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VICTORIA, British Columbia–Premier Cloud Inc., today announced that it has advanced to Google Cloud Premier Partner status – a designation that represents the highest status a Google Cloud Partner can achieve.

Premier Cloud specializes in helping businesses leverage the unparalleled power of Google Cloud. Having been involved in some of the world’s largest migrations to date, Premier Cloud supports hundreds of thousands of end-users & admins across North America.

The advancement to ‘Premier’ status is a result of a multi-year business plan that focuses heavily on Google Workspace migrations. Leading up to this achievement, Premier Cloud earned multiple ‘Expertise’ designations through Google Cloud by displaying customer success in categories such as Small & Medium Business, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Financial Services, Google Cloud Productivity, and Work Transformations.

“The team is extremely proud to be named a Google Cloud Premier Partner. It highlights our unwavering commitment to delivering the highest standards to our clients and further strengthens our long-standing partnership with Google Cloud,” said Farsheed Azad, Premier Cloud’s President & CEO.

Looking toward the future, Premier Cloud plans to double down on its investment in Google Cloud and expand its footprint in the Google Cloud Platform and application development space. With their new ‘Premier’ designation, one thing is certain, for Premier Cloud, the sky’s the limit.

Premier Cloud collaborates once again with Tempus Nova (one of Google’s leading Premier Partners and a proud partner of Premier Cloud), to provide 24/7 support to 23,500 State of Iowa employees during and after their migration to Google Apps.

We are providing the full range of Google Apps and Administration support to state employees. Google has introduced a new era in Government communications, and with it, comes the need for 24/7 Google Apps support. The preparation for the migration began months before the first phase. Premier Cloud participated in weekly meetings with Tempus Nova and Iowa’s management team to ensure that the migration went as seamless as possible and that State employees were not disrupted from doing their jobs. Round-the-clock phone support was a major factor as for many employees, this was the first time using Google.

Google Apps for Government

Public servants are making agencies more productive with Google Apps; in fact, in the United States agencies in 44 states & DC use Google Apps. http://gov.googleapps.com/

The ROI of Google Apps for Work: 2015 Forrester Research Report

What are the true business benefits of cloud transformation, and how does it affect overall productivity and business growth?

A comprehensive study conducted by Forrester Research in June 2015 explored these questions. The findings based on three-year, risk-adjusted results, are summarized below:

Key Findings:

• Increased collaboration and efficiency:
• Improved mobility, reduced travel costs:
• Reduced legacy IT costs:
• Legacy telephony cost savings:

About Premier Cloud

Premier Cloud is a proud Google Cloud Partner and Google Workspace reseller that specializes in end-user support and Cloud Migrations.

Renowned in the industry for their best-in-class Google Workspace Support & Customer Service, Premier Cloud provides support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

Premier Cloud works with multiple Google Premier Partners to provide end-users with round-the-clock Google Workspace support via phone, emails, web-tickets and live chats. Premier Cloud has provided support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

For more information, email sales@premiercloud.com or call 1-888-866-2230.

Premier Cloud Achieves Second Expertise Status from Google

Google Cloud Partner Program recognizes Premier Cloud’s technical certifications and proven customer success through second Expertise designation in Healthcare and Life Sciences.

Victoria, BC, August 12, 2020 – Victoria-based Premier Cloud Inc., a leading Google Workspace reseller specializing in Cloud Migrations, announces it has achieved Expertise status in Health Care/Life Sciences. The Google Cloud Partner Program enables customers to purchase Google products and services through a designated Partner. Premier Cloud received their first designation in Work Transformation on Tuesday, August 4th, 2020.

By earning the Partner Expertise designations, Premier Cloud has proven their expertise and success in building customer solutions using Google Cloud technology. 

Partners that have achieved Expertise status in Healthcare and Life Sciences have demonstrated success in facilitating a transformation of their client’s work process, enabling hospitals to improve patient care, enhance provider satisfaction, operate more efficiently and organize healthcare and life sciences data to make it universally accessible, secure, and useful.

Google Workspace’s impactful work transformation solution brings people, information, and applications together to reimagine how work gets done, facilitating secure, real-time team collaboration and communications around the world.

Premier Cloud began its journey with Google in 2008 as a Google Workspace Reseller and has since expanded its presence in the Google universe providing migrations, licensing and support.

About Premier Cloud

Premier Cloud is a proud Google Cloud Partner and Google Workspace reseller that specializes in end-user support and Cloud Migrations. They have provided support for numerous government agencies, educational institutions, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

April 2013: Premier Cloud supports The City of Edmonton in their migration to Google Apps

One of Google’s largest Premier Partners, Daston Corporation, collaborated with Premier Cloud to provide round-the-clock Google Apps phone support to The City of Edmonton’s employees during their migration to Google.

