The world is a Global Village where everything is interlinked. This is not just restricted to economic policies, but also ideas and innovation. We have always heard about Information Technology (IT) and Biotechnology (BT) in the same phrases. With the advent of technology in the Healthcare sector, collaboration has resulted in some great wonders. In this article, we want to let you know why
we believe Google Cloud, Google Workspace and the Biotechnology field are just made for each other.

What is Google Workspace?

Google Workspace is a suite of applications that enhances communication and collaboration within your organization. These applications include Corporate GMail, Calendar, Chat (One on One chat), Spaces (Group Chat), Online storage (Google Drive), Office Productivity Suite (Google Docs, Sheets and Slides),
Survey tool – Google Forms, Intranet Portal – Google Sites. These applications can be accessed from any device, anyplace and at any time. While your employees can access these applications easily, your IT team can publish security based policies to ensure a high level of data-security in your work environment.

This is how, Google Workspace and Google Cloud can add value to Biotech companies.

Efficiency, speed and productivity

Coding Genomes

In the initial days, it took almost a decade and a half or so to format a human genome. But with today’s technological advancements, it requires less than 26 hours to finish coding one. That’s the power that Google Cloud’s IT infrastructure brings to the table.

Google Cloud and Google Workspace offer solutions for computing, storage and collaboration so that your team can focus on their core jobs, “CODING GENOMES”.

Collaborating together to ideate quickly

Collaboration happens across different locations, departments, institutes and so much more. However, with tools like Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Meet video conferencing, your team can share their work, ideas and get approvals quickly irrespective of the time-zones and departments they work in. They will have access to these documents 24/7 and on their laptops, cell
phones or any other device. This increases productivity. As a result, team members can spend more time working on core ideas rather than managing documents, effectively increasing their productivity.

Storage, Computing and Data Security

Computing and Data Storage

This field demands a lot of computing power and data storage for research and development. Research means Terabytes and Petabytes of data. Researchers not only need access to this data, but also cannot afford to lose it. With Google Workspace and other storage solutions from Google Cloud Platform, they will no longer have to worry about this. Google Drive offers to store data in more than 100 formats which include .CSV files, XLSX files, PDF, images, videos and more. Everyone associated with the project can access these files anytime, any number of times irrespective of any geographical locations. 

Data Security

Ensuring the data is protected at all times while giving the right set of employees access to it can be another challenge. Google Workspace Admin Console lets the IT and Information Security team configure policies related to Email retention, Email archival, Domain spoofing, email sandboxing, Information Rights Management (IRM) and Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Mobile Device Management (MDM), Identity and Access Management (IDaaS), Single Sign On (SSO), etc. Your organization can secure data from threats such as viruses and malware, as well as sharing to personal mailboxes, downloading, printing and copying. Your domain administrator can monitor all the activities on the accounts under your domain.

Hybrid Work Model

With any time, any place, any device and completely secure access, your employees can access their work and productivity tools easily. All the applications of Google Workspace are available on any device (Cell Phones, Tablets, Laptops, Desktops etc.), Any place (Home, Office, Cafe, Flights etc.), any operating system (Linux, Windows, Mac, Chrome etc.) and any browser (Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera etc.)

Attract, on-board and Retain talent

Most of the top universities globally use Google Workspace for Education. These are the same set of tools that students use while learning. Therefore when they graduate and join your organization, they won’t have to spend time learning these tools. They can instead focus on learning advanced tools that are part of their core jobs. Google Sites, Google Drive and other tools can also help create a repository of information related to your company, department, field etc. that can be shared quickly and have ease of access. 

Always available

Usually, all the cloud service providers provide 99.9% uptime SLA. This usually consists of planned and unplanned downtimes. Google Cloud is the only service provider that provides 99.9% uptime SLA. NO SCHEDULED DOWNTIME. This means that Google Cloud Data Centers and Servers are designed to work and make your data available even in the event of unplanned downtimes. In our opinion, this has a huge positive impact on businesses. 

Reduce IT and Operations costs

With so many applications available as a suite for your company, you can focus on removing redundant technology