BBVA adopts Google’s technology as a part of its innovation strategy

• The largest global agreement to adopt Google Apps for Business, Google’s web-based suite of collaboration and communication products for enterprises
• 110,000 BBVA employees will use Google Apps to increase productivity and drive innovation 
• The migration will be completed by the end of 2012 as a part of the financial institution's strategy on technological innovation

BBVA, one of the largest financial institutions in the world, announces today that it is adopting Google’s cloud-based collaboration and communication suite Google Apps for Business to increase productivity and drive innovation.

Over 35,000 BBVA workers in Spain will initially use the productivity tools integrated in to the Google Apps suite including: Gmail with Google Chat, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Groups, Google Sites and Google Video. By the end of 2012 BBVA expects to migrate 110,000 employees in over 26 countries to Google Apps.

BBVA chose Google Apps to increase efficiency and to help its workers collaborate more easily, regardless of location. BBVA’s new global intranet is the main technology project that will be transformed thanks to Google’s collaboration tools, changing it from a corporate communications and process management site to a place where all employees will be able to share, contribute and manage knowledge globally. In addition, BBVA will create a social network to improve communication and explore new ways of working.

José Olalla, CIO at BBVA says, “We were looking for a technology that would transform our business operations - not just make our workers more efficient.  Integrating the Google Apps for Business suite with our own tools will allow us to introduce a new way of working where employees have access to all the information they need with just one click, no matter where they are, and can reap the benefits of using advanced collaboration tools.” 

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