Hlayisani – Deployment to a single-user platform with third-party tool integration.

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Deployment to a single-user platform with third-party tool integration.
 
Hlayisani Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm that is focused on growing sub-Saharan African businesses and entrepreneurs; putting them on the global map and transforming local economies and communities. Hlayisani merged with another business and the solution entailed the deployment and merge of the two companies on a single platform for increased collaboration.

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  • Google Workspace deployment of 8 users to a single user platform of 10.
  • Mid-migration the deployment technician needed to be replaced which is made easy by the Google Cloud platforms.
  • The deployment also required that Gmail had to be integrated with a third-party tool called ‘Streek’ of which the license could not be moved.
  • Workaround included replicating a new license, deprecating the old one and moving data from the old to the new license. In addition, another third party tool ContactOn from Opennetworks was also integrated and deployed. 

The challenge

Hlayisani Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm that is focused on growing sub-Saharan African businesses and entrepreneurs; putting them on the global map and transforming local economies and communities. Hlayisani merged with another business, Angelhub Ventures, and the solution entailed the deployment and merge of the two companies on a single platform for increased collaboration.

The solution

Google Workspace deployment of 8 users to a single user platform of 10. Mid-migration the deployment technician was replaced, a transition made easy by the Google Cloud Platform. The deployment also required that Gmail had to be integrated with a third-party tool called ‘Streak’ of which the license could not be moved. Workaround included replicating a new license, deprecating the old one and moving data from the old to the new license. In addition, another third party tool ContactOn from Opennetworks was also integrated and deployed. 
 
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The result

The improved collaboration led to increased productivity and time efficiency by more than 50%.