BT has signed a five-year agreement with AWS as its preferred cloud provider.
The telecoms giant will use AWS to transform its applications to be cloud-first and modular, while reducing IT maintenance costs for the legacy business.
BT Digital chief operating officer Thomas Dücke said: “We have a big opportunity when it comes to modernising our infrastructure, and our collaboration with AWS is a key one for us as we deliver the transformation needed to accelerate BT.”
The agreement is one element of BTs broader modernisation programme that aims to deliver £2 billion in gross annualised savings by end of FY24.
BT says the collaboration with AWS is a cornerstone of BT Digital’s plans to deliver an “industry-leading, cloud-first architecture for BT Group”.
Adolfo Hernandez, vice president and general manager of the telecom global industry business unit at AWS, added: “BT’s move to cloud-first applications can help reduce IT maintenance costs, streamline operations and help it better adapt to evolving customer needs.
