Orange Business Services attains Microsoft reseller status
ConvergenceAsia staff
10/02/2010

Orange Business Services, the key brand of France Telecom, has been granted "approved reseller" status to distribute and sell the Microsoft Online Services standard suite in 21 countries as part of a fully integrated package designed to meet the collaboration needs of businesses.

Serving as a one-stop-shop, Orange Business Services is initially offering the solution to major companies and large accounts, complete with end-to-end support, from integration advice to after-sales and user assistance.

The agreement allows Orange Business Services to expand its existing range of Business Together with Microsoft solutions with a whole host of standard Microsoft Online Services: Exchange Online (e-mail); Office Communications Online (instant messaging and presence); SharePoint Online (collaborative portal); and Office Live Meeting Online (web conferencing).

With the integration of Microsoft Online Services into its cloud offerings, Orange Business Services acts as a best of class integrator, combining Microsoft Online Services with its other communication and managed solutions.

As a result, Orange can offer customers customised, hybrid solutions, even integrate them with the customer’s existing IT system. Orange integration services span from complete outsourcing to cloud services and capitalise on Orange’s network capabilities, access methods and communication services: business telephony, mobile services, video services and more.

Orange Business Services will enrich the Microsoft Online Services offer with additional services such as data archiving, network acceleration and optimisation, and a user portal for large accounts. The latter enrichment aims to publish the services resold by Orange in an end-user portal all while integrating the customer’s key applications.

The agreement with Microsoft covers the following 21 countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and USA.

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