<p>Managing information sprawl is difficult enough when your entire team is all in one place. It gets a little harder when your users have to be kept up to date in remote offices across the country. So just imagine trying to keep employees in sync and in possession of the latest version of the facts when you're dealing with 4,700 employees spread across branch offices in 23 countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.</p><p>Meet Devoteam.</p><p>Like many other modern businesses, Devoteam -- a large France-based IT service provider specializing in the telecom industry -- turned to a social platform (in this case, Jive Software) to improve their collaboration, with huge returns as employees across sales territories and international borders work together and share their expertise in new and unforeseen ways. But getting there took a cultural shift -- and maybe not in the way you'd expect.</p><p>Don't miss: No more email: How one company (mostly) broke the habit</p><p><a href="http://www.citeworld.com/social/22347/jive-devoteam-add-4000-employees">Keep reading...</a></p>