The City of Edmonton decides to go Google

The City of Edmonton was to become the first Canadian municipality to migrate its email and office applications to Google Cloud. Daston (Daston Corporation), one of the leading Google Premier Partners, seamlessly migrate The City of Edmonton’s staff of nearly 11,000 to Google, while Premier Cloud’s team was there every step of the way to provide 24/7 support to every government employee.

About Premier Cloud

Premier Cloud is a proud Google Cloud Partner and Google Workspace reseller that specializes in end-user support and Cloud Migrations.

Renowned in the industry for their best-in-class Google Workspace Support & Customer Service, Premier Cloud provides support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

Premier Cloud works with multiple Google Premier Partners to provide end-users with round-the-clock Google Workspace support via phone, emails, web-tickets and live chats. Premier Cloud has provided support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

For more information, email sales@premiercloud.com or call 1-888-866-2230.

Google Cloud Partner Program recognizes Premier Cloud’s technical certifications and proven customer success through Work Transformation designation

Victoria, BC, August 4, 2020 – Premier Cloud Inc., a leading Google Workspace reseller specializing in Cloud Migrations, announces it has achieved Expertise status in Work Transformation within the Google Cloud Partner Program.

By earning the Partner Expertise designation, Premier Cloud has proven their expertise and success in building customer solutions using Google Cloud technology. 

Partners that have achieved Expertise status in Work Transformation have demonstrated success in facilitating a transformation of their client’s work process. Google Workspace’s impactful work transformation solution brings people, information, and applications together to reimagine how work gets done, facilitating secure, real-time team collaboration and communications around the world.

“Achieving Expertise recognition is evidence of how seriously we take our commitment to delivering world-class work transformation solutions to our clients.”

Farsheed Azad, President & CEO 

Premier Cloud began its journey with Google in 2008 as a Google Workspace Reseller and has since expanded its presence in the Google universe providing migrations, licensing and support.

About Premier Cloud
Premier Cloud is a proud Google Cloud Partner and Google Workspace reseller specializing in End-User Support and Cloud Migrations. Premier Cloud has provided support for numerous government agencies, educational institutions, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

Google Cloud has launched several new features in the wake of the work transformation surrounding Covid 19. Leaders are realizing the necessity of selecting the best productivity and collaboration tools.

Here are some updates to Google Workspace and Google Meet that will enhance your workplace.

Integrated Workspace

Google Cloud has brought email, chat, voice, and video together. Having all of these channels amalgamated within Gmail will allow your teams to focus on relevant work as opposed to endless searching and bouncing from app to app. Google Cloud is making the collaboration features in Chat rooms even better by adding shared files and tasks. Teams will be able to open and co-edit documents with their colleagues without leaving Gmail, making real-time collaboration even more intuitive and easy. The new integrated space will also allow your teams to work seamlessly with third-party applications like DocuSign, Salesforce, and Trello. 

Find the Right Information Quickly

For most employees, roughly 20-30% of the work week is spent searching for information. To help boost productivity, Google Cloud has expanded Gmail’s search capabilities to include Chat which is an incredible time saver.

Move Easily Between Channels

Teams can swiftly join a video call from a chat, seamlessly forward a chat message to their inbox, easily create a task from a chat message, and more. Teams are able to communicate and collaborate more fluidly and thus more efficiently.

Google Meet Updates

Google Meet is making remote work easier in the following ways:

Customizable and Blurred Backgrounds

Google Cloud will be making it easier to blur out your background, or replace it with an image of your choosing to avoid navigating meetings from with kids playing in the background, or an embarrassing pile of laundry in view.

Larger Meeting Size and Layout

Google Meet’s new selection of layouts ensure teams can better see who, and what is necessary to see in meetings. The addition of the tiled layout in April gave users the ability to see 16 other participants in a meeting as well as content that’s being shared at the same time. More improvements are being developed that will enable participants to see up to 49 other participants at once. 

Other developments coming soon:

Meeting Attendance: This feature will give meeting hosts a way to see who is attending their meeting.
Hand Raising: This feature will enable users to “raise their hands” when they have a question or something to say during large meetings and thus increase participation.
Breakout Rooms: This feature will make it easy for large meetings to split into smaller groups, and reconvene once finished. 

Want to learn more about Google Workspace? Get in touch with our Google experts: sales@premiercloud.com

The team at Premier Cloud hopes to find you safe and healthy during this time.

We are proud to announce that Premier Cloud is featured in the 2020 list of Great Workplaces in British Columbia!

 Premier Cloud is happy to offer its employees:

A friendly, clean and safe environment
– In a downtown Victoria office, close to the harbour
– Class A building
– 24-hour security
– Daily janitorial services
– On-site gym
 
Ongoing training and paid certifications
Our staff receive ongoing one-on-one and group training and are encouraged to complete various Google exams (which we pay for). Employees receive bonuses upon successful completion of courses.

