"John Mazotis, CIO at Corsearch, shares the strategic thinking, implementation challenges, and measurable wins from their three-month migration journey. Corsearch, a leader in IP services since 1949, recently completed a comprehensive migration from what Mazotis calls their "legacy" Microsoft environment to a modern workspace powered by Google and Slack. The decision wasn't taken lightly, given that the company operates globally and relies heavily on collaboration tools for its trademark services and brand protection operations."
"On the surface, moving from Microsoft's unified ecosystem to two separate platforms seems counterintuitive. However, Mazotis explains that the collective capabilities of Google Workspace and Slack far exceeded what Microsoft 365 offered. "The combination of those two has better security, has better user experience, has way more features, has a lot more integration capabilities," he notes. The reality, according to Mazotis, is that even within Microsoft's 365 "one platform", users actually navigated multiple disconnected tools."
"With Slack as the central hub, everything from spend approvals to meeting notifications happens in one place. "If I need to approve a spend for someone, I click a button in Slack. I don't need to go to a different platform," he explains. Also read: Our experience in building a Digital HQ with Slack The three-month migration timeline Corsearch completed its migration in three months, with Slack implementation happening quickly due to its straightforward nature."
Corsearch migrated from a legacy Microsoft environment to Google Workspace and Slack, completing the migration in three months. The combined Google and Slack environment delivered stronger security, improved user experience, expanded features, and greater integration capabilities compared with Microsoft 365. Slack became the central hub for workflows, consolidating actions like spend approvals and meeting notifications into a single place. The Google Workspace migration required more effort because Corsearch consolidated multiple acquisitions with mixed legacy systems. Slack implementation proceeded quickly due to its straightforward nature. The migration unified global teams onto a modern collaboration platform optimized for trademark and brand protection operations.
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