It all started because I got pissed off that my electronic calendar wouldn’t work properly. I couldn’t tell who accepted my meetings and my calendar invites showed up with my Gmail address that no one knew, causing rampant confusion. Grr.
I was using Gmail to consolidate all my email accounts as well as other Google services, but while many things were excellent, it wasn’t perfect. Of course, perfect will kill you.
For a while I had known about Google Apps which is a suite of email, calendar, and other services of high quality suitable to run a large company on – like Genentech, for example, which uses it. And guess what, it’s all free for companies with less than 10 people on it.
So, I bit the bullet over Memorial Day weekend when I knew my email would be slow and moved everything over. I came across one awesome tool named YippieMove that will migrate email between all sorts of accounts, Yahoo to Gmail, AOL or over 100 pre-configured email providers. I used it and love it. I also ran across a couple of good posts that helped me make the transition.
- Migrating a Family to Google Apps from Gmail, Thunderbird, Outlook and others: The Definitive Guide
- Transitioning to a Google Apps account
I banged my head on the desk a few times while I was doing it, but it runs like a Porsche. Smooth, zero issues, tons of control. I would use this for any small company. There’s also tons of other advantages I’m just learning about, like the Google Apps marketplace for add-ons.
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