Learn how data management company CDS Global connects teams across 14 office locations, in 4 different countries.

1. COMPANY NAME
CDS Global Data Management Company Connects Global Teams Across 14
Office Locations
INDUSTRY
Publishing
The Challenge: Internal Collaboration at an International Company
HEADQUARTERS CDS Global's client projects often required team members across various departments and different
Des Moines, IA offices to work together. As a global company with over 2500 employees in 14 office locations and four
countries, the process of collaborating across continents and time zones quickly became increasingly
difficult to manage. CDS Global employees had to rely on either emailing files back and forth or saving
WEBSITE documents to the network drive, which restricted remote access to only those employees with VPN.
http://www.cds-
global.com/ The Solution: Managing Projects and Clients with Central Desktop
Although some departments within CDS Global were using various project management and
ABOUT CDS
collaboration tools, there was no consistent solution that the entire company standardized on. When
GLOBAL
CDS Global researched Central Desktop, the company knew that it was the right solution for them.
CDS Global is a
technology-driven For CDS Global, one of Central Desktop's biggest strengths was the platform's flexibility and ability to
suit a variety of different use cases. With approximately 400 workspaces set up, CDS Global's use of
company that
Central Desktop varies from department file sharing to
provides customer project and client workspaces. In order to manage such a
information and data large deployment, CDS Global established a process for
setting up workspaces, as well as set up a Central Desktop “Everybody here loves Central
management training program. As part of this training program, the Desktop. We really enjoy how
solutions to the CDS Global training department distributed handouts with
Central Desktop usage tips and held in-person and web easy it is to use and the ability
world’s leading
meeting training support for all employees. to share documents from
publishers, direct
anywhere, at any time of the
marketing firms, CDS Global's use of Central Desktop continues to evolve
but using it as a client management tool is becoming day.”
financial institutions,
more common. In this type of workspace, Central
non profits, Desktop's Files & Discussions tab is heavily used to share ~ Nabeel Meghji, Strategist in
municipalities, relevant project documents. The online calendar is also
used to document production run schedules. But perhaps Corporate Business and
utilities and product the most valuable feature is the ability to set up Acquisitions
manufacturers. databases and a corresponding workflow to automatically
assign tasks and due dates. CDS Global teams found that
implementing this process helped the company become
Ready to try Central more efficient, reduced the chance for error and saved time.
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sdsads For more information, contact Sales at 866-900-7646 or sales@centraldesktop.com
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