Cloud Computing with Google Apps
General Google Apps Overview
IT Perspective - The late 90’s was a time of great enthusiasm for the potential of leveraging the internet for corporate benefit. Bandwidth limitations and storage costs among other factors led to the end of ‘dot com’.
Overnight IT departments reverted from innovation centers to cost centers. Over the past several years IT has been told to cut costs, keep critical systems running and make sure the company is covered in case of disaster or lawsuit.
Google Apps has a $50 price point, 99.9% uptime, and redundant data centers. What is the core function of your company? Is it managing email? If not, are you happy with the ratio of resources applied to serving strategic initiatives vs managing your email infrastructure?
Some people still fear the notion of someone else hosing their data. Do you run your payroll, 401k and benefits internally? Google’s datacenters have received SAS 70 Type II certification -- we’re secure and the auditors will vouch for us. Organizations from Genentech, City of Washington DC, to Midwest Realty Ventures and 2nd Wind Exercise and thousands (millions?) more have made the jump. Shouldn’t everyone?
User Perspective -- Ten years ago your access to the best technology was at the office. Now it’s not unlikely that your home computer or device is better than anything they give you at the office. And consumer applications such YouTube, Picasa, Blogger, Facebook and Twitter change the way you create, store and share information. What advances have been made at work? Have your email, word processing and collaboration applications improved at the same rate?
Google Apps is not Google’s version of what already exists.
We’re building on what works well and expanding into the future. Companies that are growing are doing so by maximizing their employee productivity. Ideas such as cross-functional teams, telecommuting and mobility have changed the landscape of the corporate worker. We believe it’s time their toolkits adapt with them. We once used screwdrivers and hammers, we now use power drills and nail guns. We once used client based email and word processing, we’re now ready for the Cloud. We’re ready for Google Apps.
Intrillion provides all services for Google Apps installation, implementation and maintenance for any type of companies and new businesses. Please contact our Sales Representative at sales@intrillion.com.sg for more details.
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