Consolidating these services with a single provider will help LeasePlan -- which manages a fleet of more than 1.4 million vehicles and is expanding globally -- drive growth while saving costs.

LeasePlan currently is a Verizon Business' Managed Private IP service customer, and will use Verizon Ethernet Private Line services to exchange data across key locations, as well as Verizon Internet Dedicated services for high-bandwidth dedicated connections to Verizon's global IP network. LeasePlan has also co-located some of its core servers in multiple Verizon Business data centers around the globe. To support collaboration across the company's mobile workforce, LeasePlan is leveraging Verizon's Enterprise Mobility solutions so employees can remotely access LeasePlan's core information network, and rely on Verizon audio and net conferencing solutions to help boost cross-regional employee productivity.

LeasePlan is also using Verizon Managed Security Services to help ensure the company's infrastructure continues to run efficiently through daily security monitoring and the enforcement of security policies.

Bart van den Heuvel, manager sourcing at LeasePlan, said: "As a global organization with a history of business innovation, we constantly reassess our service requirements to ensure we have the right resources and suppliers in place to support our long-term business goals. We feel that in Verizon Business we cooperate with a partner that shares our values, understands our business, and has the right mix of capabilities and expertise to support this next phase of our business development.

"Working with Verizon Business, we benefit from state-of-the-art solutions tailored to our specific business needs, backed up with extensive support and expertise. Most importantly, Verizon Business was able to offer a complete communications solution, from the network itself through security and added-value solutions such as conferencing, in a single, seamless package."

Stuart Curzon, group vice president for international sales for Verizon Business EMEA, said: "LeasePlan's choice of Verizon Business to help support this next phase of its business development is a testament to the strength of the relationships that we build with our customers.