BT Business serves up Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008
From today UK firms looking to keep data more secure, and operations more productive, will be able to work with BT Business to implement the new Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008. BT Business will also provide small businesses with fully integrated, end-to-end IT and network infrastructure support.
Not officially launched worldwide by Microsoft until 12 November, Small Business Server 2008 is an integrated server solution that helps to protect business data, increase productivity and present a more professional image to customers. Small Business Server 2008 provides organisations of up to 75 employees with many of the features only previously available to larger businesses, including: e-mail; internal Web sites; remote access, support for mobile devices; file and printer sharing; backup, and restore and the ability to scale as businesses grow or change.
BT Business will add further value to customers by helping with the installation, administration and management through its expert IT services team. BT Business provides IT services to more than 45,000 small and medium businesses across the UK.
According to DTI statistics1, 70% of small businesses never trade again after a catastrophic IT failure, yet 51%2 do not back up daily and 61% do not use a firewall2. With an estimated 67% of SMEs3 currently operating without a server, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 is designed to deliver a comprehensive, reliable IT infrastructure at an affordable price for organisations with a limited in-house IT capability.
Colin Mattey, director, ICT and solutions, BT Business said: "By making enterprise-level IT and services accessible and affordable for small business for the first time, BT Business is helping UK firms increase productivity and do what they do best: grow their businesses."
