REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 25, 2012 — To
help create a culture of stronger collaboration and communication
worldwide, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) has begun deploying
Microsoft Office 365, powered by Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft
SharePoint Online and Microsoft Lync Online, to its 50 offices
worldwide, Microsoft Corp. announced today. UL, a global independent
safety science company, provides solutions for safer products, processes
and work environments for more than 66,000 customers.
With
117 years of experience, UL began to outgrow its business technology
environment and recognized the need for a communications and
collaboration solution that would require less IT administration support
while allowing employees more connectivity and productivity. UL also
needed a technology solution to facilitate on-boarding new employees
that did not require additional hardware and IT staff costs. This need
was highlighted by its strategic growth through numerous acquisitions,
since UL has acquired 12 companies during the past three years, adding
2,300 employees to its international staff. Such growth will accelerate
in the coming years.
Recognizing that users,
developers and support staff were most familiar with Microsoft software,
UL upgraded all company computers to Windows 7, deployed Microsoft
Office 2010 to provide its employees with the best in productivity tools
and deployed Exchange Online for business email requirements. UL then
added Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to give employees more choice in
mobile work devices. Finally, for collaboration, the company deployed
SharePoint Online through the Office 365 Rapid Deployment Program.
“At
UL, we are driven by the need to bring safer products to market faster.
With an increasingly complex global supply chain and the evolving
nature of safety, our global staff needs to be accessible and
collaborative 24/7,” said Christian Anschuetz, chief information officer
of UL Inc. “We have been able to on-board thousands of employees in a
matter of weeks, and everyone from new workers to 20-year veteran
engineers have quickly grasped how this new software changes the way
they work, communicate and collaborate together — across borders and
even down the hallways from each other. At the end of the day, the
company that makes the world a safer place runs safely on Microsoft
collaboration tools.”
With its cloud-hosted
unified communications and collaborations systems linking more than 50
offices worldwide, UL has reduced costs without sacrificing
capabilities. The cloud-based system is more flexible, allowing smaller
deployments and more consolidation of hardware and software.
“Overall,
UL has saved 50 percent on unified communications and collaboration
costs, allowing the company to invest even more in growth and
innovation,” Anschuetz said. “Bringing new employees on board now
requires less effort, less IT staff, less hardware and less
infrastructure management.”
Find out more about the Microsoft solution deployed by UL.
About UL (Underwriters Laboratories)
UL
is a premier global independent safety science company with more than
117 years of history. Employing more than 9,000 professionals and
serving customers in over 96 countries, UL has five distinct business
units — Product Safety, Environment, Life & Health, University and
Verification Services — to meet the expanding needs of our customers and
to deliver on our public safety mission. Additional information about
UL may be found at www.UL.com.
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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