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Email and office applications are the core of individual productivity and are corner stone for a productive organization - large or small.

Traditionally Microsoft is omnipresent with tools like Word and Excel. in email Microsoft is leader with MS exchange followed by Lotus Domino/Notes solution by IBM. Both these applications are great products for large businesses but again the costs of implementing and maintaining these solutions is prohibitive for small businesses.

While there are many open source email solutions but nothing compares to Google's comprehensive approach to both mail  and office productivity applications. Google Apps are highly affordable , practical, easy and infinitely scalable (well almost) tools for business of any size

Google offers following services in the latest edition of Google Apps for a paltry $ 10 per year. Professional versions for businesses are available under $50 a month

• Domain Name Registration (thru "GoDaddy)
  
• Email
• Online Docs , spreadsheets and presentations
• Websites  (  this website is running on Google Apps)
• Contacts Management

In addition , there are ton of free and modestly priced services available to the GA users thru Google's applications market place.

Google Apps provides powerful communication, collaboration, and productivity tools right from the browser. More than 1 million businesses are using Google Apps and 3,000 more sign up each day. With Google's developer tools, you can extend the functionality of Google Apps, integrate with other systems, or build new applications for your company and other businesses.