Google Apps for Your Domain Released

Google Inc., today announced the launch of Google Apps for Your Domain, a set of hosted applications for organizations that want to communications tools to their users, without the hassle of installing and maintaining software or hardware.

According to the company, in addition to customizing the user interface with their own branding and color scheme, organizations can tailor the service to their needs by mixing and matching the email, messaging, calendaring and other tools offered through Google Apps for Your Domain. Over time, Google will offer versions of Google Apps for Your Domain that are oriented toward the needs of a variety of organizations, from family websites and community groups to non-profits and small businesses, as well as universities, large enterprises, and ISPs.

Google Apps for Your Domain, an expansion of the Gmail for Your Domain service that launched in February 2006, includes Gmail, the Google Talk, Google Calendar and Google Page Creator. Google will provide organizations with two choices of service which are a standard edition of Google Apps for Your Domain available today as a beta product without cost to domain administrators or end users and a premium version of it with more advanced features.