Organisations have become more and more dependent on their IT and communications systems. The set of applications that can be defined as 'mission-critical' has grown from a few to almost all. Collaborative and knowledge-sharing applications are increasingly important to effective business relationships, and they can demand a complex infrastructure of servers, networking, configuration, support and backup. We have the resources and networking expertise to manage these critical applications fully on our infrastructure, or where appropriate using your existing resources, delivering reliable and seamless performance across your sites or locations.

Our portfolio of managed applications enables organisations to develop new operational capabilities, helping you to more effectively address the challenges and realise the opportunities of operating in the digital networked economy. The portfolio builds on the stable and secure platform of our hosting and storage services and covers the following areas:

Security services - BT offers a full range of Security and Business Continuity services to pro-actively manage business and technical risks, bringing together managed solutions and professional services.

Messaging and collaboration - We provide a range of managed messaging and collaboration solutions, including comprehensive anti-spam and anti-virus solutions alongside email archiving and managed mailboxes from Lotus and Microsoft.

Web server management - We can help you to handle fluctuating demand on your servers and to withstand attacks from known threats by offering a range of leading web servers, including Microsoft IIS, and Apache.

Database management - BT can provide you with industrial strength databases from Oracle and Microsoft and work with you to configure them and integrate them with your hardware, giving you increased performance and reliability.