Ping Identity Helps AAPT “Go Google” in Five Days

PingConnect™ Powers Seamless Migration to Google and Supports Long-Term Cloud Security Requirements for Australia’s Third-Largest Telco

DENVER & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AAPT this week extended its move into Google Apps cloud services, deploying Gmail, contacts and calendar systems across its 1,200-strong workforce. Eight months after the telco began a two-phased project to “go Google,” AAPT is declaring the project an overwhelming success. Leveraging automated user account management and Internet Single Sign-On capabilities from Ping Identity’s Cloud-based PingConnect, Australia’s third largest telco reports the project will have paid for itself by September.

“Provisioning 1,200 employees to Google Apps would traditionally have been a three-month project. Using PingConnect we completed this in five days, making the entire process extremely cost-effective and giving us no reason not to do it”

“Our decision to move to Google was largely about gaining greater business speed and agility – and to reduce IT costs,” says David Yuile, Chief Operating Officer, AAPT. “We also believed the move to Google Apps would fundamentally change the way our people work and collaborate.”

When the decision was made, AAPT had 10 days to migrate 1,200 employees to Google Apps – a timeframe the internal IT team could not meet with existing technology. AAPT’s existing access controls could not be compromised and delivering Single Sign-On access was critical to the project’s success. To meet all of these requirements, AAPT chose PingConnect, Ping Identity’s Cloud-based Internet Identity Security solution.

“We considered every option we could find and there was nothing else out there that even came close to this. Without Ping Identity, the migration process would have been timely and expensive. PingConnect made it easy and we have the visibility and automation we need to securely manage user accounts over time. Our people can securely access Google Apps without an additional login and adoption rates have exceeded our expectations.

“Provisioning 1,200 employees to Google Apps would traditionally have been a three-month project. Using PingConnect we completed this in five days, making the entire process extremely cost-effective and giving us no reason not to do it,” he says.

AAPT expects to save $252,000 a year in licensing fees and email account administration costs as a result of the move.

As a leading SSO provider for Google Enterprise, Ping Identity helps companies address Internet Identity Security concerns for Google Enterprise deployments and is the only vendor to provide standards-based SSO support for Google Apps, Google Search Appliance and Google Security Compliance (Postini).

About Ping Identity Corporation

Ping Identity is the market leader in Internet Identity Security, delivering on-premise software and on-demand services for Internet Single Sign-On (SSO), Identity-Enabled Web Services and Internet User Account Management. More than 500 enterprises, government agencies, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendors and online service providers worldwide rely on Ping Identity to streamline application access, reduce administrative costs, generate additional revenue and improve security. Visit www.pingidentity.com for additional information.

About AAPT

AAPT is Australia's third-largest telecommunications company, offering local and long distance voice, mobile, data and internet services for residential, business, government and wholesale customers, via its extensive national fibre network. AAPT is 100% owned by Telecom New Zealand, New Zealand's largest listed company and one of the top 20 largest listed companies on the Australian Stock Exchange. Formed in 1991 as Telstra's first competitor in long distance voice and data services, AAPT's mission is to offer customers a true alternative telecommunications service. www.aapt.com.au