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BT announced they have signed a five year contract with
Procter & Gamble (P&G) to provide and manage a broad and integrated
portfolio of services in support of P&G's information technology (IT)
requirements. The agreement is valued at
650 million USD.
With the agreement, BT will provide and manage P&G's
local and wide area network infrastructure across more than 1,100 locations in
more than 82 countries. In addition, BT
will migrate these services to a state-of-the-art, high-speed, Internet
Protocol (IP)-based global MPLS (multiprotocol label switching)
infrastructure. BT will also provide and
manage perimeter security and firewall services, conferencing, remote access,
voice and IP telephony services, and Internet services to support P&G's IT
requirements
The portfolio of managed services is expected to
enable P&G to benefit from greater cost efficiency and control through a
standardised, flexible and future-proof communications infrastructure platform
with enhanced service levels to users.
P&G will also gain the ability to strategically leverage the
solution to drive competitive strength, optimisation in business processes and
operations, and innovation, and business agility. Concurrently, the network infrastructure and
associated applications are designed to ensure compliance with policy, regulatory
and security standards.
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