As gleefully posted here by Google, New York University had announced today a transition from its in-house servers to Google Apps, now responsible for providing 18 schools and 60,000 people more effective e-mail and collaboration tools than the ones utilized before. Following an initiative by NY State to introduce G-Apps to K-12 schools, this takeover is yet another indication just how big of a trend Google Apps have become; at least in the education sector.

“Marilyn McMillan, NYU’s Chief Information Officer says the move is “…a win-win: in one stroke, we are able to provide better email services to members of the NYU community, offer a new set of tools for academic collaboration, and achieve savings for the University.”

Google Apps are estimated to save the university roughly $400,000/yr in IT costs after the official transition as well as provide superior services to the ones offered before by the institute itself, which makes this move extremely beneficial for NYU. Nevertheless, Google is not left out of the loop, as NYU is just the latest step towards G-Apps’ takeover the city, and 10 million existing users of Google Apps for Education.

As covered here at siliconANGLE, Google’s growth in the education arena is a combination of well- orchestrated moves going back a long time, which indicated the search and pioneering education giant knew what it was dealing with right in the beginning. Education is contribution to the development of mankind but it’s also a huge market, which is exactly what makes 60,000 NYU staff, faculty and students look like a small fish in a 10 million people ocean Google already gained.