BT Wins 8-Year Outsourcing Deal From Thomson Reuters
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BT has signed an agreement with Thomson Reuters to manage the WAN (wide area network) element of its internal IT infrastructure in an 8-year outsourcing deal. As part of the deal, BT will transform Thomson Reuters’ existing WAN into a high-speed, IP-based global infrastructure that will encompass 323 locations across 100 countries including six applications hosting data centres.
This win follows a 10-year plus deal BT reached with Reuters in 2005 to transform and manage the global network Thomson Reuters uses to deliver services to more than 330,000 financial market professionals across the world.
Elaborating on the deal, Peter Moss, managing director, content, technology and operations, Thomson Reuters, said, “Thomson Reuters is absolutely committed to gathering and providing high-quality information to meet the needs of our demanding markets. To do this effectively, we needed to support our people with a world-class, efficient and well-managed internal network. Having worked with BT for a number of years now, we are confident they can execute against our requirements wherever in the world they may be.”
Shared François Barrault, CEO, global services, BT, “As a business operator, we run Thomson Reuters’ non-core but mission-critical network and IT services, so they can focus on their core business and customers. Their environment is one where absolute reliability in every millisecond counts, and we are very proud to have their confidence. It’s a testament to the excellent work of our teams in a very challenging world.”
