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BT launches 'cloud of clouds'- making cloud services integration a global realityIRVING, Texas, April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- BT today announced a new generation of cloud services that allow large organizations around the world to connect easily and securely to the applications and the data they need, independently of where they are hosted. They will empower customers to integrate and orchestrate the IT resources hosted on their own private clouds as well as on BT's global cloud platform and on the platforms of other leading cloud providers. The new services take advantage of BT's global network infrastructure and build on BT's long standing expertise in the delivery of enterprise-grade cloud services. They rely on innovative technology developed by BT and its partners in the fields of diversified infrastructure management, service management, global network optimization, application performance acceleration and security. BT's 'cloud of clouds' vision builds on a roadmap for future service delivery and is underpinned by a wide range of services and industry sector solutions, delivered over BT's global network infrastructure. The services are managed by customers through a single user-friendly service catalogue, using BT's new Cloud Management System. They include:
Luis Alvarez, CEO, BT Global Services, said: "In the future digital age, no business will be successful unless it makes the most of the cloud. CIOs ask for choice and flexibility, trusted security and the best know-how in the industry to meet their business challenges. This matches perfectly with our network-centric vision of the 'cloud of clouds' and leverages the experience gained through the cloud ecosystems we have already built for the global financial services and life sciences sectors. We're investing with our partners to bring the widest possible range of options to connect our customers' critical applications and data, wherever those are hosted, whenever they need them, on whatever device they use. We also aim to provide our customers with a strong end-to-end service level agreement guaranteeing performance, predictability and flexibility. And we have the expertise and capabilities required to defend and protect our customers, providing trust and confidence in the cloud. We aim to be the leading global cloud services integrator." For BT's vision of the "cloud of clouds" and details of BT's cloud portfolio, go to bt.com/point-of-view . For further information: About BT For the year ended 31 March 2014, BT Group's reported revenue was £18,287m with reported profit before taxation of £2,312m. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.btplc.com 1 In the Cloud space, BT already partners with Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Equinix, HP, Interxion, Microsoft and Salesforce and uses technology from BearingPoint, Dynatrace, Riverbed, Ipanema and others. Additional agreements and partnerships with leading providers will be announced in the coming weeks and months. (Salesforce, Salesforce1, AppExchange and others are among the trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.) To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bt-launches-cloud-of-clouds-making-cloud-services-integration-a-global-reality-300069100.html SOURCE BT |