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April 27, 2009

Single Buoy Moorings Deploys Cisco Telepresence to Improve Efficiency and Reduce Operational Costs

In order to cultivate innovation, improve employee efficiency and reduce operational costs Single Buoy Moorings (SBM) has selected Orange Business Services (News - Alert) to deploy Cisco Telepresence. SBM also believes that the solution from Cisco will provide them with critical advantage in the highly competitive oil and gas industry.
 
According to Cisco (News - Alert) and Orange Business Services, an all-inclusive Cisco TelePresence implementation managed by Orange Business Services will enable Single Buoy Moorings employees to collaborate effectively on projects and bring together talented minds spread across the organization irrespective of location. Telepresence (News - Alert) solutions will also help organizations to reduce the costs and time taken for business travels which in turn decreases their carbon footprint.
 
Orange is France’s telecommunications operator. Cisco deals in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Single Buoy Moorings (SBM) is a group of companies that deals in the design, fabrication, installation and servicing on a supply or lease/operate basis of loading and offloading mooring terminals, as well as tanker-based floating production and storage (FPSOs/FSOs) systems, for the offshore oil and gas industry.
 
Single Buoy Moorings has deployed the Cisco TelePresence System 3000 in Houston (USA), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Monaco, and Schiedam (Netherlands) which delivers an advanced, high definition meeting experience with superior audio and video capabilities. Employees who are working in different countries will get an experience as if they are working in the same office through this solution.
 
Single Buoy Moorings’ IT and IS Manager, Guillaume Ramey asserts that their organization’s lifeblood is innovation and they will continuously encourage means for improving employee productivity and product quality and also reduce the time to market rate of their solutions. The Cisco solution offers them an immersive face-to-face meeting like experience and helps them in collaborating on projects, reducing the amount of travel, and ultimately enhancing the services delivered to customers.
 
Orange Business Services is providing a fully-managed solution including project management, consultancy, deployment, network services, and operational management. Single Buoy Moorings’ telepresence traffic will be carried on the Orange IP VPN, the Telepresence-enabled network, which holds Certified Cisco TelePresence Connection (CCTC) status, which is based on stringent performance requirements vital to a successful Telepresence experience.
 
Orange has stated that this telepresence implementation showcases the means about how a company’s IT network can be handled and used to improve every aspect of its communications and business operations.

Nathesh is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Nathesh's articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Tim Gray
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