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Coca-Cola Enterprises Moves to Cloud Computing with Microsoft Online Services

Cloud computing, in particular the move of email and other business productivity services out of your data center and into the cloud has a rising interest in the chemical industry. I’d like to share this new case study featuring Coca-Cola Enterprises Read More...
Posted Friday, July 10, 2009 1:29 PM by ChemTeam | 0 Comments

Unified Communications in Manufacturing – With New Dow Corning Case Study

Back in late 2007, I posted a case study highlighting Dow Corning’s deployment of unified communications (UC) to its Engineered Elastomers group. Our UC team just launched a micro-site on unified communications in the manufacturing industry.  The Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 12, 2009 10:21 PM by ChemTeam | 1 Comments

I Thought I Was in ShapE…

That’s what I told a group of tourists at the top of Lombard Street in San Francisco last week after making the hike from my hotel across both Nob Hill and Russian Hill - with my laptop bag strapped across my shoulder no less.  My legs were a bit Read More...
Posted Monday, April 06, 2009 8:12 PM by ChemTeam | 1 Comments

Last Week at the Global Energy Forum

What a great day at the Global Energy Forum last week, and what a fantastic turnout.  I was down there in support of my customer Nalco, and their talk on using software to improve customer operations ( press release here ). It’s always good to see Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:21 PM by ChemTeam | 1 Comments

Chemical Companies Embracing New Concepts Like Software PluS Services

We sponsored a CIO Magazine virtual conference called “The Intelligent Enterprise” back in November.  The live event was broadcast on November 12th, but you can access all the content through May 15, 2009 (you need to register to view it). The conference Read More...
Posted Friday, December 12, 2008 5:20 PM by ChemTeam | 1 Comments

Watch The Change with Unified Communications

As a follow up to my post about saving money with Unified Communications, I stumbled across a site we created that shares the power of unified communications with one of our LifeCams.  It showcases three usage scenarios:  on the road, keep it Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:58 PM by ChemTeam | 3 Comments

SavING Money with Unified Communications

Tomorrow marks the end of October, and is typically the time of year when chemical companies are cutting budgets in order to meet their yearly profit objectives. One of the first areas to get cut is travel and expenses, so a lot of work gets done using Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:37 PM by ChemTeam | 1 Comments

Syngenta Cuts Costs by 50 Percent with Communication Technologies

Late last month, we published a case study with Syngenta on their deployment of Office Communications Server 2007 to over 21,000 employees. With 330 offices in more than 90 countries, the challenge described by Daniel Rhein was "Every day, hundreds Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 3:06 AM by ChemTeam | 1 Comments

Windows Vista adoption in the chemical industry - Eastman and PPG

This past week, we released Windows Vista adoption case studies for Eastman Chemical and PPG . The Eastman story focuses on the timing of their refresh cycle and their evaluation of whether to stay on Windows XP or move to Vista. The Vista decision came Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1:54 PM by ChemTeam | 2 Comments

Link to Our February 28 Webcast on Driving Innovation in the Chemical Industry

Tony Grzesik and I hosted a webcast focused on driving innovation in the chemical industry, and focused in particular on what Microsoft brings to the table to help our chemical and agriculture customers get better results from their innovation process. Read More...
Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 7:00 PM by ChemTeam | 1 Comments

Monsanto Case Study on Unified Communications

Just before the holidays, we released a case study on Monsanto's use of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 to provide a more flexible work environment for its employees. They were evaluating how unified communications could allow them to improve Read More...
Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 7:28 PM by ChemTeam | 1 Comments

Join us for a Webcast on Innovation for Competitive Advantage in the Chemical Industry

On February 28, 2008, I am hosting a webcast on how Microsoft is helping chemical companies deliver on innovation. We will talk about a range of topics with a couple of customer stories, but if you are involved in R&D on the IT or the business side, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:04 PM by ChemTeam | 0 Comments
 
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