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Orange Business Services and Microsoft strengthen their cloud partnership through the integration of Office Together Select into Business VPN Galerie
PARIS --(Business Wire)--
For the last two years, Orange Business Services, a Microsoft (News - Alert) partner,
has been selling Office Together Select, a communication and
collaboration solution based on Microsoft Office 365 with its own
professional services. As of June 2013, Office Together Select will be
available on Business VPN Galerie.
The objective of this integration is to provide companies with the
combined benefits of Office Together Select and Virtual Private Networks.
Launched in 2011, Business VPN Galerie extends enterprise VPNs to the
cloud via fully-secured gateways, providing the high standards of
end-to-end performance and reliability. Today, this solution
interconnects more than 8,000 facilities in the world and provides
access to a wide range of cloud solutions developed by Orange (News - Alert) Business
Services and its partners.
Orange Business Services and Microsoft have implemented a secured,
dedicated�connection to the Office 365 datacenters throughout the
world�for Orange Business Services (News - Alert) customers. With this new integration,
Orange Business Services customers will benefit from the level of
performance and security of their VPN when accessing the Office 365
desktop and collaboration services of Office Together Select: electronic
messaging with Exchange, IM and Web Conferencing with Lync,
collaboration portal and access to enterprise social networks with
SharePoint. Office Together Select streamlines the daily work of
employees and provides permanent implementation and management support
for the solution.
"With Business VPN Galerie, we were among the first in the world to
lauch a 'Cloud Service Hub' providing secured access to enterprise
private networks and end-to-end customer support," said Nicolas Roy,
head of the Network Solutions (News - Alert) Business Unit, Orange Business Services.
"We plan to stay ahead of the competition by increasing permanently our
cloud application ecosystem and by partnering with innovative leaders.
This new development of our cloud partnership with Microsoft maximizes
the value of both Business VPN Galerie and Office Together Select for
our mutual customers."
"For Microsoft, the availability of Office Together Select on Business
VPN Galerie consolidates the strategic partnership initiated with Orange
Business Services with Office 365," concluded Laurent Schlosser, Senior
Director�- Operator Channel, Microsoft France. "This is also the
recognition of Microsoft cloud services know-how and of its capacity to
support its partners on the long term providing them a flexible offer
for their customers."
About Orange Business Services
Orange Business Services, the France Telecom (News - Alert)-Orange branch dedicated to
B2B services, is a leading global integrator of communications solutions
for multinational corporations. With the world's largest, seamless
network for voice and data, Orange Business Services reaches 220
countries and territories with local support in 166. Offering a
comprehensive package of communication services covering cloud
computing, enterprise mobility, M2M, security, unified communications,
videoconferencing, and broadband, Orange Business Services delivers a
best-in-class customer experience across a global landscape. Thousands
of enterprise customers and 1.4 million mobile data users rely on an
Orange Business Services international platform for communicating and
conducting business. Orange Business Services was awarded three of the
telecom industry's highest accolades at the annual World Communication
Awards 2012 - Best Global Operator, Best Cloud Service and the User's
Choice Award. Orange Business Services is a five-time winner of Best
Global Operator. Learn more at www.orange-business.com.
France Telecom-Orange is one of the world's leading telecommunications
operators with annual sales of 43.5 billion euros and has 170,000
employees worldwide at Dec. 31, 2012. Orange is the Group's single brand
for Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of
countries where the company operates. France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is
listed on Euronext Paris (compartment A) and on the New York Stock
Exchange.
Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this
material are trademarks of Orange Brand Services Limited, Orange France
or France Telecom.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in
software services and solutions that help people and businesses realize
their full potential.
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