Verizon Business to Provide Global IP for Eurofins Scientific

Friday, Feb 05, 2010

Unified Network Will Connect 16 Key Global Operational Sites

PARIS, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Business will provide a secure private IP network for Eurofins Scientific, a global leader in bio-analysis.

Under a three-year extension of an existing relationship, Verizon Business will securely connect 16 key Eurofins laboratories and research centers in Europe, Asia and the U.S. with the company's global customer base. Verizon will use MPLS (multi-protocol label switching) to provide Eurofins with a unified, IP-based network - Verizon Private IP -- that can support VoIP (voice over IP) as well as unified communications to boost collaboration and productivity.

Eurofins provides comprehensive analytical-testing services for the pharmaceutical, food and environmental sectors, and employs more than 8,000 staff in 150 laboratories across 30 countries. The company is converging its global voice and data communications to a single network to achieve both cost and management efficiencies.

Eurofins particularly wanted a secure global communications infrastructure with enhanced capacity to support data-intensive information exchange and real-time data-backup services. The company also wanted a network that is scalable and flexible enough to support ongoing growth. Quality of service, supported by stringent service-level agreements, was particularly important since Eurofin's reputation is built on its ability to quickly and securely handle time-sensitive analytical test data.

Jean-Pierre Munier, group IT infrastructure manager at Eurofins Scientific, said: "We have been working with Verizon Business since 2006, and throughout our relationship the Verizon Business team has excelled in its ability to fully understand our business. The team is really part of our team, and their experience, skill and expertise is critical in helping us to maximize the potential of our technology to support our business growth."

Eurofins - a global leader in bio-analysis

Eurofins Scientific is a life sciences company operating internationally to provide a comprehensive range of analytical testing services to clients from a wide range of industries including the pharmaceutical, food and environmental sectors. With about 8,000 staff in more than 150 laboratories across 30 countries, Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 25,000 reliable analytical methods for evaluating the authenticity, origin, safety, identity, composition and purity of biological substances and products. The shares of Eurofins Scientific are listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris (ISIN FR0000038259) and Frankfurt (WKN 910251) Stock Exchanges (Reuters EUFI.PA, Bloomberg ERF:FP, EUFI.F). For more information please visit: www.eurofins.com.

About Verizon Business

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) , is a global leader in communications and IT solutions. We combine professional expertise with one of the world's most connected IP networks to deliver award-winning communications, IT, information security and network solutions. We securely connect today's extended enterprises of widespread and mobile customers, partners, suppliers and employees -- enabling them to increase productivity and efficiency and help preserve the environment. Many of the world's largest businesses and governments -- including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 and thousands of government agencies and educational institutions -- rely on our professional and managed services and network technologies to accelerate their business. Find out more at www.verizonbusiness.com.

Source: PR Newswire