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Do you consider your network a commodity?

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February 13, 2013
Stephan Trentmann 0

Water runs from the tap, electricity comes from the plug and here in Western Europe both usually work, so we call them commodities. Can it get much better? I guess that would be hard, since tap water is as good as mineral water and 250 volt is no better than 230. What you could do is make these commodities cheaper or improve the service around them; no surprise then that utility companies compete on exactly these factors.

Lower your price

We hear it time and time again: ‘the network is a commodity.’ And hence the logical next step; ‘lower your price, or we buy the same thing at a cheaper competitor!’ But think about it, is your company’s network really a commodity, and do you really want your network providers to compete solely on price? [Read more...]

Filed Under: Benelux, Global, Intelligent Networks Tagged With: BT Connect, intelligent networks, IT infrastructure, network capacity, network failure, Networks

David Bowie, the elves and the rest of Rudolph’s herd

December 21, 2012
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Christmas is a time of contradictions. On the one hand it’s a relaxing time of year and everyone is a bit happier and more relaxed at work. On the other hand it’s full of stresses and worries, such as how to keep productivity high; how to organise all the presents you need to buy; and how to make sure you don’t overcook the most important meal of the year.

What would be really great is if there was a way to take some of the load off your plate. It seems to be how all the big players of Christmas get things done. After all, Santa has his elves, Rudolph has the rest of the herd; and the snowman had David Bowie. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Global, Intelligent Networks Tagged With: BT Connect, intelligent networks, IT infrastructure, network capacity, unified communications

Once in a lifetime? Or experience of a lifetime. (INFOGRAPHIC)

Aerial Cityscape of London Showing St Pauls Cathedral, United Kingdom

December 21, 2012
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Counting down to 2013 — but first our favourite footage from 2012

December 17, 2012
Craig Chadburn 0

I don’t know about you but my Christmas list has been gathering dust on the fridge for a month or so now; and it looks like it’s being strategically ignored by the people it’s aimed at.

Around this time of year I always forget my entrenched lack of organisation and start bullet pointing. I suppose it’s the time of year to be planning ahead and that’s why I do it; planning what I want for Christmas; planning what needs to be done before the big day; and thinking about what needs to be done at work in the New Year. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Agile & Flexible Working, Global, Intelligent Networks, IT Infrastructure, London 2012, Security, Unified Communications Tagged With: BT Assure, BT Connect, BT One, everyday lives, global, intelligent networks, security, unified communications

Connecting the future

September 20, 2012
BT Let’s Talk 0

I had my fortune told once, in a static caravan, at a funfair in Newton Abbot.

I don’t know if I was still giddy from the waltzer, or distracted by Mystic Gem’s Adam’s apple, but for fleeting moment I believed her when she said I’d come into a lot of money before the night was out.

Of course I didn’t. In fact, I lost a fiver on the coconut shy and got bitten by a donkey before tripping over a tent peg and heading home. I’d like to say at this point that I was perhaps seven at the time. Just so you know. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Country, Global, Intelligent Networks Tagged With: BT Connect, intelligent networks, IT infrastructure, network capacity, Networks, the power of networks

Power of networks [Infographics]

September 7, 2012
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Data deletion

July 12, 2012
BT Let’s Talk 0

By Ian Neild

Today, unstructured data has become the predominant form of data, with estimates that 80 per cent of all data being created and stored is unstructured. This unstructured data comes from emails, blogs, documents, images, movies etc. It is being generated so quickly that most organisations can’t manage it or make use of it. Data is building up on individual computers, back up disks, shared folders, email databases and USB flash drives; interestingly some estimates* suggest 70 per cent of this data is stale after just 90 days. The problem is working out which bit is stale, which is worthless and what has to be kept for business advantage or legal reasons.

Deletion or long-term archive?

A look at my own email shows I am dangerously near a corporate email limit. Most of this data will be redundant, out of date or meaningless but [Read more...]

Filed Under: Country, ICT Management, Intelligent Networks, UK Tagged With: big data, BT Connect, data protection, innovation, intelligent networks

Northumberland gets PSN-ready and spreads faster internet access to schools, libraries and fire stations

July 5, 2012
BT Let’s Talk 0

Northumberland County Council has become the latest local authority to develop their network to expand their shared services approach to offer faster internet speeds to schools, libraries and fire stations in rural towns.

The Council are making their existing shared-services network (known as North-net) PSN-ready and pushing out their network (and all its benefits) to support more core services across a wider area with much improved internet speeds.

Increased internet speeds bring instant practical benefits for core service providers — faster access for schools to educational support material and internet-based applications; even greater responsiveness for the fire service; better communication amongst libraries; and a transformation of the user experience for members of the public using library-provided internet access. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Country, Intelligent Networks, Public sector, UK Tagged With: BT Connect, government, News, PSN, public sector

Who wins when the Games go digital?

June 29, 2012
BT Let’s Talk 0

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are widely predicted to rapidly increase the adoption of digital services. It is set to be the most connected Games of all time, with record-breaking volumes of digital content being created, broadcast, and then shared via all kinds of networks and media.

The BBC alone will deliver 2,000 hours of live sport and create the equivalent of six months’ worth of coverage for its on-demand iPlayer service. One billion smart devices are expected to connect to the action and, with most people now having camera phones, the volumes of data they will generate is unprecedented. Attendees will engage with the Games in new ways, and people will be able to [Read more...]

Filed Under: IT Infrastructure, Security Tagged With: BT Connect, Olympics, security

IPv6 enabling Internet Growth

June 27, 2012
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The number of Internet users globally has increased by over 500% since 2002, and that growth is accelerating. But it is not just the number of users but also the number of devices connected to the internet each user has. Televisions, PCs, smartphones, tablets all require unique IP addresses when connected to the Internet.

This is why the IPv4 address range is running out and the world is moving to IPv6 (to watch our explanation of IPv6 in 60 seconds, click here). IPv6 will ensure that everything that needs an IP address with have one. Where IPv4 accommodates around 4.3 billion addresses, IPv6 has the capacity to provide every IPv4 address with its own internet’s worth of IPv4 addresses. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Country, Intelligent Networks, IT Infrastructure, UK Tagged With: BT Connect, intelligent networks, ipv6, Pete England

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Do you know why collaboration really matters?

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Make it Easy and They Will Come

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