Town of Oakville Case Study 
Goal: To relaunch a customer-focused website that improves access to information and current online services, promotes open and transparent government, provides opportunity for public engagement, and reflects the town’s vision to be the most livable town in Canada.
Organization Name: The Town of Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Industry: Municipal government
Deployment: Town websites and internal applications
The City of Columbia is going Google
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012
Posted by Mike Matthes, City Manager of Columbia, Missouri
Editors note:Earlier this week we announced the City of St.Louis is going Google. Today we welcome another guest blogger from Missouri, Mike Matthes, to tell us how he recently moved Columbia to Google Apps for Government.
I grew up in Chillicothe, Missouri. Until last year, I worked for the City of Des Moines in Iowa for 15 years. When I got the opportunity to move back to my home state and became the City Manager of Columbia, Missouri, I jumped at the chance. Columbia is a boomtown with outstanding quality of life that emphasizes the value of public services for the citizens. I find great joy in serving the public, partnering with our city employees, and supporting them as they work with the community.
Columbia launches Google applications for city employee communication
Thursday, April 12, 2012 | 6:49 p.m. CDT; updated 8:06 p.m. CDT
BY AMY WILLSEY
COLUMBIA — About 1,200 city employees started using Google cloud technology for more efficient intracity communications Tuesday.
The official "go live" phase for the transition from Novell GroupWise to Google applications will continue until June 15, when the city’s contract with GroupWise will end.
Grand Traverse County and the City of Traverse City have gone Google!
On March 19, 2012, Grand Traverse County in collaboration with the City of Traverse City migrated from the Lotus Notes email platform to Google Apps for Government. Google Apps, which supports over 525 employees, is the first major cloud application that has been embraced by the County and City.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum completes transition to Google Apps in 90 days
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2011
Posted by Joe Kraus, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide and promote human dignity. Federal support guarantees the Museum’s permanent place on the National Mall, and its far-reaching educational programs and global impact are made possible by the generosity of donors nationwide.
Washington County, New York
Washington County had been struggling with an aging email system. Email storage was limited and employees spent hours cleaning their inbox in order to avoid being locked out of their email entirely. At a crossroads of rebuilding the existing on-premise infrastructure, or moving to an alternate solution, the county decided to switch to Google Apps for Government. Now 420 county employees can rely on Google’s data centers to run the email application, which guarantees 99.9% uptime with no planned downtime, provides 25GB of individual mailbox storage, and frees IT up to focus on other critical initiatives.
Cinram coordinates across continents, saves over 60% on messaging using Google Apps
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2011
Decentralization meant we also had a combination of email and collaboration solutions, with 80% of our offices on Microsoft® Exchange 5.5 – 15 year old technology with no support or future updates planned – and the others using Exchange 2003 and 2007. With inbox quotas ranging from 50-500MB, many of our users were storing their mail in .PST files on their computers, making backups and restoration of critical data almost impossible, and creating a giant risk in the case of corrupt or stolen machines. Running a mail system from the mid-1990’s also meant that we had all kinds of limits on attachments, and a ton of other frustrating issues. Between server failures, incompatibilities and corrupted PSTs, we were running close to $220 per mail user per year just to keep the old system running.
Dominion Enterprises goes Google
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011
Editor's Note: We're pleased to welcome guest blogger, Joe Fuller, CIO of Dominion Enterprises. Dominion Enterprises is a leading marketing services company serving many industries including real estate, apartments, specialty vehicles, employment, automotive and travel. Dominion is one of the largest providers of targeted classified advertising reaching over 34 million consumers monthly. Learn more about other organizations that have gone Google on our community map or test drive life in the cloud with the Go Google Cloud Calculator.
Macomb County Circuit Court and Clerk go Google to improve service and control costs
TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2011
The Macomb County Circuit Court and Clerk / Register of Deeds border Detroit (“Motown”) to the northeast. Nestled on 31-miles of Lake St. Clair shoreline, and home to nearly 830,000 residents and growing, Macomb is Michigan’s third most populated county. Near Michigan’s two Big Ten universities, workforce training is also provided by Macomb County Community College, Michigan’s largest grantor of associate degrees with over 22,000 students. The county boasts three regional hospitals, expansive parkland, nearly 100 miles of hike/bike trails, and more than 1,900 retail establishments. Waterways hold 52,000 registered boats, and toll-free expressways provide quick access to two international airports and two international bridges to neighboring Canada. Brimming with engineers and skilled workers, the county accounts for 61 percent of Defense Department contracts awarded in Michigan.
City of Rochester Hills Goes Google to Save Servers, Dollars and Cents
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2011
Governments in 38 states have adopted Google Apps for Government. Today we’ll hear from Kevin Krajewski, Deputy Director of MIS, and Rochelle Lyon, Systems Administrator for the City of Rochester Hills, Michigan.
Located in Oakland County, Michigan, Rochester Hills features a quality of life and a thriving commerce that few communities its size can match. The city features quality housing; award winning school districts; over 80 miles of linked pathways and a regional interlinking rails-to-trails system; and an abundance of cultural, historical, educational, medical and entertainment venues. Rochester Hills is situated in Automation Alley, Michigan's premier technology cluster, and one of ten SmartZones in Michigan.
