Orange Business Services was picked by Mars to build a network that will connect more than 125,000 Mars Associates across more than 80 countries. Orange Business Services is building an intelligent automated network (IAN) for Mars, which makes M&Ms, Snickers, Twix and other food items.
The IAN network will provide a secure, scalable platform to host Mars' business applications on while also supporting manufacturing operations, office locations and supplier interactions for the private, family owned business.
“The Orange network will provide four times our current network capacity at a lower cost, supporting new digital capabilities we’re using throughout our business," said Mars' Paul L’Estrange, chief technology officer, in a statement. read the rest here