Google Apps Premier finally hits corporate IT
back from London and the first thing I notice is Techmeme overly cluttered with news about Google, which finally did what so many have expected and demanded in the past: launched feb 21st, Google Apps Premier is a subscription-based, corporate version of the application package launched in late summer 2006, including the already well-known Gmail, Calendar, Talk, Docs & Spreadsheets. for 50 USD per year & user, Google offers 10gbyte mail-storage, 24/7 phone support and a guaranteed uptime of 99.99% for email-services . it doesn’t take a major in business administration to realize that these numbers undercut offerings of Microsoft and others by _far_.
moreover, the comparison chart of Google Apps Standard and Premier edition unveils that the paid service lets users opt-out of contextualized advertising in email and includes an additional application for resource-management, which could be an indication on where Google Apps Premier might be heading in the near future. TechCrunch’s Marshall Kirkpatrick hits the nail with his headline: “It’s G-Day“, extensive coverage all around the web can be found at Techmeme.
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