[TRITLA] Library Chromebook Question

[Gary Koontz]

William,

We swapped to G-Suite years ago and our goal was to reduce MS Office use to
20% of our users.  We have been able to accomplish this, and with each
month passing, the G-Suite products keeps gaining functionality.

There seems to always be pockets of specialty software, and that's the
category we've placed MS Office in at the County.

Gary.
Forsyth County
gary at forsyth.cc

*Gary E. Koontz*, CGCIO
Chief Technology Officer
Forsyth County Government
201 N Chestnut St
Winston Salem, NC  27101
336.703.2543 (office)
gary at forsyth.cc



On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 9:33 AM William Doerfer <
townmanager at townoflibertync.org> wrote:

> Along those same lines, has anyone been able to stop using Microsoft
> Office? Google sheets is mostly compatible, but it doesn't quite seem to be
> able to replace Excel.
>
> We switched to G-suite, but am finding that we also need to maintain some
> Microsoft licenses for reporting.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Side note:  I'm not in IT by training...I'm here by necessity.
>
> William Doerfer, MPA
> Town Manager
> Town of Liberty
> 239 S. Fayetteville St.
> P.O. Box 1006
> Liberty, NC 27298
> 336.622.4276  Office
> 336.622.2665  Fax
> townmanager at townoflibertync.org
> www.Liberty-NC.com
> ****Please note my email address has changed****
>
> On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 9:25 AM, Gary Koontz <gary at forsyth.cc> wrote:
>
>> John,
>>
>> Do you guys use any time management software to reserve, or check-in/out
>> the public access devices?
>>
>> *Gary E. Koontz*, CGCIO
>> Chief Technology Officer
>> Forsyth County Government
>> 201 N Chestnut St
>> Winston Salem, NC  27101
>> 336.703.2543 (office)
>> gary at forsyth.cc
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 9:24 AM John Gallimore <
>> jgallimore at daviecountync.gov> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Gary,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We use a combination of iPads, Chromebooks, PCs and laptops.  Right now,
>>> anyone that wants MS Office will use a PC.  The Chromebooks have been used
>>> some, but the iPads seem to be more popular.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Gary Koontz <gary at forsyth.cc>
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 01, 2018 09:04
>>> *To:* Triad Regional IT Leadership Group <tritlg at listserv.toknc.com>
>>> *Subject:* [TRITLA] Library Chromebook Question
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Has any County migrated (or started migrating) their public access PCs
>>> from a Windows based solution to a Chrome based solution (Chromebooks,
>>> etc.)? If so, do you have requests from the Public for MS Office and how
>>> are you addressing that?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Gary E. Koontz*, CGCIO
>>> Chief Technology Officer
>>>
>>> Forsyth County Government
>>>
>>> 201 N Chestnut St
>>> Winston Salem, NC  27101
>>> 336.703.2543 (office)
>>>
>>> gary at forsyth.cc
>>>
>>>
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