Italcementi has enhanced its relationship with Orange Business
Services by selecting Business Everywhere(TM) to connect hundreds of
its mobile workers, either when they are traveling internationally or
inside their own country.
Orange Business Services' Business Everywhere(TM) brings employees
on the move a range of managed mobility solutions to stay in touch
with their business partners. It enables them to work efficiently
anywhere in fully secure conditions, with the same level of comfort as
in the office and with one single bill at the end of the month for all
worldwide connections. Business Everywhere(TM) has proved essential to
connect engineers, account managers and senior executives who travel
frequently or work where there is often no fixed infrastructure.
Italcementi's relationship with Orange Business Services has
continued growing since the first network contract in 1998. A trusted
relationship and history of providing good advice helped Orange
Business Services to win a contract in 2002 to provide an
international MPLS VPN to connect all of Italcementi's overseas sites
and mines into a seamless global network. In 2006, the contract was
extended for two further years. Business Everywhere(TM) has been added
on top of the current network services.
"We've been very impressed with the robustness of the network, and
MPLS has allowed us to prioritize SAP over other less critical
applications in the network," said Thierry de Turckheim, IT Global
Operations director, Italcementi. "With this capability, we've been
able to consolidate our SAP platform, thereby cutting operating
expenses while boosting performance. What's more, Orange Business
Services has a strong presence wherever we want to go. It made sense
to continue this relationship."
On top of using Business Everywhere(TM) and networked SAP,
Italcementi is investigating the possibility of converging all of its
voice, mobile and data activity. By deploying IP telephony, it will be
able to achieve significant operational savings, but also give
employees the ability to hot-desk and work remotely.
"We are very pleased to expand our relationship with Italcementi
and continue supporting the company's growth plans," said Mauro Dezi,
vice president, Orange Business Services Italy. "We will continue to
help Italcementi find new ways to improve productivity, especially
through the innovative use of technology."
About Italcementi
Italcementi is the world's fifth largest producer of cement and
aggregates. Headquartered in Bergamo, it is one of the ten largest
listed companies in Italy. Dominating the Italian and French
construction markets, it has expanded its operations throughout the
Mediterranean Rim into Spain, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria
and in the U.S. In all, Italcementi operates in 19 countries and
employees 22,850 people at 61 cement plants, 15 grinding centers, 588
concrete units, 152 quarries and 3 stand alone terminals.
Cement is the core business, contributing 65% to the Group's 2006
revenues of EUR 5,85 billion. It is complemented by the sales of sand
and gravel extracted from quarries, otherwise known as aggregate, and
concrete, a mixture of cement, aggregates, water, and specialist
additives.
About Orange Business Services
Orange Business Services represents the business communications
solutions and services provided by the France Telecom Group as of June
1, 2006. They were previously sold under the France Telecom, Orange,
Equant, Etrali, Almerys, EGT, Expertel Consulting, France Telecom
Intelmatique, SETIB and Solicia brands.
The offers include converged voice, data and mobile services as
well as IT expertise and managed services, all designed to transform
business processes and improve productivity. Orange Business Services
is present in 166 countries and territories and serves customers in
220.
www.orange-business.com
