IDENTIFYING THE CHALLENGES

Mobile operators have become increasingly dependent on IT, which in turn has produced an explosive growth in the volume of business and customer data available. Information is an organisation’s most valuable asset, and harnessing this information is vital for an agile organisation if it is going to achieve differentiation in the marketplace, and ensure continuity in its operations.

EXPLORING THE SOLUTIONS

BT’s storage portfolio encompasses a range of onsite and hosted storage products and professional services, designed to meet the evolving requirements of our customers. BT’s range of solutions enable customers to ensure that critical information is:

• Available
• Accessible
• Replicated
• Backed up

BT can help customers to define, develop and deliver their storage requirements through various product options. These range from simple, pre-set configurations that the customer manages through to fully hosted and managed storage and restoration services. Our product range includes:

• Consolidated Storage (SAN & NAS) -offering a range of customer-sited storage products
• Datasure – an online backup facility for PCs and servers
• Email Archive – to cater for the growing needs of email data
• Professional Services – providing specialist resources for consultation and deployment

Our Professional Services offer a range of consulting, design, implementation and in-life management services that support the customer in their choice and use of information management products. These services will help the customer to quantify their immediate requirement, explore their long-term storage infrastructure goals and produce a business case to support these requirements.

REAPING THE BENEFITS

Optimised storage infrastructure and technology helps to achieve:

• cost reductions
• enhanced business continuity