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Standard Life Group Mobilises thousands of employees around the world with MobileIron and Deutsche TelekomLONDON, March 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard Life Group (Standard Life plc and its subsidiaries) ("Standard Life"), a leading UK-based savings and investments organisation, today announced its partnership with MobileIron (NASDAQ: MOBL) and Deutsche Telekom AG (DTAG) (DAX: DTEGY), to support its expanding mobile strategy. Together with DTAG and MobileIron, Standard Life is implementing a new global mobility program for thousands of employees, which delivers the security and compliance required in the heavily regulated financial services industry. For more details on the partnership, please visit: This partnership enables Standard Life to provide secure access to documents and files, whether on corporate-issued or employee-owned Android and iOS devices to more than 2,000 mobile employees around the world. The mobility program has dramatically increased employee productivity, supporting Standard Life's business objectives. "Work-life balance is a big topic of discussion in many businesses nowadays," said Stewart Aitken, Head of Consumer IT in Group Operations IT, Standard Life. "MobileIron has made a huge difference to how our employees operate. Instead of needing to find a connection to our network to get their work done, employees can now go through DTAG's systems to get the data and applications they need securely and from just about anywhere." Secure access for remote workers "Employees have important business documents and information at their fingertips, which translates into a more flexible work environment and better balance with their personal lives," said Aitken. "At the same time, the company data is secure and we have the visibility necessary to meet regulatory requirements." Supporting global expansion "The outstanding partnership between MobileIron and Deutsche Telekom gives us confidence that we can extend our business to any corner of the world, as quickly as we want to," said Aitken. "As we evaluate our mobility programs, the only lingering question is, 'What will we accomplish next?'" About Standard Life About Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies with around 151 million mobile customers, 30 million fixed-network lines and more than 17 million broadband lines (as of December 31, 2014). The Group provides fixed network, mobile communications, Internet and IPTV products and services for consumers and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in more than 50 countries and has approximately 228,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 62.7 billion in the 2014 financial year – more than 60 percent of it outside Germany. About MobileIron Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140923/147891
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