{"id":12311,"date":"2020-09-30T12:45:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T11:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/?p=12311"},"modified":"2021-03-19T08:25:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T08:25:44","slug":"atos-ringcentral-contract-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/atos-ringcentral-contract-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Atos and RingCentral: From Contract to Launching Eight Countries in Seven Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was warned that working for a high growth, high tech company would push me in ways I\u2019d never experienced before. The last seven months have been an incredible sprint in understanding what true cloud SaaS agility and speed really means.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What have we been doing for the last two quarters on the RingCentral EMEA team? We developed a fully repackaged managed services software product, with our full Global Office capabilities of supporting native PBX in 40+ countries, 100+ local phone numbers and 10 local languages, ready for sale in eight European countries\u2026from contract to launch in seven months. It\u2019s safe to say the working team on Atos Unify Office by RingCentral are thrilled, inspired, excited and exhausted all at the same time!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is the product? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral and Atos have partnered to create <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/atos.net\/en\/lp\/unifyoffice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Unify Office<\/b><\/a><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a born-in-the-cloud digital first solution that offers next-generation messaging, video, and phone services. It can be activated instantly and provides global enterprise grade security and reliability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">End-to-end managed services are key to the service wrap making Atos Unify a <\/span><b>disruptive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/office\/unified-communications.html\">UCaaS<\/a> offering for discerning customers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Atos are business technologists, and their five business divisions all work openly and collaboratively together in the pursuit of a single goal: to power progress for customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What\u2019s the news today?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Unify Office by RingCentral has launched in Deutschland! Europe\u2019s largest market finally has access to the latest and greatest in UCaaS technology and with some special add-ons they might find appealing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12320 size-full\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/atos-germany-launch-gif-2.gif\" alt=\"Atos and RingCentral: From Contract to Launching Eight Countries in Seven Months-367\" width=\"1193\" height=\"619\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>What\u2019s unique about our German proposition? <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Atos Unify Office German customers will have their data stored in Germany through our newly launched Frankfurt data center, wrapped in seven layers of application security.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">German businesses, agencies, and governments can move faster and embrace cloud technology, while resting assured that key data resides securely within Germany. Our Frankfurt data center enables more local organisations to take advantage of cloud communications to enhance <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/definitive-guide-customer-experience\/\">customer experience<\/a> while controlling customer data. The data center in Frankfurt removes barriers to innovation for industries with high data security requirements, while providing in-Germany failover, including the same 99.999% uptime trusted SLA that customers around Germany have come to expect from Atos. German data residency is a default setting for all Atos Unify Office customers. Contact your Atos Account Manager for more details on this offering.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<div class=\"cta-banner  CID-2FdM5dTp IID-69d05c5e75a0e\"\r\n\t\tdata-dl-custom-type=\"ctaButton\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-banner-img-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-banner-img\" style=\"background-image:url(\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/remote-teams-cta.jpg)\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-body\" data-dl-custom-type=\"ctaButton\">\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cta-sub-heading\">Communicate your way!<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cta-heading\">One application for all interactions<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p>Keep your team connected and collaborating while working remotely.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"rc-cta-shortcode btn btn-primary btn-lg\" data-dl-element=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/atos.net\/en\/lp\/unifyoffice\" class=\"btn btn-primary\"\r\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-dl-additional-info=\"One application for all interactions\"\r\n\t\t\t\tdata-dl-name=\"One application for all interactions | Find out how\">Find out how<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In relation to application security, data in a cloud environment can be secured with as much confidence as data in a closed enterprise network, provided the system is equipped with appropriate protective measures and is well maintained. With seven layers of application security, Atos Unify Office gives you added peace of mind by instituting robust security measures at every level of the architecture and processes. These include the physical, network, host, data, application, and business processes, as well as the enterprise level of your organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In uncertain times, Atos is offering business customers some certainty that their businesses can keep operating in a cost-effective, secure and efficient manner. By servicing both business and IT decision makers equally, Atos helps decrease total cost of ownership (TCO) and mitigate risk from global implementation while increasing end-user value and productivity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Atos Unify Office launched officially into the market for customers in France, Belgium, Austria, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands and Spain on 31 August 2020 and in Germany on 30 September 2020. UK, Australia and USA launches will be in Q4 2020.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rc-responsive-embed\"><iframe title=\"Introducing Unify Office from Atos Unify and RingCentral\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5UP7E8ocGs8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/atos.net\/en\/lp\/unifyoffice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit the Atos website for more information<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>MORE RESOURCES ON THIS PARTNERSHIP:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atos Unify Office launch blog (overall proposition) (<\/span><a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/atos-ringcentral-partner\/#ring-uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ENG<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.fr\/blog\/atos-ringcentral-sassocient-pour-aider-les-entreprises-a-se-preparer-a-lavenir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/de\/de\/blog\/atos-und-ringcentral-werden-partner-um-ihren-kunden-hochste-verfugbarkeit-und-zukunftssicherheit-zu-bieten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sept France + 6 major European countries launch press release (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/whyringcentral\/company\/pressreleases\/atos-and-ringcentral-launch-unify-office-in-france.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/atos.net\/en\/2020\/press-release_2020_09_21\/atos-and-ringcentral-launch-unify-office-in-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July product announcement press release (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/whyringcentral\/company\/pressreleases\/atos-and-ringcentral-announce-expansion-of-strategic-partnership-with-new-unify-office-as-exclusive-ucaas-solution-for-40-million-users-of-the-atos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/atos.net\/en\/2020\/press-release_2020_07_21\/atos-and-ringcentral-announce-expansion-of-strategic-partnership-with-new-unify-office-as-exclusive-ucaas-solution-for-40-million-users-of-the-atos-unify-family-of-products?utm_campaign=G+-+PR+-+Atos+and+RingCentral+Announce+Expansion+of+Strategic+Partnership+with+New+%E2%80%9CUnify+Office%E2%80%9D++&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=linkedin&amp;utm_source=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March partnership announcement press release (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/atos.net\/en\/2020\/press-release_2020_07_21\/atos-and-ringcentral-announce-expansion-of-strategic-partnership-with-new-unify-office-as-exclusive-ucaas-solution-for-40-million-users-of-the-atos-unify-family-of-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blog interviews: <\/span><a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/ringside-interview-sebastian-tietz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sebastian Tietz, Atos Group VP Cloud UCC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; <\/span><a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/ringside-interview-mark-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Smith, Atos Unify Office CMO<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/lp\/gartner-magic-quadrant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral is a 5x Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/whyringcentral\/awards.html#:~:text=RingCentral%20was%20ranked%20%231818%20on%20the%20list.&amp;text=We%20are%20proud%20to%20be,great%20place%20to%20work%20everyday.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral awards &amp; industry accolades 2020<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta style-3 mid  CID-cta-2FdM5dTp\"\r\n\t\t\tdata-dl-custom-type=\"ctaButton\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta-copy text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"h2\">Keep your team connected and collaborating from anywhere<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rc-cta-shortcode btn btn-primary btn-lg\" data-dl-element=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" style=\"margin-top: 16px; 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