Beyond Telecoms: Why BT is the perfect tech partner for your small business

BT offers a wealth of products and services tailored towards small and medium-sized businesses backed up by years of knowledge and experience

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Running a small business is all about being flexible and adaptable, which is why BT should be on your shortlist. Over the years, this telecoms giant has been in business, it has expanded its portfolio of products and services. Today, that means BT has a range of options for small business owners that reach far wider than the telecoms products it is best known for. 

BT now offers a comprehensive, one-stop-shop of products that offer small businesses everything from the more obvious broadband, mobile and networking essentials through to business security services, cloud-based services and powerful cyber security products too. The range and diversity of its products also makes it an ideal option for business of all shapes and sizes. 

What that means if you’re running a small business is that the options are plentiful, but products and services can also be tailored to suit the size of any venture. If you’re a small business owner, which often means working with IT budgets that are less sizeable than those of bigger firms, it’s all about the value. 

Being able to make use of several products and services, under the umbrella of one telecoms company like BT, means solutions can frequently be more affordable. This is especially so if you run a business that needs a wide variety of products and services. Buying these in from multiple suppliers can be costly and complicated. That’s why sourcing everything from BT cuts down on the cost and complexity of IT arrangements. 

Breaking down the options, BT now offers a range of products and services aimed specifically at small and medium business that have up to 249 employees. These include connectivity options covering the broadband and data spectrum. BT also offers voice and collaboration tools along with mobile solutions that range from 4G and 5G services to SIMs and devices. 

Crucially, BT is firmly focused on the world of security, with products and services that offer cyber and physical protection from the many and varied threats facing small business owners. Joining the dots between all these products are a range of overlay networks and cloud options, which allow small business owners to enjoy the convenience of managed services and storage, while enjoying pricing that is aimed at providing optimal value. 

Take connectivity, for example. BT offers a whole range of broadband deals and its full fibre products are amongst the fastest on the market. Better still, with a BTnet leased line, it’s easily possible to match bandwidth with your business requirements, which helps ensure you’re not paying for more than you need. BT supplements this speedy connectivity with the ease and convenience of its Internet of Things solutions. 

The digital workplace created by BT is enhanced with its range of cloud collaboration tools, which include the likes of Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Cloud Work. With many employees working remotely or from home, the BT Cloud Voice SIP system allows business owners to benefit from meetings using their internet connection. This is a well-proven way of delivering much more reliability and that means a much more dependable connection when important business meetings occur. 

Running a business requires high levels of security too. BT meets this constantly evolving challenge with a suite of products all designed to keep your business secure. There’s the option of using a managed firewall, which offers core protection for everyday business activities. BT also offers DDoS security, which allows business owners to detect and neutralise attacks before they occur. 

These options aren’t just focused on office-based employees either. Again, with so many workers enjoying remote or hybrid employment opportunities, BT places a big emphasis on offering mobile security too. This means that employees can continue to use the devices they choose, while still benefitting from the enhanced security protection that comes via BTs managed security controls. 

Central to all of this is having the ability to keep your people safe and your data protected. Every small business should be aware of how important it is to secure the digital workplace. The great thing about a BT small business package is that it is versatile enough to let employees work from wherever they need to. Protection is 24/7 with support to match. Add on unmatched levels of business compliance and you can be sure that BT will have all bases covered, no matter what your small business specialises in. 

BT offers lots of expertise to back up all of its products thanks to an array of professional services within its product portfolio. This is augmented by design and delivery consultants, who can help to advise your small business on making the move to digital if it hasn’t already done so. There is also the option of your organisation being able to enjoy the benefit of managed services. 

Managed services make a lot of sense for small business owners who are looking for a way to have some of the heavy lifting done on their behalf. BT’s managed services plans can ensure that some or all the network, security and IT infrastructure workload is handled for you. That instantly allows small business owners to concentrate on growing their ventures, while being able to benefit from a software and systems package that is being run for them. 

The other big benefit of BT’s connectivity and communications products, plus its network and security options, is that everything can be scaled to suit the business. So, if your business is expanding and you’re going to be employing upwards of 250 people in the future, BT has products and services that can be tailored to suit those requirements too. Again, it’s all about being flexible and adaptable and, in that respect, BT has you more than covered.

• Whatever your business, BT’s here to provide unmatched reliability, dedicated support, and robust cyber security. We’ve got your back. To find out more, click here.

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