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Recently, the integrated communications service provider Orange Business Services announced a business collaboration as a service (in Business Together) business global expansion plans. The release of the French and European business collaboration service is currently on the market Kuan unified communications services for large enterprises around the world. This high-performance, high-security cloud services hosted three data centers in Orange Business Services, the data center is part of the private cloud computing infrastructure.
Was named in the 2012 World Communications Awards in the "Best Cloud Service" business collaboration services based Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solutions to ensure rapid deployment of IT management tools and cost-effectiveness for employees new ways of working. Unified communications and collaboration tools through the "cloud" to provide, such as voice, unified messaging, instant messaging, conference (including audio, web and video) and enterprise mobile business collaboration services support to use the PC at any time and place, tablet PCs, smart phones, such as IP telephony and other special equipment.
It is reported that Orange Business Services for 3M Company business collaboration services. By using this service, 3M will improve throughout 25 countries in Europe, Middle East and Africa, 75 office locations, 20,000 employees collaborate and work efficiency. The deployment will be followed by the implementation of office involving 16,000 seats, is expected to be completed by the end of 2014, and the rest will be completed in the next three years. 3M company plans to eventually extend the deployment to the Asia-Pacific region and Latin America.
As a "turnkey" end-to-end solutions, business collaboration services will bring multiple benefits:
For corporate users: as a cloud-based solution, its pricing model with significantly different. Regardless of where the customer can benefit from the same predictable global pricing. Bought "as a service" means that businesses only pay for the fees payable for employees to use, you do not have the technology upfront investment, thereby reducing capital expenditure. Enterprises can quickly set up new offices, the integration of newly acquired companies, to meet new business needs. In addition, business collaboration as a service but also improve employee productivity and satisfaction.
Integrated by a unique, easy-to-use management interface, customers can choose a different set of communication and collaboration tools for IT managers: 6 preset file to meet the needs of the employees. In addition, IT managers can quickly and easily increase or reduce the number of end-users, and set up a new user files with just a few clicks.
For end users: employees need new tools can run on their favorite devices, support BYOD, these can be achieved through a single terminal client. Employees can at any time, any place to work and a consistent user experience. In addition, the solution can promote real-time collaboration, improve efficiency and speed up the decision-making.
Vivek Badrinath, CEO, Orange Business Services, said: "Globalization, widely distributed teams, business consumerization of IT increase, more mobility polymerization, making the 'new workspace' become the essential needs of multinational corporations; employees need to improve the efficiency of faster and more easy to use tool for business collaboration service allows employees to unlimited use these tools to achieve work-life balance, as well as to meet the mobile needs of employees.
Orange Business Services business collaboration services covering six continents, in Atlanta, Frankfurt and Singapore, Tier III or Tier IV data center to support it. The three data centers to ensure user quality of service in each region, at the same time can provide enterprises with globally consistent services. In addition, Orange to provide customers with the highest level of security of cloud services, including ISAE 3402 certification.