Overview
Google is one of your platforms. We make it work with the others
Most organisations use Google for one layer of the business and something else for the rest: Workspace for email and documents with Salesforce as the CRM, BigQuery as the warehouse behind a Microsoft or Adobe front end, Gemini alongside Jira and Confluence. Our work is making those layers share data, identities and processes, so people stop copying information from one to the other.
Google's line-up in brief. Google Workspace is the productivity suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Meet and Chat), and its Business and Enterprise plans include Gemini. Google Cloud is the infrastructure, data and AI platform, with two Australian regions, in Sydney and Melbourne. Gemini spans both: Gemini in Workspace and the Gemini app for everyday work, Gemini Enterprise for agents that work across company data, and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, which Google describes as the evolution of Vertex AI, for developers.
Great Minds is a Sydney-based systems integrator, the integrator for the gaps between platforms. AI agents take on repetitive migration, mapping and testing work, and senior consultants stay accountable for the design. The detail is on three pages: Google Workspace, Google Cloud Platform and Google Gemini.
Google services
Consulting and integration across Google Cloud, Workspace and Gemini
Advice and delivery are scoped together, so the plan you approve is one we have costed and can build. We start from the processes that cross Google and your other platforms, because that's where most of the re-keying and reporting problems sit.
01Google consultingArchitecture, licensing and roadmap decisions for Workspace, Google Cloud and Gemini: which plans you need, where workloads should run, and which AI use cases to try first.Google products
The Google products we deliver
Each product has its own page with what we deliver, how, and the Australian rules that apply.
Google GeminiGemini in Workspace, Gemini Enterprise and agents built on Google's models, set up with the access controls and data settings your privacy team needs.
Google Cloud PlatformData platforms, integrations and AI workloads on Google Cloud, built with BigQuery, Looker and Apigee in its Sydney and Melbourne regions.
Google WorkspaceGmail, Drive, Docs, Meet and Chat rolled out, secured and connected to your CRM, work-management and identity systems.How we deliver
How we deliver Google work
Which Google services you license and use, what they connect to, who owns each process, and where data or identities are duplicated across platforms.
Plans, architecture, security settings and integrations designed together, with scope and price agreed before work starts.
Mail, files, data or workloads moved in stages and tested on real data. AI agents do repetitive mapping and checks; consultants review every change.
Training, admin hand-over and monitoring, then support from us or your IT team, with each integration documented.
Australian considerations
Data residency and privacy on Google
Google Cloud has two Australian regions, Sydney (australia-southeast1) and Melbourne (australia-southeast2), so infrastructure and data workloads can stay onshore by choosing those regions. Check each service in your design, and for generative AI check the model: Google lists Sydney among the locations for its generative AI endpoints, but which models are offered there varies.
Google Workspace is different. Its data regions policies let administrators choose the United States, Europe or no preference; Australia isn't one of the options, so Workspace data at rest can't be pinned to Australia. That matters for APP 8 assessments of overseas disclosure and, for APRA-regulated entities, for CPS 234 and CPS 230 assessments, so we document it rather than gloss over it.
On AI, Google says Workspace doesn't use customer data to train models without permission, and that Gemini only retrieves content the user already has access to. That makes Drive sharing settings the real control: we review them before Gemini is switched on. Workspace plans are priced in AUD per user per month; our Google Workspace page has the details.
FAQ
Google questions
Which Google products do you work with?
Google Workspace, Google Cloud and Gemini, and the integrations between them and the rest of your stack, such as Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Atlassian and your ERP.
Is Gemini included in Google Workspace?
Yes, in the Business and Enterprise plans, with fuller features from Business Standard upwards; Business Starter includes Gemini in Gmail and the Gemini app. Gemini Enterprise, for agents that work across company data beyond Workspace, is a separate per-seat subscription.
Can Google Workspace data be stored in Australia?
Not today. Workspace data regions policies offer the United States, Europe or no preference. If you need Australian data residency for a particular dataset, we look at keeping it in a system that offers it, such as Google Cloud's Sydney or Melbourne regions.
Can Google work alongside Microsoft 365 and Salesforce?
Yes. Gemini Enterprise has connectors for sources including SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, Entra ID, Jira, Confluence and ServiceNow, and Workspace and BigQuery connect to Salesforce through APIs or middleware. Connecting platforms like these is the work we specialise in.
Do we need Google Cloud to use Gemini?
Not for everyday use. Gemini in Workspace and the Gemini app come with Workspace plans, and Gemini Enterprise is a per-seat subscription. Google Cloud, through the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, is needed when developers build custom agents and applications, billed by consumption.
Where do we start?
With the process that causes the most re-keying between Google and another platform, or the decision you need to make next, such as which Workspace plan or which first AI use case. We agree scope and price up front and go from there.
Case studies
Integration and data work that Google projects build on
We don't yet have a published Google case study. The work below shows the integration, data and marketing technology projects our Google work draws on.
Insights
Reading on cloud, AI and integration
Migrating from Salesforce Marketing Cloud to Klaviyo: lessons from 1M+ contactsHow to move from Salesforce Marketing Cloud to Klaviyo: what the integration moves, Spam Act consent, active-profile costs, warming and cutover.
What changed in October 2026: Atlassian, Salesforce, Microsoft, Google and AdobeOctober 2026 changes for Australian IT: Atlassian Cloud price rises, Salesforce SOAP login() deadlines, Copilot licensing, Gemini data residency, OAIC.
Atlassian Cloud pricing in AUD: licences, tiers and metered AIWhat Atlassian Cloud costs in AUD after the October 2026 price rise, plus GST, plan tiers and how Rovo credits and automation are billed from 3 December.