Gary Cheetham

"As the world's most international tobacco company, we must have a secure and comprehensive communications infrastructure across the globe," says Gary Cheetham, head of Global Technology and Services at British American Tobacco."Of the 15 companies we reviewed, Equant offered the broadest geographic reach, the most flexible approach and a fully integrated managed service with the potential to support future technological developments, which is exactly what we were looking for," he added.

Gary Cheetham, Head of Global Technology and Services of British American Tobacco, is enthusiastic about the move."The data center in London will be of real benefit for British American Tobacco.It will reduce costs and concerns about the privacy of our data and we have better and less expensive communications links to Interliant which is key to ensuring that our data is reliably handled.As a UK-headquartered company, we are reassured to know that we have immediate and cost-effective local access to our data and to technical support whenever we need it.One of the reasons we chose to work with Interliant was their commitment to the European market and this data center really illustrates that.We believe the ASP model will eventually mature in Europe, and British American Tobacco is pleased to be involved with a company that is on the leading edge of innovation for this critical market."

As the world's most international tobacco company, we must have a secure and comprehensive communications infrastructure across the globe, says Gary Cheetham, head of Global Technology and Services at British American Tobacco.Of the 15 companies we reviewed, Equant offered the broadest geographic reach, the most flexible approach and a fully integrated managed service with the potential to support future technological developments, which is exactly what we were looking for, he added.British American Tobacco originally appointed Equant in 1994 based on its leading-edge services and expertise in the telecommunications market.That appointment has now been renewed for the third time.Over the period, Equant and British American Tobacco have responded to the dynamic business environment by evolving the global data network from X.25 to frame relay and now IP-enabling more than 140 offices through Equant's high-speed, any-to-any, IP-based service.

British American Tobacco is one of the world's leading businesses and we are delighted to extend our relationship with this smartsourcing contract and become the company's strategic partner for telecommunications, commented Charlier.We are looking forward to delivering a seamless end-to-end solution that covers all of British American Tobacco's current and future communication needs regardless of geographic location..

Gary Cheetham, Head of Global Technology and Services of British American Tobacco, is enthusiastic about the move.The data center in London will be of real benefit for British American Tobacco.It will reduce costs and concerns about the privacy of our data and we have better and less expensive communications links to Interliant which is key to ensuring that our data is reliably handled.As a UK-headquartered company, we are reassured to know that we have immediate and cost-effective local access to our data and to technical support whenever we need it.One of the reasons we chose to work with Interliant was their commitment to the European market and this data center really illustrates that.We believe the ASP model will eventually mature in Europe, and British American Tobacco is pleased to be involved with a company that is on the leading edge of innovation for this critical market..

Gary CheethamChief IT Security OfficerBritish American Tobacco