First Philippine Holdings logoCompanies in the FPH Group are gearing up for greater connectivity and access to collaboration tools by signing up for Google Apps, one of the world’s largest and most popular productivity platforms online.

Google Apps will enable users to access the following Google services for business use: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, and Google Hangouts (chat functions only).

As of press time, 1,216 users from FPH, First Gen, First Philippine Industrial Corporation (FPIC), First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP), and Rockwell Land are slated to migrate from Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes onto Google Apps, by September 15, 2014. Companies who are already using Google Apps include Asian Eye Institute (AEI), EDC, First Balfour, and Thermaprime.  (Story by Hazel Velasco)