BT revealed BT Compute for Microsoft Azure, a new service that allows BT customers to order Microsoft Azure alongside BT’s own cloud services through its Compute Management System online management tool. The service enables customers to build hybrid cloud infrastructure with a single service wrap, contract and on a single bill.
BT customers already use hybrid cloud – hosted in BT Compute’s 48 data centres globally. With BT acting as their cloud services integrator, and by using CMS, customers can manage their cloud services end-to-end from datacentre to network, maximising the benefits and minimising the complexity, risk and costs of moving to the cloud.
Neil Lock, VP of BT Compute at Global Services, BT, said: “BT research suggests that 90 per cent of its largest customers expect to be using a combination of public and private cloud in the next few years. Through our relationship with Microsoft, customers can build their own hybrid cloud environment and enjoy the benefits of Azure whilst removing costly management concerns from the equation.”
Aziz Benmalek, VP, Worldwide Cloud and Hosting Services, Microsoft Corp, said: “Through our relationship with BT, we’re able to help customers with their infrastructure management and give them the ability to scale their business in a consistent hybrid cloud environment.”