Success with Google Messaging

Success with Google Messaging

A driving reason for our switch from having an internal messaging environment to using Google messaging was security and simplicity.

As a small company, our processes for scrubbing mail, keeping virus protection up to date, fixing a compromised server when necessary, and other maintenance items for properly maintaining a messaging environment were not up to our standards. That is why we looked at using a service for this software.

After researching several alternatives, we migrated to Google Messaging in the summer of 2011.  We have been pleased with this product.

Here are the key benefits for Arden Corporation: 

• As a small business owner, I don't worry about our messaging servers getting compromised and losing time rebuilding a damaged environment
• We spend significantly less time reviewing Spam mail because Google has a better solution than our previous software
• We spend no time monitoring our messaging environment (e.g. looking at dead mail, checking log files)
• We now use chat (infrequently) and make some of our phone calls from our computer (instead of our office phone or cell phone)
• It is easier to access our e-mail regardless of where we are working 

These are some of the benefits we have enjoyed.  Over the coming months, we will be sharing more about the benefits (and disadvantages) we are finding as we look to move more of our computing to Google products (e.g. Google Docs, AnyMeeting).