Transcript Gregg Farris CIO, Oceaneering International
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Oceaneering International
• $2B Revenues • 9K Employees - 50% Highly Technical • 67 On-Shore locations in 21 Countries • Products / Services o Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) o o o o o o Offshore oilfield services & tools Umbilical cable manufacturing Inspection & non-destructive testing Navy ship maintenance and sub repair NASA Astronaut support and tools Entertainment engineering
3/9 Cloud Computing Any Time Anywhere Any Device Subscription Based
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Concerns Going Google
• Leading Edge vs Bleeding Edge • Functionality - industrial strength • Fit Oceaneering's needs • Data location • Security • Highly confidential / export controlled documents • Legal • Bandwidth • User acceptance
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Google Implementation
• Pilot • Hired Cloud Sherpas to assist o o Conversions Training o Roll-out • Calendars with all data imported • Mailboxes with last 2 weeks imported • Conference rooms • Live Feb 26, 2011 with 7,000 users • Google & Cloud Sherpas folks on-site for first 4 days
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Problems
• ITAR / Export Controls / Highly Confidential Email (encryption) • People didn’t take the training • Document Imaging System Interface • Different features than Groupwise
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Benefits
• More secure • Collaboration - 50,000 in 6 months • 100% Uptime (during maintenance weekends & hurricane) • Cost effective - Exchange $20M/6yrs • No backups, no DR worries, no equipment to maintain • Makes us more nimble • Continuous improvement
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Satisfaction Survey 87.5% Satisfied with the choice
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Currently
• 8,000 Google Accounts • Focused on Google Docs