Powerful collaboration tools from Google combined with simplicity of
Sprint’s aggressive pricing plans for business and Carefree Cloud Support
Ping Identity delivers cloud-based single sign-on for Sprint
customers, enabling employees to simply and securely access business
applications from any device
Company Website:
http://www.sprint.com
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- (Business Wire)
Now available for all businesses that want to empower their employees
with robust collaboration tools, Sprint (NYSE: S) is offering a
mobile-centric solution of Google Apps for Work. As a key value-added
offer, Ping Identity will deliver cloud-based single sign-on
capabilities that allow users to sign on to all of their business apps
with just one username and password while meeting access and security
requirements from the IT department.
By 2015, 37.2 percent of the workforce will be mobile (source: IDC
Worldwide Mobile Worker Population 2011-2015 Forecast) so having access
to collaboration tools on mobile devices will be critical to the success
of businesses. However, 96 percent of executives cite lack of
collaboration as a workplace issue (source: SalesforceRypple); adoption
of such tools can increase employee productivity and help to grow the
business faster.
Rich Karpinski, principal analyst at 451 Research, adds, “Adopting
mobile collaboration tools is critical for businesses. Resistance is
futile for several reasons: Competitors will move faster than you will,
partners will seek like-minded collaborators, and employees will look
for a workplace more aligned with their values and that will provide
and/or support their desired work tools.”
One of the value-added offers is PingOne®,
an identity as-a-service (IDaaS) solution by Ping Identity that delivers
secure access for employees on any device and gives IT one dashboard to
manage user access for all applications. PingOne’s comprehensive
offering supports applications that have standards-based single sign-on
and applications with basic password-based logins. This also eliminates
the need for employees to manage multiple passwords across various
business applications.
“As more and more companies with distributed workforces move to cloud
environments, identity becomes a huge issue for large enterprises
managing tens of thousands of employees, applications and devices around
the world,” said Andre Durand, founder and CEO, Ping Identity. “In
today’s post-password era, we’re excited to work with Sprint to help
these companies realize the value of simple secure access via single
sign-on to cloud-based business applications like Google Apps for Work,
while meeting security standards with an identity-based approach.”
Sprint’s comprehensive offer of Google Apps for Work includes:
- Service and support – Full array of deployment and support
services, called Carefree Cloud, to help businesses plan and use the
solution across all employees. Carefree Cloud includes consultation,
deployment, mobile device configuration, and 24/7 ongoing admins and
end user support complete with online user training guidance to
simplify the implementation and use of Google Apps for Work from end
to end. An e-learning application and end-user live call support are
available at no charge during an initial promotional period.*
- Mobile expertise – Sprint’s core business in mobility offers a
unique approach to help businesses adopt cloud services and use them
effectively on an array of mobile devices so employees can work how
they want to work. Users can learn more through a series of live
webinars that train on how to set up and use Google Apps on mobile
devices. More than 100 proprietary mobile training videos are only
available from Sprint.
- Complete solution – Sprint serves as the one-stop shop for
businesses by packaging all elements needed to support a comprehensive
cloud-based collaboration experience. This includes value-added offers
such as single sign-on and domain services.
“We welcome all businesses, whether they are using Sprint wireless
services or not, to rely on us for Google Apps for Work to help them
remove obstacles and encourage their employees to work better together,”
said Mike Fitz, vice president of business solution commercialization,
Sprint Business. “Businesses also can benefit and more easily embrace
the cloud by combining Google Apps for Work with innovative pricing
options like Sprint Business Share and Sprint Business Fusion plans,
plus the value-added services we offer like single sign-on, elearning
and 24/7 end-user support.”
For more information about Sprint’s offering of Google Apps for Work,
businesses can visit www.sprint.com/googleapps.
For more information about PingOne from Ping Identity, please visit
their website
and blog.
Aggressive Pricing Plans for Business
Sprint is committed to offering U.S. consumers and businesses the best
value in wireless and double the data compared to AT&T and Verizon
Wireless at the same or lower monthly price. Sprint
Business Share plans are available for any mobile device and offer
the flexibility for businesses to select data plans at competitive
prices for almost any data need up to 400GB for up to 100 lines.
About Sprint Business
Sprint Business provides a range of simple, flexible services that help
workforces to collaborate, mobilize and accelerate. As work changes, the
winners will be the businesses that remove obstacles to best empower
their employees to drive business success. Our solutions are designed
specifically to help our customers' people work better together, be more
engaged and enjoy their jobs more. To learn more, visit www.sprint.com/business
or join the conversation at www.sprint.com/futureofwork.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company that creates more
and better ways to connect its customers to the things they care about
most. Sprint served more than 54 million customers as of June 30, 2014,
and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying
innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a
national carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands
including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless;
instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a
global Tier 1 Internet backbone. The American Customer Satisfaction
Index rated Sprint as the most improved U.S. company in customer
satisfaction, across all 43 industries, over the last six years. Sprint
has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North
America in 2011, 2012 and 2013. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com
or www.facebook.com/sprint
and www.twitter.com/sprint.
* For all businesses signed up for Google Apps for Business or Google
Apps Unlimited with Sprint by Dec. 31, 2014, Sprint offers Carefree
Cloud End User Complete Support for free to their Google Apps End Users
for the lifetime of the business's Google Apps subscription with Sprint.
This is applicable to the business' Google Apps End Users at the time of
signing up for Google Apps services with Sprint and also applicable to
the End Users added later during their Google Apps service with Sprint.
Contacts:
Sprint
Stephanie Greenwood, 913-315-1612
Stephanie.greenwood@sprint.com
or
Walter
Fowler, 646-448-8180
Walter.fowler@sprint.com
Source: Sprint
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