Hub City Media, Inc. today announced that it has become an authorized reseller of the Google Apps™ suite of communication and collaboration tools.Hub City Media will deliver migration and implementation services to customers that want to migrate their collaboration infrastructure to the cloud.

"We are thrilled to have been selected to participate in the Google Apps Reseller program," said Steve Giovannetti, CTO of Hub City Media. "As long-time users of Google Apps, we want to help our customers realize the cost savings and wealth of functionality currently available from Google Apps Premier Edition."

Google Apps brings simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools to a wide range of organizations. With Google Apps, users can use applications such as Gmail™ webmail service, Google Talk™ instant messaging service, Google Calendar™ calendaring service, Google Docs™ program, Google Sites™ web application, and Google Video™ for business collaboration on their own domain in order to work together more effectively. And because it's all hosted by Google, there's no hardware or software to download, install or maintain.

"Google Apps is enterprise software that increases in value and utility every day. There are no costly maintenance cycles, no upgrade fees, and no complex integration required to get up and running with these tools," added Giovannetti. "The cost savings realized by migrating from self-hosted solutions can be significant."

The Google Apps Reseller program includes resellers, consultants and independent software vendors that sell, service and customize Google Apps Premier Edition for their customers. Hub City Media received training, support and deployment services from Google along with access to APIs for integrating Google Apps into their customers' business operations.