Get in touch with our Google Experts at sales@premiercloud.com should you have any questions about your licensing or support plans.

Stay tuned for more updates from Premier Cloud!

Premier Cloud successfully migrates Pacific Mazda over to the reliable cloud-based email and collaboration suite – Google Apps.

October 3rd, 2011 – Premier Cloud seamlessly migrates Pacific Mazda’s entire workforce to Google. Pacific Mazda, one of the largest and best rated Mazda dealerships in British Columbia, had been looking for ways to move into a more reliable email system and to reduce their reliance on software licenses, backups. After Premier Cloud demonstrated the benefits of going Google, Pacific Mazda took the leap.

Premier Cloud successfully migrated legacy emails, contacts and calendar events to Google without interrupting staff or experiencing any downtime or loss of data. Pacific Mazda expects to save thousands of dollars annually in software licensing fees, back up and upkeep of mail servers whilst improving communication through real-time collaboration internally, and with their clients.

“Pacific Mazda is excited to be aligned with Google Apps and Premier Cloud” says Michael Stevulak, President and Co-Owner of Pacific Mazda. He adds “Moving to Google Apps will greatly simplify our computing environment and improve reliability.”

About Google Apps: Google Apps brings simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools to organizations of any size – all hosted by Google to streamline setup, minimize maintenance, and reduce IT costs. With Gmail, Google Calendar, and integrated chat/video calls (Hangouts), users can stay connected and work together with ease.

About Pacific Mazda:

Pacific Mazda, located in the heart of downtown Victoria, BC, has one of the best selections of new and used vehicles in Western Canada. We have been selling and servicing Mazda’s in Victoria, BC for over 20 years and are proud to be one of the largest and best rated Mazda dealerships in British Columbia.

About Premier Cloud

Premier Cloud is a proud Google Cloud Partner and Google Workspace reseller that specializes in end-user support and Cloud Migrations.

Renowned in the industry for their best-in-class Google Workspace Support & Customer Service, Premier Cloud provides support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

Premier Cloud works with multiple Google Premier Partners to provide end-users with round-the-clock Google Workspace support via phone, emails, web-tickets and live chats. Premier Cloud has provided support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

For more information, email sales@premiercloud.com or call 1-888-866-2230.

October 12, 2015: Premier Cloud provides supplemental support for PwC “One Calendar” Project. With the success of the 5-phase Google Apps migration roll-out, PwC went on to implement the “Google One Calendar” project. This involved migrating past and future events from Lotus Notes to Google Calendar.

With over 55,000 PwC employees in the US migrating over 5 phases, (many of them using Google for the first time) Premier Cloud was there every step of the way, working closely alongside Appirio and PwC project managers to ensure the transition to Google Workspace was as seamless as possible, with little to no downtime for PwC employees.

About Premier Cloud

Premier Cloud is a proud Google Cloud Partner and Google Workspace reseller that specializes in end-user support and Cloud Migrations.

Renowned in the industry for their best-in-class Google Workspace Support & Customer Service, Premier Cloud provides support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

Premier Cloud works with multiple Google Premier Partners to provide end-users with round-the-clock Google Workspace support via phone, emails, web-tickets and live chats. Premier Cloud has provided support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

For more information, email sales@premiercloud.com or call 1-888-866-2230.

October 2013: Premier Cloud was selected to provide Google Apps Support for Randstad Canada.

Premier Cloud will be working closely with Randstad Canada to provide round-the-clock phone support during their migration to Google. The scope of support in English and French is:

• Gmail
• Admin tasks
• Mobile Setup
• Google Calendars
• Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.)
• Google Hangouts
• Google Contacts
• Chrome and Randstad add-ons

About Randstad Canada:

Randstad Canada is the Canadian leader for staffing, recruitment and HR Services. As the only fully integrated staffing company in the country, They understand the recruitment needs and demands of employers and job seekers across all levels and industries. Through their insightful knowledge of local markets, employment trends and global network of recruitment experts, they are shaping the Canadian world of work. As a key player in the recruitment and staffing market, Randstad Canada provides unrivaled expertise in matching Canada’s top talent with the most sought after Canadian employers. Through their network of over 85 branches across 7 provinces, they offer fully bilingual solutions and operational excellence by meeting the unique needs of their clients and candidates across the country.

About Premier Cloud

Premier Cloud is a proud Google Cloud Partner and Google Workspace reseller that specializes in end-user support and Cloud Migrations.

Renowned in the industry for their best-in-class Google Workspace Support & Customer Service, Premier Cloud provides support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

Premier Cloud works with multiple Google Premier Partners to provide end-users with round-the-clock Google Workspace support via phone, emails, web-tickets and live chats. Premier Cloud has provided support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

For more information, email sales@premiercloud.com or call 1-888-866-2230.

