Moving Your Business To The Cloud: Why You’ll Love Google

Expensive, unreliable desktop apps are officially a thing of the past. Modern businesses have fully embraced cloud-based solutions for email, data storage, analytics, and everyday productivity apps. And one company consistently stands apart by offering all of these technologies – and more – in one place: Google. We are enthusiastic believers in the power of All-Things-Google, and G Suite for business is an affordable, easy-to-use, scalable solution if you’re thinking about moving your business to the cloud.

Here’s why we think you’ll love it.

 

It’s All-In-One

Anyone with internet access can sign up for a free Google account and access a host of apps, from email and picture storage, to word processing and spreadsheets (and more they’ve probably never even heard of!). G Suite wraps all of these apps and more into a neat little package—a suite—specifically for your size business.

 

G Suite plans come with:

• Gmail for business – meaning you get your own custom email domain (@yourcompany)
• Google Calendar – which consistently ranks as one of the best calendar apps, and integrates with everything you’re already using
• Drive – data storage, which comes with 30GB per user for basic plans and unlimited storage for Business and Enterprise plans
• Hangouts – instant messaging and video/conferencing chats for 100-250 participants
• Docs, Sheets, Slides – Google’s equivalent of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Forms – create forms and surveys and automatically import results into Sheets
• Sites – an intranet for your company where you can create internal micro-sites for project collaboration
• Keep – Google’s equivalent of Evernote to keep important notes at hand
• Currents – think of this like an internal social media platform to keep employees engaged and up-to-date on projects and company news
• Apps Script – create workflows and integrate apps to automate everyday tasks
• Cloud search – in Business and Enterprise plans, instantly search all of your data across G Suite

 

It’s Familiar

When you consider just how many things Google touches, it’s safe to say everyone is a Google customer in some way or another. Gmail alone surpassed the 1 billion user mark in 2019. So your employees are likely already using one, or many, Google apps. Docs, Sheets, Slides are compatible with Microsoft file types, and the Google apps have nearly identical functions and features. Users who have grown up using Microsoft can transition seamlessly to Google apps.

 

It’s Collaborative

Because G Suite is based entirely in the cloud, employees are more productive by collaborating with team members in real-time. Forget downloading, uploading and emailing documents. Instead, add, reply to, and resolve comments, assign tasks, and view and restore unlimited versions to ensure everyone is always on the same page. Files are available any time, anywhere, on any authorized device using the employee’s G Suite login.

 

It’s Secure

Google boasts one of the world’s most advanced built-in security infrastructures. Your business’s G Suite runs on the same infrastructure that Google – as a business – built and runs on every day, so you can rest easy knowing your data is secure. Small businesses will also appreciate that admin controls are intuitive – an IT expert is not required! Google’s endpoint management allows you to remotely manage security access for mobile users/devices, including activating and deactivating access and instantly wiping data for lost devices.

 

It’s Affordable

Choose from three affordable pricing plans for G Suite businesses, depending on your company size and needs.  Business and Enterprise plans provide advanced security, loss prevention, archive solutions, and log analysis.

• Basic – $6 per user, per month
• Business – $12 per user, per month
• Enterprise – $25 per user, per month

 

It’s Scalable

G Suite supports any size business, from 5 employees to Fortune 500 enterprises. Features are tiered, and as your data, storage, and security needs grow, Google grows with you.

 

Ready to move your business to the cloud? PixelPeople is a proud member of the Google Partners Program, and we can help you harness the power of All-Things-Google for your business. Contact us today and let’s talk Google!

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