We’ve talked about web based applications here before.  Well its now an official reality.

Its free until April.  It appears to be based on the familiar docs and spreadsheets link from your Gmail page.

Google Apps Premier Edition, to be unveiled Thursday, features online e-mail, calendaring, messaging and talk applications as well as a word processor and a spreadsheet. The launch follows Google’s introduction of a similar suite aimed at consumers last August. The new Premier Edition, however, offers enhancements aimed squarely at corporate environments.

Source: Google Targets Microsoft With Launch Of Business Applications – News by InformationWeek