{"id":1147,"date":"2013-10-23T21:48:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T20:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.topsolutions.pt\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2016-10-27T17:38:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T16:38:06","slug":"gni-improves-communication-and-collaboration-with-google-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topsolutionscloud.com\/co\/blog\/gni-improves-communication-and-collaboration-with-google-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"GNI improves communication and collaboration with Google Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

GNI – Gas Natural Industrial de Colombia S.A. E.S.P.<\/a>, is the Colombian leader in developing energy solutions based on natural gas as a fuel source.<\/p>\n

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GNI develops integrated business solutions supported on the knowledge and experience in field operations tailored to the needs of each customer and the most demanding operational standards, developing alternatives using natural gas and looking for the most efficient use model for this friendly source of energy.<\/p>\n

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GNI has headquarters in Bogot\u00e1 and operations in Buga-Villavicencio and areas surrounding Bogot\u00e1.<\/p>\n

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Angelica Martinez, responsible for the project management in GNI, tells us about the experience with Google Apps and TopSolutions:<\/p>\n

Before adopting Google Apps, we had the email in an external hosting. Our email solution was no longer fulfilling our requirements and the maintenance of our mail systems was consuming us between 2 to 3 days a week.<\/p>\n

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The available space was very low and we had many connection and data access problems (because data stayed on computers), and when we had a problem out of the office it was difficult to get a quick fix.<\/p>\n

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To preserve our data, we used a traditional monthly backup scheme. We had a lot of spam and very limited email space. For all this we decided to look for options.<\/p>\n

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After evaluating different solutions our general manager has chosen Google Apps as the solution to our problems. He already had some knowledge about how Google Apps works, but in fact Google gives us far more than we imagined at the time of investment.<\/p>\n

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Our IT team is responsible for supporting the Administrative, Commercial and Operation areas, and since the Google Apps does not require much maintenance time or human resources, we can dedicate more time to other projects.<\/p>\n

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The main objectives to be achieved were:<\/p>\n