Case Study: Wyoming Medical Center revives collaboration and messaging with Cloud Sherpas and Google Apps

Google Apps revives Collaboration & Messaging For Wyoming Medical Center

Wyoming Medical Center, a healthcare provider, faced significant challenges with its legacy Novell GroupWise system, including high costs, constant maintenance, and limited collaboration tools. Their cumbersome email system, with its small inbox quotas and unreliable web interface, was a major burden for both users and the IT team. Seeking a modern solution to cut costs and improve efficiency, Information Services Manager Rob Pettigrew explored new options and was referred to vendor Cloud Sherpas by Google.

Cloud Sherpas provided a comprehensive Google Apps deployment, administration, and training solution. They helped convince the administrative council of the cloud's security and cost benefits, which led to annual savings estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The migration, supported by extensive change management and training, was exceptionally smooth, with over 700 employees switching early. The IT team now spends significantly less time on maintenance, freeing them to innovate, and new collaboration tools like video conferencing are being used to connect doctors with patients across the state. Wyoming Medical Center credits Cloud Sherpas for the easy and successful implementation.

Wyoming Medical Center

Rob Pettigrew

IT Services Manager