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User benefits include:

  • Data accessible from anywhere, on any computer platform
  • 25GB of email inbox storage per user with powerful search capability
  • Simple and fast collaboration and messaging tools
  • Data is never lost, even if your laptop dies or is stolen
  • Sharing mechanism within Docs, Sites and Video enables a new level of collaboration

IT user benefits include:

  • No hardware or software to install or maintain
  • Very low fixed cost per user
  • Intuitive applications that many users are already familiar with - little training necessary
  • Ability to move users incrementally
  • Savings of license fees, hardware and data center costs
  • Open platform for integration

Business benefits include:

  • Decreased cost
  • Increased employee productivity, enabling faster decision making.
  • More flexibility to deploy changes and innovations fast and get on with business
  • Focus resources on strategic initiatives instead of operational activities
  • Attractive IT environment for the younger generation of employees



Last updated on December 4, 2009 by Batipi