Whether you own an Internet based business, small mom & pop or a Fortune 500 with several employees, Google Apps can help keep you organized throughout the course of the day. Google Apps is low cost and perfect if you’re on a budget. Below are a few secure online applications to use by Google.

Google Calendar Agenda

You can easily schedule appointments, manage and share online calendars. Integrate your calendar into Gmail and also stay up-to-date with mobile access. Calendars can be published externally from Google, shared with permission controls, and can send meeting invites and manage the RSVPs.

Google Docs Documents

Web-based documents, spreadsheets, drawings and presentations that allow users to simultaneously edit the same file for real-time collaboration. If you forget your computer as I often do, no worries for docs is securely powered by the web with anytime, anywhere access to your work. Easily upload and share files that are backed-up online and offer permission controls that can be changed at any time.

Google Groups

With this app you can share content easily, search archives and manage groups without burdening the IT department. Share docs, calendars, sites, shared folders and videos with a group and control the access of the group and individuals. Reply on behalf of the group even as it can be used as a central point for receiving and responding to communications.

Google Sites

Create dynamic web pages to centralize documents, spreadsheets, videos and slideshows to help keep teams organized. This is an easy way to keep team members up-to-date with a project workspace and a secure intranet.

Google Video

This application provides secure hosted video sharing to make internal training videos and announcements more engaging, effective, secure and private.

Google Wave

Real-time collaboration is at it’s ultimate in Wave with everyone’s typing showing up instantly, and letting new participants in a wave get up to speed instantly with organized discussions and a playback feature to see how the wave evolved. Anyone in the wave can edit or reply to any section, comment, or start new comments to keep the content relevant and in the right order. Wave supports gadgets and users can build their own gadgets for custom functionality.

Why are more and more entrepreneurs and companies using Google Apps? For one, it is convenient and affordable. You can test drive Google apps for free with a free trial offer.