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The platform will allow customers to “hit the cloud running”, says BT
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BT has announced it has switched on its new Global Fabric platform, a network-as-a-service (NaaS) solution designed to help businesses take up the growing demands of AI and multi-cloud environments.
The platform, called Global Fabric, is currently undergoing live testing and is set to launch in early 2025.
BT has already installed Global Fabric’s core network hardware (i.e., points of presence [PoPs]_ in over 45 carrier neutral cloud data centres across the world, with this expected to rise to 140 by 2025. These PoPs act as gateways for businesses to connect to their partners, their apps, and their workloads hosted in across multiple clouds around the world.
According to BT, this will allow companies to scale quickly and securely, which will be especially useful given unpredictable AI-driven data spikes. Unlike legacy networks, which take weeks to set up or modify, Global Fabric will also enable real-time adjustments, boosting efficiency.
“BT’s Global Fabric will help customers hit the cloud running,” said Colin Bannon, Chief Technology Officer of BT Business in a press release. “It will give them a choice of the world’s best cloud locations to interconnect with their customers, partners and suppliers, making them easier to do business with not just today but tomorrow too. With the achievement of our latest Global Fabric delivery milestones, we take another step closer to a new age of AI-ready, digital interconnectivity.”
Ahead of the launch, BT will release a demo of Global Fabric’s management portal by November, allowing customers to test network configurations and explore API integrations.
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