Customer storyEngineering consultancyOman
How Design Group Engineering Consultants moved to Google Workspace
Design Group Engineering Consultants (DGEC), a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy based in Muscat, moved its email and data to Google Workspace with Gulf Infotech's migration help.
Design Group Engineering Consultants
Customer story
- Industry
- Engineering consultancy
- Country
- Oman
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Oman
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Design Group Engineering Consultants (DGEC) is a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy based in Muscat that works across the Middle East, Asia and East Africa. Gulf Infotech migrated its data to Google Workspace (then G Suite), giving the firm reliable email, real-time collaboration between countries and structured storage and archiving.
01The client
Who is Design Group Engineering Consultants?
The firm offers structural design, building services, infrastructure design, BIM consulting, and project management and construction supervision. In 2012 it acquired the MEP division of Majan Engineering Consultants, which extended its reach across the Middle East, Asia and East Africa. Its teams work from several locations, so collaboration has to work across borders.
Design Group Engineering Consultants
Client profile
- Industry
- Engineering consultancy
- Country
- Oman
02The challenge
What did DGEC need to fix?
The old email system was unreliable and not connected to any other business tools, which held back the growth the firm had planned. As it expanded into more countries, team collaboration became expensive and inefficient, and storing and archiving data in a structured way had become a major problem.
03What we delivered
What did Gulf Infotech deliver?
- Step 1
Migration
we migrated the firm's data to Google Workspace and helped the team adopt the cloud.
- Step 2
Delivery
Google Workspace as the firm's email platform, giving it control and reliability over email with clients, plus Google Docs and Sheets for teamwork.
- Step 3
Storage and archiving
Google Workspace storage and archiving to keep project data structured and retained.
Delivery plan
Migration
Delivery
Storage and archiving
Google Workspace04
What changed for DGEC?
Lower IT costs: direct savings on IT infrastructure, the main result of the move.
Real-time collaboration: team members in different countries work on the same documents at the same time.
Data control: built-in controls over data shared and stored by the firm, including on mobile devices.
Room to grow: enterprise-grade tools for a growing firm with a presence in several countries, so it can focus on its projects.
05In their words
What does DGEC say?
“DGEC’s data being safe & secure in the cool comfort of Google Cloud, our engineers are freed to wholly indulge in their engineering passion of designing a modern world.” - Design Group Engineering Consultants
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