Google Apps is a collection of online products which Google group by 3 pillars:
- Messaging
- Collaboration
- Platform
View this short video from Google to gain a quick overview of the core componentsof Google Apps
Google Apps is best understood from a small business perspective as a business computing platform.
Gmail (Gmail Blog)Email service Google Docs (Google Docs Blog)Word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications. Comprehensive collaboration capabilities are available from within the document. The service is also where all files and documents are stored and can be organised | ContactsGoogle Talk (Google Talk Blog)Google Talk is a service that provides online chat, audio and video conferencing. It is an available from within Gmail and is also active when two or more individuals simultaneously access a document Google CalendarGoogle Sites |