What is the best approach to managing work in your organization? There are project management tools, office software, and a variety of other solutions, but most involve either monthly fees or technical expertise in setting up and running it on-site.
Google Applications is an alternative to this hassle. By letting Google maintain your tools remotely, you can administer your program in separate offices, while traveling, or if you decide to telecommute. Google handles the bugs and administration while your organization can set up user accounts and manage them whatever the case may be. Use your organization’s domain, but with functionality designed by Google.
Online Resources about Google Apps
Google publishes a range of blogs about all their products and more. In addition to those, there are a number of bloggers devoted to examining and critiquing their services. Here is a list of official and unofficial sites covering Google Apps:
- The Official Google Blog: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
- The Google Blog: http://thegoogleblog.blogspot.com/
- The Official Google Mac Blog: http://googlemac.blogspot.com/
- The Official Google Docs Blog: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/
- The Official Gmail Blog: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/
- Google App Engine Blog: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/
- Google Blogoscoped: http://blogoscoped.com/
(And for a legal aid view of Google Apps, try Brian Lawlor's Webdogs 2.0)
