MANILA, Philippines - With businesses quickening their operations and processes, they are steadily arming themselves with the newest ICT capabilities to get work done. In this day and age of mobility, technologies such as the latest gadgets, cloud computing and the countless applications are available at their disposal to accomplish work efficiently at the speed of “now.”
With this in mind, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (mSMEs) can bring their level of work a notch higher as Globe myBusiness leads the technological revolution in the SME industry, empowering today’s mSMEs with Google Apps for Business, a full suite of productivity tools from Google designed to help people work from anywhere on any device.
Globe Senior Vice President for myBusiness Martha Sazon said, “As their trusted business advisor, we would like mSMEs’ to reach their goals by providing them the technologies and tools to streamline their work and enable their growth. Google Apps for Business is one such service which promotes a culture of teamwork and collaboration. Since we at Globe use it as a company, we would like mSMEs to experience the wonderful way we work by also letting its full range of features help them in their operations.” Google Apps is deployed by Globe, a Google-certified telco reseller in the country.
“Getting their businesses on Google Apps for Business will positively impact how they do their work. More importantly, their subscription with Globe myBusiness assures them that their service is backed-up by Globe, the Google-certified telco reseller in the country,” she added.
Work, professionalized
Business owners can now conduct their operations with their own company e-mail, online storage, shared calendars, video conferencing and other work efficiency tools all within their reach. The complete range of applications runs through the cloud, allowing them to tighten their collaborations and perform work virtually anywhere using the latest devices.
Leveraging on the popular Gmail messaging application, users can quickly start working intuitively through a familiar platform for electronic mail at 99.9% guaranteed uptime. With their very own business email address, mSMEs can establish added credibility and consumer trust factor for their brand and company, effectively legitimizing their business to customers, suppliers and the public.
They can also boost productivity with Google Drive which enables real-time sharing and editing of files. With its huge 30GB capacity, mSMEs can store and back-up files resident in the cloud in one drive, making files accessible on the fly.
Through Google Hangouts, business owners can also set up video meetings with 15 people at most in an instant despite being in different locations. With screen-sharing capabilities for document collaboration, it also makes for clearer communications, eliminating the hassles of travel while saving on time. Likewise, they will be able to create, share and work on files with the whole team in real-time with Google Docs, Sheets and Slides. Other important tools include Google Calendar to keep track of important events in one place. Google Sites for a free and easy way to create and share web pages as well as Google + to connect and share with family and friends.
Flexible, secure in the cloud
Being cloud-based, Google Apps for Business provide significant advantages offering flexibility and security to a company. Because the entire solution is accessed through a browser, there is no hardware or software to purchase, install, or update on-site.
mMSEs can start harnessing the power of Google Apps for Business for as low as P210 per user as an add-on to their existing mobile postpaid and internet plans. As a wonderful treat for business owners as well as its existing customers for the whole month of October, Globe myBusiness encourages them to take advantage of the free access to Google Apps for Business. They can enjoy the entire suite for 30 days, with full on-boarding support from Google-certified experts from Globe.
For more information on Globe myBusiness Google Apps for Business, text GOOGLE APPS<space><name><space><email address> to 26822, call its dedicated hotlines at (02) 730-1010 in Luzon, (032) 401-1010 in Visayas and (082) 321-1010 in Mindanao or visit http://mybusiness.globe.com.ph/googleapps.