After 5 long years, the official Google blog has announced that Google Apps is finally out of beta.
Google claims that the reason for removing the beta tag, is that businesses have been nervous about installing and relying on beta software. Apparently, the Google Apps development team has been working flat out to reach a non-specific ‘high bar’ benchmark – which has given them the confidence to leave the beta stage.
Check out the full announcement on the official Google Blog.
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I never really considered myself to be a google beta tester, but as a gmail user for the past few years, I guess that’s what I have been.
I have always thought it weird that this stuff, which is used by millions of people and enterprises was called beta. It’s so well-established and solid.
Google Apps have not ‘really’ been in beta for a very long time.