Challenged by the need to improve internal efficiencies and consolidate vendors, and faced with stringent financial industry security requirements, Banco Santander International, of Grupo Santander - the world's 8th largest bank serving customers in Latin American, the US and Europe - selected Global Crossing for a globally available, fully managed, converged IP VPN and IP Video solution. Today, Banco Santander enjoys efficiencies across multiple locations and benefits from the self-monitoring and control capabilities enabled through Global Crossing's on-line portal, uCommand®.

Facing a patchwork of contracts from a number of Internet Service Providers, a legacy network, fluctuating performance and inconsistent levels of service, British Council, the UK’s international organization for educational opportunities and cultural relations, selected Global Crossing for a fully-managed, terrestrial and satellite IP-based network to connect its 7,500-member staff working in 110 countries worldwide. Today, the British Council enjoys globally available, efficient and flexible connectivity, guaranteed SLAs for an improved customer experience and running of a business critical web based ERP system, flexibility to add or reconfigure locations, and the ability to accommodate a variety of bandwidth needs on short notice.