<p>Power and automation technology company ABB is migrating to Microsoft's Office 365 on demand cloud-based productivity suite and the Yammer enterprise social networking platform for its employees worldwide.</p><p>With about 145,000 employees in 100 countries, ABB is migrating from multiple IT collaboration and messaging solutions to Office 365, to provide a single platform for productivity, communication, collaboration and enterprise social networking in the cloud.</p><p>"Office 365 and Yammer will enable us to transform communication and collaboration among our employees, surfacing the best and most innovative ideas across the organisation," said Andy Tidd, CIO at ABB Group.</p><p>Office 365's mail service is integrated with online meeting and videoconferencing services, with Microsoft claiming that its implementation at large organisations like ABB can "typically reduce travel costs by 15 to 20 percent". Yammer is part of the Microsoft Office offering.</p><p><a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/cloud-computing/3441617/abb-consolidates-collaboration-with-global-office-365-roll-out/">Keep reading...</a></p>