August 2011: Premier Cloud selected to provide 24/7 Google Workspace Support for all Costco Wholesale employees across North America.

One of Google’s leading Premier Partners (and a proud partner of Premier Cloud), Tempus Nova, migrate over 67,000 of Costco’s staff across 700+ warehouses to Google. Premier Cloud executives travel to Costco Headquarters in Issaquah, Washington to meet with Costco’s management team and present an overview of our support services.

“The service is cost effective, they are knowledgeable and the benefit to end users is invaluable!” says Didi Dellanno, Senior Executive at Tempus Nova.

Premier Cloud has been supporting Costco’s employees for 8+ years now and provides support for other applications as well as Google Workspace.

About Premier Cloud

Premier Cloud is a proud Google Cloud Partner and Google Workspace reseller that specializes in end-user support and Cloud Migrations.

Renowned in the industry for their best-in-class Google Workspace Support & Customer Service, Premier Cloud provides support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

Premier Cloud works with multiple Google Premier Partners to provide end-users with round-the-clock Google Workspace support via phone, emails, web-tickets and live chats. Premier Cloud has provided support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

For more information, email sales@premiercloud.com or call 1-888-866-2230.

January 2018: VITA (Virginia Information Technologies Agency) has entered into a Master Services Agreement (MSA) contract with Tempus Nova, a Google Premier Partner, and a certified SWaM supplier for the Commonwealth of Virginia, to provide Google solutions for messaging (email), collaboration (team and project sites), and mobile device management (MDM), and other third party products that integrate with Google. Premier Cloud Helpline will be providing VITA with the 24/7 G-Suite support for VITA’s End-Users.

By moving to the cloud, organizations such as the Commonwealth of Virginia can save money, increase productivity, ensure greater security, and enhance employee satisfaction. IT staff can be liberated from ongoing email server maintenance and weekly patches to focusing on mission critical activities. In many cases, year one of licenses and implementation services are paid for by the cost savings and cost avoidance from moving to to the Google solution. This includes providing assistance with migration, change management, training, and support.

About Premier Cloud

Premier Cloud is a proud Google Cloud Partner and Google Workspace reseller that specializes in end-user support and Cloud Migrations.

Renowned in the industry for their best-in-class Google Workspace Support & Customer Service, Premier Cloud provides support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

Premier Cloud works with multiple Google Premier Partners to provide end-users with round-the-clock Google Workspace support via phone, emails, web-tickets and live chats. Premier Cloud has provided support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

For more information, email sales@premiercloud.com or call 1-888-866-2230.

December 2017: Premier Cloud to collaborate on CENTURY 21 Canada’s migration from their Rackspace hosted email to Google Workspace. PCH will be providing 24/7 Google Workspace support to roughly 10,000 CENTURY 21 Canada employees during their 3-phase transition to Google Workspace.

“We are pleased to be involved in yet another signature migration to Google Workspace. Our team will be delivering round-the-clock phone support to ensure every CENTURY 21 real estate professional feels comfortable with the layout/functionality of Google Workspace. We will be there every step of the way to answer all ‘how to’ questions as well as performing admin tasks within the console.” said Daniel Azad, VP of Sales.

Migrating to Google Workspace means that CENTURY 21 will enjoy the benefits of being on Google’s reliable mail platform with more than 99.9% uptime, no scheduled downtime or maintenance windows and access to Google’s full suite of intelligent & collaborative apps.

“Premier Cloud was the needed helpdesk support to get us over the hump of moving 10,000 users. Big migrations put a lot of weight on our existing support, so augmenting with Premier Cloud provided us knowledgeable helpdesk resources that could instantly expand our team during a big transition.” – Jack Miller, CTO of CENTURY 21 Canada.

Google Workspace allows users to connect – not only via email but over video conference, social media, real-time document collaboration and more. With Google Workspace, CENTURY 21 Canada employees can now access Calendar, Contacts, Drive, Sheets, and Documents anytime, anywhere, from any internet-connected device – the perfect solution for busy realtors.

About Premier Cloud

Premier Cloud is a proud Google Cloud Partner and Google Workspace reseller that specializes in end-user support and Cloud Migrations.

Renowned in the industry for their best-in-class Google Workspace Support & Customer Service, Premier Cloud provides support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

Premier Cloud works with multiple Google Premier Partners to provide end-users with round-the-clock Google Workspace support via phone, emails, web-tickets and live chats. Premier Cloud has provided support for numerous multinationals, government agencies, educational institutes, medical associations and multiple globally recognized corporations, many of which are featured on Fortune 500.

For more information, email sales@premiercloud.com or call 1-888-866-2230.