With Microsoft Office distinctly in its long - grasp sites , Google today launched a packet of World Wide Web - base productivity apps .
The offer , calledGoogle Apps for Your Domaincomprises Google service that all have seen the light of day : Gmail , Google Talk , Google Calendar and Google Page Creator .
Notably scatty from the menu are Writely andGoogle Spreadsheets , which respectively provide canonic Son - processing and spreadsheet functions that would be essential for a productiveness suite , a la the more feature - rich Microsoft Word and Excel . Also , Google has yet to bring out an app that could rival Microsoft PowerPoint .
With Google Apps for Your Domain , governance can tailor the include applications ’ UIs with their own branding , and they can pick and pick out which services to use . Moreover , there ’s a Web - establish management interface through which admins can manage their user chronicle tilt , fix up aliases and distribution lists , and start the inspection and repair they need for their land . End - users will be to get at their apps from any vane - connected reckoner .
The Standard Edition may cope with the motive of mom - and - pop Web site and other such small organization , but not big companies . However , Google say that a premium version of the package is under development “ for administration with more advanced need . More information , admit details on pricing , will be useable soon . ”
Google acknowledge in its declaration that it will eventually attain out for the enterprise , as well as ISPs and university .
The company ’s controversy for the benefit of using hosted diligence in lieu of an installed software nucleotide are n’t really new unity : run with a host app can salve you money and trim down the amount of clip your IT staff has to spend on alimony .
“ A hosted service like Google Apps for Your Domain wipe out many of the expenses and scuffle of maintaining a communications base , which is welcome relief for many belittled business proprietor and IT staffers . Organizations can let Google be the experts in present mellow lineament due east - mail , messaging , and other Web - based services while they focus on the needs of their drug user and their twenty-four hour period - to - daytime line , ” said Dave Girouard , vice United States President and worldwide manager , endeavour , at Google .
Arguably , the same potential drawbacks to relying on host reading of business - critical applications practice : You ’re at the mercifulness of the company to quell in line , to remain attached to supporting the ware , and to maintain uptime .
