BT announced the international launch of its Cloud Compute service, offering “pay as you go” cloud pricing and consistent levels of quality, security and service from BT.
BT also said its Cloud Compute differentiates itself from run-of-the-mill cloud offerings by being self-healing and resilient, bringing customers an expected service level of 99.95%. Hybrid capabilities are also supported.
Neil Sutton, Vice President, Global Portfolio, BT Global Services, said: “As a company, we are serious about Cloud. We invest millions every year to regularly refresh, update and evolve our datacentre infrastructure and our service to our customers. Cloud is about more than technology; it’s about the service and the possibilities it can enable locally and globally in a reliable, trusted and assured way, helping CIOs find answers to the unique questions their market and regulations demand.
- Service availability: 99.95 per cent, dynamic provisioning, 24/7 with local service desks
- Delivered from Tier 3 or better data centres
- Access options: Portal, multi-lingual and multi-currency, open API, role-based access
- Architecture: Multi-availability zones across public and private resources
- Security: Role-based access, virtual security appliance, port forwarding
- Integration: Active directory and LDAP supported
- Network: Load balanced, multi VLAN, WAN connectivity available, virtual routing
- Commercial: Flexible pricing per hour, per month, or per annum
- OS supported: Microsoft, Linux, customer generated templates, ISO images
- Hypervisors supported: VMware, Citrix
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