Softline upgraded communication infrastructure of Mostostroy company using Google Apps

On December 9, 2014 Softline announced project completion on transfer to cloud services of Google of Mostostroy-11 company.

Choosing a Solution

The complexity of scaling, rather low level of availability of services, problems of administration and lack of the uniform contact list forced company management to select a new solution. Having considered the different systems for the organization of e-mail and joint work with information, top management and IT specialists of "Mostostroy-11" made a choice for benefit of Google Apps. During this period of effort and funds were allocated for consolidation of separate information systems of branches of the company in the general information space with uniform command center. Solutions of Google as well as possible help to achieve these objectives.

The Mostostroy-11 company selected the Google Apps solution of for Work offering in addition to the main communication services a set additional, high quality, uniform point of entry and administrations.

Project Progress

Exhaustive preproject consulting support of transition was performed by the specialists of Softline company having the corresponding knowledge and the examination confirmed with long-term work experience with large business in Russia. Softline - the only partner of Google Enterprise in Russia having the status Google Apps Premier Enterprise Reseller.

Having selected a cloud solution, IT specialists avoided traditional implementation of a new system. For transition to a uniform format of e-mail necessary documentation was made, the main mail domain and child is organized, administrative restrictions for use of third-party e-mails are introduced. As a result for the short period most of users were transferred to mail of Google. Further all Google services of Apps began to be used by the staff of the company as required.

IT specialists of the customer noted simplicity of process of the solution of the current tasks. Especially convenient was a management of all services via the single console of the administrator that increased quality IT podderzhkii oblegchiloy implementation.

Result

Now employees actively use possibilities of Google postal service: readdressing, groups of mailing, reference book of contacts. They also work with all applications from personal mobile devices that on trips and in free time to be aware of workflows.

Plays a role of the corporate messenger in Mostostroy-11 company of Google Hangouts and it is used as the platform for carrying out video conferences. Google Drive is used to transfer of big files. Along with mail, it became storage of the work documentation. "Documents" and Tables Google, are generally used for access to current versions of working documents on mobile devices. The service YouTube is necessary for the publication of corporate video records, at the same time there is an opportunity to appoint access rights to video within the company.

The scalable functionality of Google AppsforWork allowed to transfer to the shortest possible time separate information systems of branches of the organization in the general information space with uniform command center.

"After transition to Google Apps the quality of communication infrastructure much increased. The uniform point of entry for most services instead of separate programs, a possibility of flexible scaling of all system of communications, the participation in workflow which is not limited to presence in a workplace – all this gives the chance to use time more effectively and also increases the information culture of users", - Oleg Maletinsky, the assistant department head of IT of JSC Mostostroy-11 noted.

"Apps Google services - the excellent solution for IT infrastructure of the company with a large number of geographically distributed branches. Implementation and use of services by the Mostostroy-11 organization confirms it, - Vladimir Savchenko, the head of department of solutions of Google of Softline company commented on project results. - Google Apps is easily scaled that allows IT department of the customer to create new jobs quickly and without special labor costs. All this positively affects employee performance".

Representatives of the company integrator reported TAdviser.