Google has decided to drop the ‘beta’ tag on some of its key projects, namely – Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, and Google Docs. The seemingly political decision by Google is aimed at convincing more enterprises to deem the Google products apt for their business.

It is obvious that the ‘beta’ moniker dissuades businesses from having their vital infrastructure count on software that has not yet ‘grown.’ Technically speaking, apps are thought to be in beta phase when they are passable for public use on a short-term basis, thereby implying that they have yet to reach the point where the company can impose complete confidence in their usefulness.

Mentioning the new development about dropping the ‘beta’ tag from some Google products, Matthew Glotzbach, the director of product management in Google Enterprise, wrote on the company blog: “We've focused our efforts on reaching our high bar for taking products out of beta, and all the applications in the Apps suite have now met that mark.”

Google claims that nearly 1.75 million companies currently use its Apps; and that the number of Gmail users increased to an astounding 48 percent in 2008. The search giant’s decision to do away with the ‘beta’ tag from its products is an indication that the company is finally becoming serious about its market!