The Ultimate Google Apps Fact List
From uptime and being Green to clever customisable calendar features...
The ultimate Google Apps fact list:
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Always up. Google Apps has a 99.9% availability SLA Guarantee with zero scheduled down-time. Very impressive.
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Over 4 Million businesses worldwide have already ‘Gone Google’.
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Each Gmail account comes with 25GB of space and gives you a bit more than just email. There is also sms/text, voice, and video chat that lets you see who’s online and allows you to connect with them instantly.
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By the power of Google search - with the powerful Google search algorithms thoughtfully included in your inbox you’ll find it tough to lose anything. Ever.
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Do international colleagues, partners or vendors email you in languages you can’t read? No problem. Gmail actually detects when an email is written in a foreign language and can translate with a single click. Gracias a Dios!
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Google applications come pre-installed on most Android devices and will work off any internet enabled device - BB, Android, Windows, Apple and Nokia etc. So it doesn’t really matter what your device of choice is.
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Share and share alike. In Google Docs multiple users can view the same doc, at the same time, and actually see who is editing what in real time. No more multiple versions floating around making a mess.
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The new Research Pane in Google Docs brings the power of the Internet INTO your doc. You can right click to ‘Research’ a selected word, the panel pops up on the right hand side and you can insert or click drag the results into your doc ‘till your hearts content.
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Tired of paying for software licenses you don’t use? Using Google Apps means you only pay for what you want. So upscale or downscale on demand.
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Apps is Green. Powered by Google's energy-efficient data centers, it uses less energy and is less carbon-intensive than on-premise servers. 50% less in fact.
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Do you often travel over different time zones? ‘Timezone conversion’ in Google Calendar makes sure your calendar time zone follows you when you travel.
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Even more thoughtful - customisable working hours reminds your colleagues not to schedule meetings in the middle of the night.
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Google Sites lets you build project sites/intranets etc. with absolutely no HTML knowledge. There are loads of pre-designed templates to choose from - so no need to be a designer. And, each site comes with 10GB of space - not bad.
If you were to take Google Apps Marketplace into consideration there’d be even more Google Apps Facts to add to our list...
Feel free to include more Facts below in the comments - the more the merrier!
