Ringier uses Google apps
From October, 8,000 Ringier employees worldwide will communicate via the Internet company Google.
Google Apps could replace eight different e-mail and calendar systems in ten countries, the Swiss media company announced on Thursday, according to SDA. The new platform will give all Ringier employees at all international locations access to standardized, web-based communication services, according to the press release. The aim of the changeover is to improve collaboration within and between the business units.
At Ringier, Google has prevailed over a Microsoft solution, explained Head of Technology Samuel Hügli. This could save the globally active media company around one million Swiss francs per year. Google Apps was tested for a year on 350 workstations in China and Vietnam. Hügli countered fears that using the services of the world's largest Internet company would jeopardize data security at Ringier: "We store the content encrypted on the network and communicate with encryption protection. Google guarantees 99.9 percent reliability for applications. This is significantly higher than the operational security achieved to date.
At Ringier, Google has prevailed over a Microsoft solution, explained Head of Technology Samuel Hügli. This could save the globally active media company around one million Swiss francs per year. Google Apps was tested for a year on 350 workstations in China and Vietnam. Hügli countered fears that using the services of the world's largest Internet company would jeopardize data security at Ringier: "We store the content encrypted on the network and communicate with encryption protection. Google guarantees 99.9 percent reliability for applications. This is significantly higher than the operational security achieved to date.
