Google launched its store business applications
March 10, 2010 – 11:56 pm
Google supplement this suite of office applications for business Google Apps, running the store third-party developers called Google Apps Marketplace. Results in the new store are solutions to more than fifty companies, reported in the corporate blog Google.
developers were able to add their own solutions to the corporate version of a package of applications Google. To do this they will have to pay the company $100 for Google to include them in the development of a list of software available for purchase in the store Marketplace. Google will pay the developer 80 percent of the proceeds from the sale of solutions, taking a 20 per cent. However, the company reserves the right software developers put a price on their decisions, says CNet News.
For the first time on the initiative of the company to open an online store business applications became known in early February. Among the reasons for which Google offers Google Apps users to third-party applications called the lower cost of online applications compared to conventional software designed for installation on your PC.
Google also acknowledged that its developers are not able to meet the requirements of all users of the service. Therefore, the company began to attract third-party manufacturers have already developed software, popular among the audience Google Apps. So, Google attracted to participate in the Marketplace company Intuit, which is the developer of ERP-system, Intuit Online Payroll. Google itself does not have such software.
Google Apps Package is available for $50 per user per year, reports Lenta.Ru. It provides companies access to a number of online applications, including Google Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and Google Docs. Total Google Apps used by more than 25 million people, representing 2 million companies. For comparison, Microsoft has more than 500 million users of office suite Microsoft Office in the world.