<p>ASX-listed specialist services company, Service Stream, has deployed Microsoft Office 365 to over 1,400 of the company's employees following an overhaul of its communications and collaboration tools to a unified, easy-to-scale cloud solution.</p><p>Service Stream Chief Information Officer, Craig Wishart, said Office 365 was the best fit with the company's overall IT strategy.</p><p>"In a contract-driven services business, it is essential that we can scale our technology costs in line with revenue.</p><p>"Office 365 allows for agility, enabling us to mobilise our team faster, and begin delivery to our customers sooner. Should we need 500 new mailboxes tomorrow, it's a few clicks away, without delays for capacity assessments or procurement." Wishart said that, for the financial year ending June 2012, Service Stream - which delivers services vital to Australia's communications, energy and water networks - serviced 6,000 mobile phone tower sites, visited 32 million properties and delivered 1 million NBN connections.</p><p><a href="http://www.itwire.com/it-industry-news/deals/57998-service-stream-scales-up-with-microsoft-office-365">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/au/service-stream-adopts-microsoft-cloud-based-software-services-7000009057/">Service Stream adopts Microsoft cloud-based software services</a> (ZDNet)</p><p><a href="http://thepointdaily.com/microsoft-nasdaqmsft-office-365-matches-service-streams-overall-it-strategy/122942/">Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Office 365 matches Service Stream&#039;s overall IT strategy</a> (The Point)</p><p><a href="http://www.afr.com/p/technology/nbn_contractor_service_stream_switches_9RSMW7FU3mLuKiJSQeDVSO">NBN contractor Service Stream switches to cloud</a> (The Australian Financial Review)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dOql1FqPDqUNFvML1SFBUjoczORCM&ned=us">4 additional articles.</a></p>