Microsoft Office 365 Customer Solution Case Study Outdoor Apparel Leader Improves Communications with Hosted Solution “If you look at the Office 365 price point, we could not Overview Country or Region: United States provide this same level of IT service, at the same cost, Industry: Apparel manufacturing ourselves.” Customer Profile Casey Stoops, Network Operations Manager, Patagonia Patagonia is a global, leading provider of clothing and gear for outdoor activities. Headquartered in Ventura, California, it Patagonia, a global provider of outdoor apparel and gear has 1,500 employees worldwide. wanted a new solution for unified communications to help Business Situation employees around the world work better together. The IT staff Patagonia wanted to update its aging messaging solution and add unified also needed to upgrade its aging messaging solution. When the communications to help employees company heard about the next-generation online services from around the world work better together. Microsoft, it decided to evaluate Microsoft Office 365, which Solution includes the latest version of the Microsoft Office Professional It decided to pilot test Microsoft Office 365, the next-generation online services Plus desktop suite. Based on a pilot test of Office 365, Patagonia from Microsoft, which includes the latest expects employees to communicate more effectively and make version of the Microsoft Office Professional Plus desktop suite. better design decisions. Patagonia also believes Office 365 will help it reduce IT costs, improve business continuity, and support Benefits Drives real-time communications and its environmental initiatives. decisions Supports “Drive-Less” program to reduce carbon footprint Reduces IT administration and costs Provides enterprise-class reliability Enables predictable and flexible licensing
Microsoft Office 365 Customer Solution Case Study Outdoor Apparel Leader Improves Communications with Hosted Solution Overview Country or Region: United States Industry: Apparel manufacturing Customer Profile Patagonia is a global, leading provider of clothing and gear for outdoor activities. Headquartered in Ventura, California, it has 1,500 employees worldwide. Business Situation Patagonia wanted to update its aging messaging solution and add unified communications to help employees around the world work better together. Solution It decided to pilot test Microsoft Office 365, the next-generation online services from Microsoft, which includes the latest version of the Microsoft Office Professional Plus desktop suite. Benefits Drives real-time communications and decisions Supports “Drive-Less” program to reduce carbon footprint Reduces IT administration and costs Provides enterprise-class reliability Enables predictable and flexible licensing “If you look at the Office 365 price point, we could not provide this same level of IT service, at the same cost, ourselves.” Casey Stoops, Network Operations Manager, Patagonia Patagonia, a global provider of outdoor apparel and gear wanted a new solution for unified communications to help employees around the world work better together. The IT staff also needed to upgrade its aging messaging solution. When the company heard about the next-generation online services from Microsoft, it decided to evaluate Microsoft Office 365, which includes the latest version of the Microsoft Office Professional Plus desktop suite. Based on a pilot test of Office 365, Patagonia expects employees to communicate more effectively and make better design decisions. Patagonia also believes Office 365 will help it reduce IT costs, improve business continuity, and support its environmental initiatives.
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