Smollan Completed Global Google Workspace Migration
The company finished a complex 547-day digital transformation across 19 countries in June 2026.
Updated on Oct. 5, 2026 in Business Strategy
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Smollan concluded a massive migration of 9,064 users to Google Workspace in June 2026. The 547-day project moved over 7 petabytes of data across 25 international companies.
Why it matters
The company pursued this transition to establish a more effective platform for real-time global collaboration. Additionally, the move aims to facilitate the integration of AI tools into daily operational workflows.
The project involved migrating 2.4 billion emails and 290 billion documents totaling 7.01 petabytes of data. Teams successfully resolved 8,500 support queries during the 547-day transformation programme.
The players
Smollan
Smollan is an international retail solutions company that provides sales and merchandising services to brands across diverse global markets.
Google Workspace
Google Workspace is a suite of cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools provided by Google for enterprise and individual use.
The details
Using a coexistence architecture to allow for concurrent use of legacy and new systems, Smollan segmented users into cohorts based on geography, business unit, and risk profile. This structured approach allowed for a global roll-out that spanned 24 time zones without incurring any operational downtime.
Timeline
The transformation programme concluded in June 2026.
Market Landscape
This transition aligns with a broader trend of large multinational enterprises shifting to unified cloud platforms to gain competitive advantages in data management. By consolidating operations, Smollan positions itself to leverage the AI capabilities baked into modern cloud infrastructure against rivals still reliant on fragmented legacy systems.
Employees and global partners now operate within a unified environment, which should streamline communication and document sharing across the company's 25 international entities. These backend infrastructure changes are designed to improve daily productivity and accelerate the adoption of new AI-driven tools.
The takeaway
Large-scale digital migrations require careful cohort segmentation to ensure success while maintaining consistent uptime. Organizations can minimize disruption by employing hybrid architecture strategies during the transition period.
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Intelligentcio.
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