already saving tens of thousands of dollars," says Brian Wyrick, vice president of operations at Raidious, an Indianapolis-based content development company. Along with the cost savings, Wyrick says Raidious adopted the Google Apps suite because of the accessibility it provides to their designers and producers in different parts of the country. "Utility is good for any start-up company," Wyrick says, "and to be able to talk to a new hire on the phone, and set them up with a Web program without an IT guy having to grant access to them is a great thing." Another benefit of Google Apps is each application's ability to integrate with one another -- a feature that Ken Hayes, owner of a Toluca Lake, California-based Internet advertising company, says he's grateful for. "What's good about Google Apps is the fact that I can set up one main account for my business -- and my e-mail, calendar and website are all tied together," he says. "Sure, there's better e-mail out there, but nobody has figured out how to tie it all together like Google." When Gmail first arrived on the scene, the personal e-mail client was lauded for its seemingly bottomless storage capacity and lightning-fast inbox search capabilities. But with the integration of Google Apps, many of Gmail's functions work just as efficiently for businesses. Again, one of the most beneficial characteristics of Gmail is the cloud factor -- since there's no cumbersome software to worry about, Gmail is accessible to your employees from anywhere,