Virgin Trains Chooses Box to Power Staff Cloud Content Management
May 18 2017 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
Box, Inc. (NYSE: BOX), a leader in cloud content management,
today announced that Virgin Trains, a UK train operating company,
is moving its workforce to Box. In 2016, the company chose Box to
power internal and external collaboration, mobile access to content
and document security. It has now deployed Box to more than 1,500
employees.
“We like our technology to run as smoothly as our trains so that
our staff can do their best work behind the scenes: making customer
journeys amazing,” said John Sullivan, CIO at Virgin Trains. “With
Box, all of our content is in one place, available anywhere,
anytime and on any device which is useful when you’re travelling at
125mph around the country. Box has helped to transform the way we
work internally so that we’re all using our time effectively!”
“Virgin Trains is harnessing the power of cloud to improve its
workforce,” said David Benjamin, Box senior vice president and
general manager of EMEA. “We’re delighted to be part of its west
coast digital transformation by powering their cloud content
management strategy.”
Virgin Trains is known for its long-distance passenger services
which connect six of the UK’s largest cities: London, Birmingham,
Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. In addition to
providing a customer-focused train service, the company prides
itself in delivering world-class technology to its workforce.
It has chosen Box to:
- Enable employees to access information
from any device so they can work from multiple offices, as well as
on Virgin Trains using Virgin’s on-train Wi-Fi
- Provide extra levels of security and
encryption through Box’s Governance offering
- Streamline processes and collaboration,
using Box’s Workflow capability, to launch the new Virgin Trains
Onboard Entertainment System
- Improve team collaboration which
empowers employees to work in smarter more efficient ways
- Finally, by using Box Zones, Virgin
Trains is able to store its data in Europe making it fully
compliant with EU regulations.
Box makes it easy for more than
71,000 organisations around the world to share,
access, and collaborate on files securely. The company
serves 64% of the Fortune 500, including global enterprises
like Amadeus, AstraZeneca, Faber & Faber, General
Electric, P&G, Schneider Electric, and more.
To learn more about how Virgin Trains is using Box, watch this
video case study.
About Virgin Trains
- Virgin Azuma is set to revolutionise UK
travel when it arrives on the east coast in 2018. With 65 trains
providing an extra 12,200 seats for a new and expanded timetable,
the fleet of Virgin Azumas will increase capacity into King’s Cross
by 28 per cent during peak time.
- The combined network connects some of
the nation’s most iconic destinations including Glasgow, Liverpool,
Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, York and
London.
- Virgin Trains is committed to
delivering a high speed, high frequency service, offering shorter
journey times, more comfortable travel and excellent customer
service. Customers consistently rate Virgin Trains as one of the
top long-distance rail franchise operators in the National Rail
Passenger Survey (NRPS) commissioned by industry watchdog,
Transport Focus.
- On the East Coast route, £140m is being
invested to create a more personalised travel experience. We have
already invested £21m to completely revamp our existing fleet and
customers can now benefit from 42 additional services (22,000 extra
seats) per week between Edinburgh and London. 2018 will see the
introduction of completely new Azuma trains being built in the UK
by Hitachi.
- The West Coast route has a proud record
of challenging the status quo - from introducing tilting Pendolino
trains, to a pioneering automated delay repay scheme and becoming
the first franchised rail operator to offer m-Tickets for all
ticket types.
- Visit the Virgin Trains Media Room
- virgintrains.co.uk/about/media-room - for the latest
news, images and videos. Subscribe here for regular news
from Virgin Trains. Press Office: 0845 000 3333.
About Box
Box (NYSE:BOX) is the cloud content management company that
empowers enterprises to revolutionise how they work by securely
connecting their people, information and applications. Founded in
2005, Box powers more than 71,000 businesses globally, including
AstraZeneca, General Electric, P&G, and The GAP. Box is
headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United
States, Europe and Asia. To learn more about Box,
visit http://www.box.com/.
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