How Did We Get Here?
Just as Lotus Notes/Domino revolutionized and empowered corporate workers of all ranks, cloud computing with Google Apps represents the next increment in the natural evolution towards computing that is better for end users, cheaper for organizations and faster for those who adopt the new technology.
The underlying infrastructure, the Internet and TCP/IP based networking, has become sufficiently dependable to enable cloud hosted, centralized mission critical applications—even for distributed organizations. Google Apps allows organizations to exploit these new capabilities and reap the benefits at a minimum of cost.