BT Business
Executive perspectives from BT Business across NextGenInfra's event and research showcases.
4 video interviews · 2024–2025
AI and Quantum
- Quantum encryption emerges as a key 2025 trend.
- AI-driven network optimization advances.
- Wireless access converges with satellite technologies.
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Matt Swinden, MD Digital Connectivity at BT Business, discusses emerging technology trends including quantum encryption, AI-driven network optimization, and the convergence of wireless access with satellite technologies.
Next Step for Secure Global Networks
- Customer demand is shifting toward integrated network-and-security solutions rather than separate stacks.
- AI workloads are reshaping network traffic patterns and driving new bandwidth requirements.
- BT's Global Fabric extends enhanced monitoring with wider reach into data centers and clouds.
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Matt Swinden, MD Digital Connectivity at BT Business, discusses the increasing customer demand for integrated security and network solutions, while highlighting how AI impacts network traffic patterns and bandwidth requirements. He outlines how BT's Global Fabric solution can provide enhanced monitoring with wider reach into data centers and clouds.
BT is Building a Global Fabric for NaaS
- BT delivers carrier NaaS via its Global Fabric product, consolidating multiple services into a single platform.
- BT's redesigned network prioritizes security, programmability, and sustainability while aligning with cloud providers' edges for global connectivity.
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Colin Bannon, CTO of BT, outlines the company's implementation of carrier Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) through their Global Fabric product, which consolidates multiple services into a single platform. BT's redesigned network prioritizes security, programmability, and sustainability, while aligning with cloud providers' edges to ensure global connectivity.
AI's Network Impact: From Data Centers to the Edge
- BT Business and AvidThink note future AI applications may require edge processing, reshaping network topology.
- Modeling AI network needs is challenging, requiring understanding of use cases, AI model training, and data movement.
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Colin Bannon, CTO of BT Business, and Roy Chua, Principal and Founder of AvidThink, examine the changing AI landscape and its effects on network infrastructure, noting that future AI applications may require edge processing. They discuss the challenges in modeling AI network needs, emphasizing the importance of understanding use cases and their impact on network topology, while also exploring the complexities of AI model training and data movement.