WebPages otherwise. Google Sites do not require any installation or maintenance. They are easy to use and manage and are quite affordable. Work teams, students’ organizations, study groups, schools and universities all can have their own websites now. It would provide the members with a common platform where they can work together without having to be physically together. Google Apps are a revolution in the field of technology and communications. It has blurred the distinctions of time and place. Now it’s much easier to stay connected to your school or workplace without having to be physically there. |
| Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 May 2008 20:01 |
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