GEC NEWS WIREBT has delivered the first milestones of its contract with Michelin. The contract was signed late 2016 and is now in deployment phase. Under the terms of this five-year contract, BT is to provide Michelin with managed network services for 216 sites in 43 countries across all continents. Managed from France, the services covered by the contract are set to play an important role in delivering Michelin’s strategic IT transformation programme.
Agnès Mauffrey, Group CIO of Michelin, said: “Our aim is to create a platform for digital innovation which will give our people around the world high performance access to cloud-based services, allowing them to collaborate more effectively. This is being done in a secure and reliable environment over which we have complete control.”
Luis Alvarez, CEO of BT’s Global Services division, said: “We are proud that Michelin has entrusted BT with its global IT network, the core platform that will underpin its digital transformation programme”
BT will support Michelin globally through a dedicated network operations centre and provide centralised network management. The contract includes services from several areas of the BT portfolio: BT Connect, BT Security, BT One and BT Advise.
