Google announced recently that Google Apps has passed a SAS 70 Type II audit! The audit was performed by an independent public accounting firm to verify the technical processes and controls utilized by Google to ensure that customer information stays safe.

According to Wikipedia:

With the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), SAS 70 took on increased importance. SOX adopted the COSO model of controls, which is the same model that SAS 70 audits have used since inception. SOX heightened the focus placed on understanding the controls over financial reporting and identified a Type II SAS 70 report as the only acceptable method for a third party to assure a service organization's controls.

So, if you?ve been waiting to pull the trigger on converting your company?s Email and/or Groupware over to Google Apps for security reasons, you can now rest easy on this point. This coupled with their announcement that Premier Editions will include 99.9% uptime Service Level Agreement (SLA) for GMail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Sites and Google Talk.

If you are looking to get your business converted over to Google Apps, talk to the experts here at Exhibit A as we can help streamline this process for you.