As a non-profit, The Foundation of Hope ( www.fohnj.org) really needs to watch their budget. Using the open-source Thunderbird for their email system was fine, but their older computers were slowing with each email. Without money in the budget to replace their older machines, the Foundation contacted SlipFire for a solution.

Integrating the Foundation with Google Apps was the answer. Now all their emails were sitting on the Gmail servers, and their older machines had no problem retrieving their email. Additionally, they now had access to Google Calendar and Chat, which allow their employees too quickly and easily share information. The Foundation is now a tightly integrate workplace, and is still able to work on a tight budget.