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Global Media Company Cuts Costs and Extends Sales Reach

Overview Reed Elsevier is a leading global media company employing 36,500 people in every part of the world. Its business is people intensive, demanding constant travel and meetings. The company looked for a collaborative software solution that would help it to make better use of its specialists, product development people, and sales executives. The company chose Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005. The solution has improved the company's communications with its customers, makes better use of highly skilled employees, achieves substantial savings in travel costs, and improves access to specialists within the company.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	September 2006
Format	Case Studies
Topics	N/A

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