Google apps for businesses is a series of web-based applications created for handling workplace tasks like enable inter-office collaboration, managing document and messaging. According to Google, about 4 million businesses deploy Google Apps in their operations. Customers have choice to subscribe to apps through a flexible, annual or monthly plan.
Google Apps suite
Google provides a great suite of web applications starting from email and calendars to documents, sites and chat. Google has special version for professionals, non-profit corporates and educators. This Google Apps Suite includes Google Sites, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides. These all are optimized for Google Chrome for Business web browser.
More Google applications
Google provides complete supportive version to our users like Hangouts, Google Voice, Google+ and over 60 other applications.
Marketplace applications
Google Apps Marketplace is an open platform that offers a range of millions of business apps that integrate with Google Apps. This marketplace permits administrations to search a focused email archive and implement litigation holds to preserve email messages.
Mobile access
All businesspersons can easily use Google Apps as it supports all major platforms including BlackBerry, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and Windows Phone.
Desktop client access
IMAP and POP integrate Gmail with most popular desktop client software as well as Google Apps sync for Microsoft Outlook gives dual way sync for calendar data, email and contacts.
Authentication
Native 2 factor for verification. This supports SAML–based single sign–on (SSO) that permits users to integrate their own authentication system with Google Apps.
APIs
Google Apps also permits users to handle user accounts and one can also synchronize the existing user directory with Provisioning API, including Shared Contacts API and the Profiles API. One can view and produce usage reports with Reporting API.
Reliability
The featuring apps offers 99.9% uptime service level agreement (SLA) guarantee. This has better performance as compare to threshold.
Security
ISO 27001 Certified, SSAE 16 / ISAE 3402 SOC 2 Type II audited, besides this has variety of security features like 2- factor verification, custom password strength needed, remote mobile device management, SSL connection and much more.
24/7 support
The best factor of Google Apps is that you can access anytime for support. Apart this support via web based support portal, self-service online knowledge base for user and administration and user-to-user forum for administration.