TANDBERG Selects Verizon Business to Support Advanced Global Collaboration
OSLO, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Managed Private IP Network Supports High Bandwidth and Visual Communication
Among 50 Sites Worldwide
TANDBERG, a leading global provider of telepresence, high-definition video conferencing, and
mobile video products and services, has selected a Verizon Business Private IP solution for the
company's worldwide corporate communications network. The fully managed solution will connect
50 of TANDBERG's key sites around the world, helping the company to collaborate effectively both
internally and with its customers, suppliers and partners.
TANDBERG has almost 1,500 employees worldwide, working from dual headquarters in New
York and Norway, and from global offices across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South
America. TANDBERG conducts more than 2,500 video-conference meetings daily to drive its
business success and connect its global workforce without the need to travel. The company's
mission is to change the way people communicate, and, by using its own visual communications
technology, TANDBERG is better able to equip its own employees to support their customers.
Torbjorn Eeg Larsen, chief information officer for TANDBERG, said: "We practice what we
preach. Our employees rely on our visual communications tools as a natural way to collaborate. We
needed a network that could support our internal and external communications needs, and Verizon
Private IP has the global reach, scalability, capacity and security to meet our evolving IP
communications needs. The network enables us to bring together our employees face-to-face, no
matter where they are located, helping us to build and foster virtual teams and collaborative working
practices to drive business success."
Verizon Business is consolidating TANDBERG's global network infrastructure to a single IP
circuit, supporting high-bandwidth visual communication, as well as high-capacity data exchange as
part of the company's ongoing software development and innovation programs. Verizon Business is
providing full management services, as well as stringent service-level agreements to support the
efficient delivery of mission-critical data.
Blair Crump, Verizon Business group president of worldwide sales, said: "TANDBERG's global
success is built on enabling innovation in collaboration, and the company exemplifies how Internet
protocol-based visual communications can become integral to daily business success. Verizon
Private IP offers a secure, reliable and high-speed foundation to support our multinational
customers' evolving IP-based communications needs; but just as importantly, we have the global
reach and capabilities to deliver high-quality support wherever and whenever our global customers
need it."
About TANDBERG
TANDBERG is a leading global provider of telepresence, high-definition video conferencing and
mobile video products and services with dual headquarters in New York and Norway. TANDBERG
designs, develops and markets systems and software for video, voice and data. The company
provides sales, support and value-added services in more than 90 countries worldwide.
TANDBERG is publicly traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker TAA.OL. Please visit
About Verizon Business
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a global leader in
communications and IT solutions. We combine professional expertise with the world's most
connected IP network to deliver award-winning communications, IT, information security and
network solutions. We securely connect today's extended enterprises of widespread and mobile
customers, partners, suppliers and employees - enabling them to increase productivity and
efficiency and help preserve the environment. Many of the world's largest businesses and
governments - including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 and thousands of government agencies
and educational institutions - rely on our professional and managed services and network
SOURCE: Verizon Business
CONTACT: Clare Ward, Verizon Business,
+44 0 118-905-3501,
clare.ward@verizonbusiness.com; or
Stefanie Scott,
+1-512-495-6730,
stefanie.scott@verizon.com, for Verizon Business
(VZ)
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