PLANO, Texas-EDS said it has partnered with Vodafone Netherlands for a managed BlackBerry service for ABN AMRO Bank of the Netherlands.
The new service connects individuals for real-time connectivity to e-mail, calendars, contacts, corporate intranet and the Internet. EDS said that in an ABN AMRO pilot, employees worked via their wireless devices an average of 48 minutes each day and 40 minutes on weekends. Ninety-six percent of the pilot users stated the devices significantly improved their business effectiveness.
“We are very happy with this unique integration of two service providers-EDS as a supplier of information technology services and Vodafone as a provider of mobile technology and services,” said Alexander Schuit, member of the management board at Vodafone Netherlands.
