There’s a useful roundup of Google Apps over on the Official Google website.

“As you might have heard recently, in addition to search and advertising, we’re focused on a third key area of innovation: powerful applications that run on the web and that let you collaborate and communicate in new ways.”

They now offer email, calendaring, document creation and collaboration services for individuals, and with Google Apps, businesses, schools and other organizations can “customize these tools and use them as their own internal systems”.

It seems more than 100,000 organizations of all sizes have started using Google Apps to deliver “powerful services to employees, students and members”. The great advantage is that there’s no hardware or software to install or maintain.

The site gives info clicks for four institutional categories : small business, enterprise, school, and Family and Group.

Read the rest of the piece.