Samsung Provides Reliable and Effective Turnkey Solution to Africa’s Largest Steel Producer

JOHANNESBURG - April 14, 2015 - PRLog -- Samsung Provides Reliable and Effective Turnkey Solution to Africa’s Largest Steel Producer

Samsung delivers security and reliability for ArcelorMittal South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – 14 April, 2015 – ArcelorMittal South Africa, the largest steel producer on the African continent, has chosen Samsung Electronics South Africa to equip their staff with the latest smartphone technology. In order to deliver a comprehensive mobile infrastructure for ArcelorMittal South Africa, Samsung partnered with MTN Business, reinforcing its strong strategic relationship with the mobile operator as well as its solid enterprise mobility uptake in the corporate arena.

The primary objective for ArcelorMittal South Africa was a mobile solution that would integrate with their SAP release processes and offer total device security, Mobile Device Management (MDM), while providing pertinent order information on-the-spot for its workforce. The Samsung Enterprise Mobility Division delivered a timely and well-structured deployment of the latest smartphone technology, enabling ArcelorMittal South Africa to meet their primary business objectives.

“We are very pleased to provide such a holistic mobile solution for ArcelorMittal South Africa which will help to transform how its employees operate, especially in-field, and we look forward to continuing to support them,” commented Paulo Ferreira, Director of Enterprise Mobility at Samsung Electronics SA.

Samsung Empowers the Mobile Work Force


“We are pleased with our choice to roll out Samsung mobile phones to our employees. It gives us the opportunity to provide all the functionality we require of the mobile smartphones,” commented José Marques, Manager, Group Infra-Structure and SAP CoE, Resource to Product. “We also retain the control that we need in terms of maintaining the integrity of the mobile service from a corporate perspective, while at the same time respecting our employees’ privacy.”

Samsung Enterprise Migration Assist (SEMA)

As a valued partner and trusted advisor in the enterprise arena, Samsung’s comprehensive offering includes a systematic series of checks and touch-points tailored to the needs of the company, ensuring a seamless migration to the Samsung environment.

SEMA provided complete assistance to ArcelorMittal South Africa throughout the mobile transition process, from conception through to device handover.Included was a device selection process, whereby Samsung delivered on-site smartphone device and accessory showcase presentations. This allowed employees the opportunity to explore the features and functionality of each device, which enabled them to make an informed decision about their personal choice of device.

Samsung’s technical professionals were on-hand at the time of product distribution to assist users in configuring their new devices and migrating user information, therefore allowing the workforce to immediately use their smartphones from day one. Each unit was delivered to the user with account access details pre-configured, including email and apps.

Samsung believes that training is a crucial element to workforce productivity and as such, all employees were provided with device and User Interface (UI) training at pre-selected ArcelorMittal South Africa sites. Staff were guided through all elements of the devices in classroom-style training sessions.

Security and Reliability

Samsung’s rigorous device assessment regime included Proof of Concept testing with internal business systems as well as ensuring total MDM readiness.

“Device security and management is of the upmost importance to Samsung and we have ensured that ArcelorMittal South Africa’s stringent security requirements have been met,” explains Ferreira. The extensive Enterprise Mobility capabilities of Samsung meant that security-critical devices were delivered with Samsung’s complete data protection platform KNOX embedded, as this has been identified as part of a long-term strategy for ArcelorMittal South Africa. KNOX provides end-to-end security on mobile devices with advanced data and privacy protection through multi-layered protection, allowing enterprise users to securely access confidential email and apps on their devices.

Read more about the ArcelorMittal Group here (http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/who-we-are/at-a-glance...)

For further information, please contact:

Pearl Ndlazi          Andra-Lee Shimmin

Epic MSL Group          Samsung Electronics South Africa

011 784 4790          011 549 1627

079 021 5006          082 553 2302

pearl@epicmslgroup.com          andralee.s@samsung.com