BT Global Services, BT Group PLC's information technology services division, will reorganize its global workforce around vertical market segments, such as financial services, pharmacueticals and government. In doing this, BT is seeking to use the industrial and technological expertise it gains servicing one client across other major multinational customers in the sectors it supports. In an interview with Dow Jones Newswires, Andy Green, head of BT Global Services said; "The importance of this reorganization will become obvious next year. There will be quite a lot more activity toward segmentation." He added; "Developing specialist industry practices will enable our global sales teams to apply greater industry knowledge and insight to discussions with their customers, helping to identify and solve business issues. It's a win-win situation." BT Global Services is already organized around customer segment in the U.K. Elsewhere it doesn't currently operate its workforce by segment. It is common for IT services companies to organize their operations around vertical market segments such as telecoms, finanical services or utilities, in order to leverage knowledge gained servicing one client across its customers in the sector.
From my vantage point, few areas are evolving as rapidly and with such profound implications as the space sector. For decades, satellites were essentially fixed hardware – powerful, expensive, but ultimately immutable once launched. That paradigm is undergoing a transition driven by Software-Defined Satellites (SDS). A recent market study by ABI Research underscores this transition, painting a picture of technological advancement and a fundamental reshaping of global connectivity, security, and national interests. LEO SDS Market Development The core concept behind SDS is deceptively simple yet revolutionary: decouple the satellite's capabilities from its physical hardware. Instead of launching a satellite designed for a single, fixed purpose (like broadcasting specific frequencies to a specific region), SDS allows operators to modify, upgrade, and reconfigure a satellite's functions after it's in orbit, primarily through software updates. The ABI Research report highlights ...