BT Viewpoint

Risk is everywhere, all the time.

Security has always underpinned everything we do, but as security threats— both business and personal — multiply almost before our eyes it’s time to look at how best we can defend ourselves. So, over the next couple of weeks Viewpoint is taking an in-depth look at security.

We’ve got so much to share with you that’ll help you make the most of the defences you’ve got, or will steer you in the right direction if you’re looking to review your security. We’ll be updating
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The Start-up Chile approach is deliberately different.

Chile is the door to the Latin American market. When multinationals want to launch a product or service in Latin America, they often test the market in Chile first. If it sells in Santiago, it will sell in Sao Paulo. What’s more, Chile ranks 39^th out of 183 countries on the World Bank’s “Ease of Doing Business” index, and it has excellent infrastructure. In fact, from a telecoms perspective, Chile is more advanced than many developed countries and had one of the first fully-digital voice networks in the world.

Chilean President Sebastian Piñera is
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We work with you to look at your network in more detail.

We’re delighted to share with you that BT Global Services is now positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant in three Magic Quadrants: Global Network Service Providers; Pan-European Network Service Providers; and Asia Pacific Network Service Providers*. This is based on
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The real challenge is the nature and structure of the data

The other week I spoke at TradeTech Europe, an important event for global financial and trading markets. One of the hot topics from the event and something that is (or should be) on everyone’s mind at the moment is ‘Big Data’.

Big Data, big challenge

I’m confident that trends around speed and proximity won’t change and equally confident that technology will evolve to meet the demands. What I think is the real challenge is
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Running voice over this network rather than using public services is saving Geoservices half a million Euros a year.

In this episode of Inside Story we look at how BT transformed the global infrastructure of oil and gas services company Geoservices.

With nearly five thousand employees in thirty four countries, Geoservices needs communication to keep employees connected, to support their business processes, and to enable them to analyse and process data on behalf of their customers.

But oil and gas is
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BT is helping Scottish Water achieve its Agile Working vision

Agile Working can mean many things. Some view it as a way of reducing the demand on office space; others focus on reducing travel time or substituting expensive face to face meetings with on-line alternatives.

All of these address the cash strapped times we live in but the most progressive organisations, the ones with grander and more sustainable visions, take a wider view of what
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