Office 365 scores a big win with ABB

Microsoft has been racking up contracts between Office 365 and businesses and governments recently, including eight new ones just announced in March. Now the company may have made its biggest score yet, partnering with world-wide power and productivity company ABB.

According to Andy Tidd, chief information officer at ABB Group, "Office 365 and Yammer will enable us to transform communication and collaboration among our employees, surfacing the best and most innovative ideas across the organization".

ABB operates in 100 countries around the world and employs some 145,000 people. The company will be transitioning from multiple IT collaboration and messaging solutions to Office 365 to provide a single platform for productivity, communication, collaboration and enterprise social in the cloud.

Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner states: "When you remove barriers to productivity and innovation and enable employees to collaborate and communicate even more freely and seamlessly across organizational and geographical boundaries, incredible things happen".

Microsoft goes on to promise a long-term cost savings of 15-20 percent in travel expenses alone thanks to the service's online meeting capabilities. It's a major win for Microsoft and another sign that the company is not going away anytime soon, despite what some would have you believe.