All BT Global articles – Page 9

  • btw321-tt-bt-global-brussels
    Strategy & Change

    BT slims down in Brussels: report

    2021-01-27T17:58:00Z

    Reports emerge that BT Global Services Belgium is planning to cut its staff by 25%. Market changes and COVID-19 impact cited as key drivers. Asset-light strategy apparently reaching Belgian shores.

  • btw321-tt-bt-global-fwa-aus
    Network & Infrastructure

    BT goes international with 5G fixed wireless launch

    2021-01-26T15:37:00Z

    Delivering a proof of concept to an Australian retail client has sparked the creation of a new and developing 5G solution from the operator’s Global division.

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    People

    BT’s Jansen set to add Sharp Shuter to evolving dream team

    2021-01-25T12:31:00Z

    BT Enterprise successor Rob Shuter to land at the start of February. Shuter and Chief Digital & Innovation Officer Harmeen Mehta fill out Jansen’s A-Team, leading “furious” pursuit of transformation goals. New hires complement other Group rising stars, adding gusto to the Jansen manifesto.

  • btw321-tt-eagle-i-security
    Products & Services

    BT to launch Eagle-i security as statement of intent

    2021-01-22T09:00:00Z

    New cybersecurity platform to debut in coming months, as a flagbearer for Global’s re-energised and evolving digital portfolio. Creation of internal digital, threat, and network units within Global enabling integration of new solutions across traditional and cloud-based services. Workflow platform provider ServiceNow namechecked as a crucial partner.

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    M&A

    BT Cornwall quietly put into liquidation

    2021-01-12T09:10:00Z

    Business blighted by falling-out between BT and its local public sector partners to be wound up. Another marker of troubled public-private partnership approach to council contracts confined to past.

  • btw319-tt-bt-italia-date
    M&A

    BT retreats in Italy as court date looms

    2020-12-11T14:19:00Z

    TIM snaffles SME and public sector accounts business, but BT maintaining a presence for large enterprises as well as multinationals. Taint of accounting scandal lingers, with former Global executives set for trial in 2021.

  • Elsewhere in BT Group
    Premium

    Elsewhere in BT Group: Cisco takes IMImobile

    2020-12-05T08:57:00Z

    Partners Cisco and IMImobile to meld customer comms solutions.

  • btw318-12-bt-ringcentral
    Products & Services

    BT enhances cloud phone platform with RingCentral

    2020-12-01T10:46:00Z

    RingCentral-based unified comms service is given bigger remit and brand refresh.

  • btw318-14-btitalia-scandal
    Public Affairs

    BT Italia accounting scandal to court, as Group retreats

    2020-12-01T10:44:00Z

    Court of Milan fixes trial date in 2021. 20 defendants in the dock, including two former senior BT execs. Alvarez spared. Patterson concedes BT was an absent parent. TIM snaffling SME and public sector accounts, but BT retaining MNC presence and local assets.

  • VMware Booth
    Partnerships & Alliances

    BT makes managed SD-WAN play with VMware

    2020-12-01T10:43:00Z

    New “cloud-optimised” SD-WAN management solution aims to give MNCs more control, boost performance, and enhance security. VMware SD-WAN supported by BT consultants tasked with advising customers. Just the start of the partners’ software-defined network services collaboration.

  • btw318-tt-procurement-suplari
    Suppliers & SCM

    BT seeks instant purchasing power with Suplari

    2020-11-20T12:10:00Z

    Procurement function seeking “relevance” by addressing “huge legacy” of aging IT, and reliance on Excel. Calculating spend with individual suppliers was long-winded. Quick-fire info seen as increasingly important amid COVID-19 and Brexit disruption.

  • btw317-25-bt-zoom
    Products & Services

    BT dials up Zoom

    2020-11-10T09:05:00Z

    Global taps into growing popularity of the video conferencing service.

  • btw317-21-global-covid-headwinds
    Premium

    BT Global braces for more COVID-19 headwinds

    2020-11-01T09:18:00Z

    Precipitous revenue declines continue for Global as pandemic makes its presence felt, but mitigation measures and ongoing transformation ease the pain on profit levels. Growing underlying strength of division offers hope beyond an anticipated tough second half.

  • btw317-tt-french-bt-computacenter
    M&A

    BT Global wraps up French exit

    2020-10-30T14:15:00Z

    French infrastructure business bought by IT group said to generate in region of £100m in annual revenue. BT keen to highlight it will maintain a presence in France, with 60 major customers active on the country.

  • F5-MarketMettle-quote
    Vendor Voice

    F5: telcos need allies for digital leap forward

    2020-10-16T15:47:00Z

    In an interview with BTwatch, key figures from F5’s European operations discuss the application security service provider’s relationship with BT Group in the wake of securing a place on the telco’s streamlined list of 15 certified security partners. Richard Holben, the vendor’s BT Global Account Manager, and Ian Harris, ...

  • BT: Elsewhere in Global
    Premium

    Elsewhere in BT Global: McAfee flags BT role

    2020-10-08T10:37:00Z

    Financial services business grows, US military renews contracts, McAfee flags BT role.

  • BT completes sale of Latin America assets
    Enterprise (B2B)

    BT completes sale of Latin America assets

    2020-10-08T10:36:00Z

    New company Sencinet to operate BT network assets. With Sencinet partnership, BT keeps a presence in the region. What’s next in Global asset offload?

  • btw316-tt-obe-lalani
    People

    Former BT exec Hanif Lalani stripped of OBE

    2020-09-23T10:49:00Z

    Lalani’s last BT role was CEO of BT Global Services. He was fined €1.5m by France’s stock market watchdog in 2012.

  • Michael Sherman
    People

    BT movers: ex-CEOs pick sides on China and Hicks heads to Facebook

    2020-09-17T10:03:00Z

    External Innovation VP Lydia Hicks sets up shop in Silicon Valley with Facebook; YouView security lead joins BT as Security Director. Former Microsoft Development Director Van Ballaer joins Global. Ex-CEOs Livingston and Bonfield pick up China-related spots.

  • Divisional highlights: the value of fibre
    Premium

    Divisional highlights: the value of fibre

    2020-09-01T15:17:00Z

    Management ready to look at ways to bring out the value of BT’s emerging fibre infrastructure. Beyond the current crisis and recession fears, BT Global advancing down the path to recovery. Sudden freeze of live events underlines the importance of BT Sport to Consumer division financial performance.