If you are interested in a new way to manage business emails you may want to consider using online email management with Gmail for your business. While Gmail has been used recreationally for many years, Google has upgraded and added some additional functionality that makes it an excellent choice for businesses as well.
This is part of Google apps for business which are a range of IT or Cloud computing services Google now offer.
What Gmail actually is
Gmail is an email program that utilizes a web browser rather than an email client program to send and receive mail. It is a hosted or Cloud compting email management service offered by Google.Google will manage your email a/c and backup or protect your emails from loss or destruction.
Advantages of Gmail as a business email service
There are several advantages to using Gmail as a business email service
Storage Space
The first is that you are able to get a great deal of storage space, much more than you may be able to get if you were using a client program for your emails. Currently, Gmail for business offers 25Gb of storage space which means that it is possible to store a large number of email messages or messages containing large files rather than being limited by storage space on a corporate server or hard drive.
Online anyware access
One that comes instantly to mind is the fact that it can be accessed anywhere where there is internet access. On a server-based email client program you may find that it becomes difficult to access email. Some people find that when
they access an online version of their messages they lack the ability to work with them as easily as if they had accessed them from their regular computer.
Synchronisation with Outlook
Your Gmail business email account can be synced with MS Outlook and BlackBerry, two familiar platforms that are widely used by many business professionals. Being able to quickly set up access to your email program is a huge benefit when trying to utilize technology such as BlackBerry or Smartphone devices.
Store Instant Messages (IM) and video conferencing
Gmail for business also integrates features such as IM storage and video chatting which makes it easy to get in touch with clients and co-workers and save the results of those conversations for future use.
Easy search and organisation
There are also a number of different features that allow you to organize your emails. One exciting feature allows you to add Hotmail and Yahoo accounts to your Gmail account so that you are able to manage all of your emails from one account.
Security of data
Your business Gmail account is backed up on the Google platform whicih gives it guarantee of service and uptime. You access your data over a secured SSL enrypted connection so knowone can access your info.
Taking all the advantages into account you will be able to see that Gmail is the business email application for you.
