It is increasingly important for companies to enable travelling employees with corporate information on their mobile devices. This indeed is the age of the "mobile worker". It is no wonder then that providers of communication, collaboration and productivity solutions include mobility features, where users have the option of accessing information on their mobile devices. This also accounts for the popularity of mobile messaging solutions.
Google Apps is no different, in that it allows users to access and sync Gmail with the native applications of their mobiles, and also keep Google contacts and calendars in sync with their mobile devices.

Google and Microsoft have started to create extensive documentation comparing their productivity, messaging and collaboration solutions with the other. This includes white papers (
