BT 2014 Annual Report Download - page 77

Download and view the complete annual report

Please find page 77 of the 2014 BT annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.

Page out of 213

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 160
  • 161
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 176
  • 177
  • 178
  • 179
  • 180
  • 181
  • 182
  • 183
  • 184
  • 185
  • 186
  • 187
  • 188
  • 189
  • 190
  • 191
  • 192
  • 193
  • 194
  • 195
  • 196
  • 197
  • 198
  • 199
  • 200
  • 201
  • 202
  • 203
  • 204
  • 205
  • 206
  • 207
  • 208
  • 209
  • 210
  • 211
  • 212
  • 213

74 Governance
Providing integrated
services to help 8.
businesses grow
Customer perspective
Moving to BT Managed Compute
has{given us far greater Ʈexibility and
resilience. It allows us to provide the same
high-level, 247 service we always have
but with the added ability to react more
Tuickly to changing reTuirements, with
minimum disruption to our customers.
And most importantly, our data is secure
and we know where it is.
Alistair Stevenson – Head of IT, Anchor
Voice from BT
By developing a scalable oƪering like BT
Managed Compute, weore able to help companies
like Anchor move to a secure cloud-based
infrastructure as painlessly as possible. We can
deliver the exact services our customers need,
without the capital outlay and risk usually
associated with infrastructure projects
Graham Sutherland – CEO BT Business
Anchor, England’s largest not-for-prot
provider of housing and care to older
people, has taken an innovative approach
to managing its IT systems and moving
its business forward, while focusing
on providing a good experience for
itscustomers.
Anchor has signed a deal with BT Business for a service called BT
Managed Compute, to host and manage all its data and systems in
BT’s Cloud, so there will no longer be any need for servers or storage
on Anchor premises. Anchor will retain a small IT team, while BT will
provide people to run and manage the IT systems as well as to give
help and guidance for the end-users in care homes. Thisincludes
sta working for Anchor who need access to applications such as
SMART, which is used to maintain individual customer records and is
therefore a vital component in caring for its customers.
Anchor’s approach ensures they are able to enhance peoples lives
through experiences which may include being able to use iPads as a
form of entertainment and communication, among the wide range
of activities on oer. Visiting relatives will also be able to access the
internet from their smartphones or tablets.
Find out more about BT Compute at
www.business.bt.comit-support-and-security
40,000
Anchor provides housing and 24/7
care services for almost 40,000
older people across England,
Anchoris investing to move its
business forward.