Verizon Business Selected by Tandberg to Support Advance Global Collaboration

March 3, 2009

By Jennifer Hull

Verizon Business has announced that 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.

Supports Internal and External Communications Needs

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 multi-national customers' evolving IP-based communications needs; but just as importantly, Verizon Business has the global reach and capabilities to deliver high-quality support wherever and whenever our global customers need it."

Verizon Network's Reach, Scalability, Capacity, and Security for Multi-National Business

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."