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The on-demand economy has finally reached white collar work.

Online Freelancing Platforms

Distributed is a UK-based talent platform that connects businesses with on-demand distributed tech teams. The platform offers a vetted global talent pool specializing in programming languages including Java, Python, MATLAB, C++, and data visualization and analysis tools such as Tableau and Pandas.The company reported revenue of around GBP 1 million (USD 1.4 million) in its first year of business from around 50 customers. As of May 2021, the company has 75 clients including Mastercard, Sytner Group, Heron AI, REISS, and RBS—for whom Distributed has delivered over 100 engagements. Its freelancer network spans 25 countries in 5 different continents, as of February 2022.In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/8601">February 2022, </a>Distributed signed a GBP 30 million (approx. USD 41 million) investment deal with BT, a UK-based telecommunications provider. This followed the company’s GBP 5 million (USD 7 million) Series A funding round in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/367">May 2021 </a>. As per the agreement, BT took a minority stake in Distributed, a seat on its board, and full access to Distributed’s freelancer workforce (“Elastic Teams”) to support its digital transformation plans. As of February 2022, BT committed to a GBP 10 million (approx. USD 14 million) upfront investment for work delivered over a two-year period, and the investment is expected to extend to GBP 30 million (approx. USD 41 million) over the next three-year period.In its latest funding round ( <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/11413">July 2022 </a>), the company raised GBP 8 million (~USD 9.7 million) in funding co-led by Downing Ventures and Guinness Ventures. The funds were raised to strengthen Distributed’s presence in the private talent cloud market, improve its platform and workforce experience, and expand its international reach.

The latest line of defense against rising cyber attacks

Cyber Insurance

Safe Security is a cyber risk quantification and management (CRQM) company leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to predict cyber attacks and help organizations assess cyber risk. The company offers solutions to both enterprises and cyber insurers, such as its flagship SAFE cyber risk management platform and the SafeInside cyber underwriting solution. Safe Security was incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, and was originally known as Lucideus before rebranding in 2021 to pursue US growth plans.The SAFE platform provides organizations a holistic view of their cyber risk across their entire attack surface, including devices, users, and third parties. SAFE integrates with cybersecurity controls and external threat intelligence vendors via API, aggregating signals from across a company’s environment with business context understanding, and leverages predictive AI models co-developed with MIT to predict cyber breaches and provide comprehensive visibility of cyber posture. SAFE also allows organizations to evaluate their cybersecurity controls using the MITRE ATT&amp;CK and D3FEND framework.In June 2023, Safe Security <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/19112">launched the Cyber Risk Cloud of Clouds </a>, a platform aggregating risk signals from various services and platforms, including Crowdstrike, Wiz, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Provider, Qualys, Tanium, Rapid7, and ServiceNow. The platform also integrated a generative AI chat assistant, SafeGPT, to answer cyber risk queries and offer mitigation guidance.The company also offers a cyber risk underwriting platform, SafeInside, which leverages its CRQM capability to assign each company a comprehensive risk score. Safe Security launched a cyber insurance managing general agent (MGA) in December 2022, backed by an AM Best A-rated carrier, to underwrite cyber insurance policies.In July 2023, Safe Security <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/20093">announced it was in talks to acquire RiskLens </a>, creator of the Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) cyber risk quantification standard, for an undisclosed sum, with plans to incorporate the FAIR standard into its platform, alongside Safe’s existing AI decision methodology.Key customers and partnershipsSafe Security partnered with specialty insurer Mosaic Insurance in December 2022 to launch a cyber risk assessment solution leveraging the SAFE platform, providing Mosaic deeper cyber risk visibility for insurance underwriting. The companies announced a <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/19302">cyber risk incentive program </a>in June 2023, offering benefits such as credit on premiums and expanded coverage to Mosaic policyholders.As of August 2023, Safe Security’s customers included Pizza Hut, Freddie Mac, GSK, Raytheon, and Munich Re.Funding and financialsIn April 2023, Safe <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17817">raised USD 50 million </a>in a Series B funding round led by Sorenson Capital. The company planned to use the funds to further develop its data-driven cyber risk platform.Safe has reportedly raised more than USD 100 million and disclosed growth of 200% for three consecutive years as of July 2023.

Distributed is a software development company that develops an on-demand Elastic Team that allows getting things done faster. Through the Distributed platform, clients can work with fully managed, globally distributed teams of highly skilled software engineers allowing them to build and maintain software faster, more efficiently, cost-effectively, and with more visibility than ever before.  The company was founded in 2017 and is based in London, England.

Safe Security is a cyber risk management startup that helps organizations mitigate cyber risk in real-time.

WTS Positioning Solutions are specialists within the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) industry, supplying personal GPS trackers, plus customised hardware, software, server and data solutions to corporations looking for high precision real-time location and tracking information. Leading innovators in GPS tracking solutions, at the forefront of the new technology developments, WTS just released the next generation of smart GPS models: Trax G+. Top of the line is Trax G+ 4G, one of the first 4G LTE-M personal GPS tracker commercially available on the market. From real time monitoring of UAV’s critical missions, to safeguarding vulnerable people, being the central hub in “datatainment” solutions for global sports events or improving logistic efficiency, WTS offers a wealth of experience.  All services and products are developed by WTS in Sweden, with a strong team of developers and management with over 25 years of relevant B2B, telecom and IoT experience.

Fon is a WiFi provider. It is Driven by a community WiFi approach, and through strategic partnerships with telecommunication companies and WiFi providers including British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom Group, SFR, SoftBank, Telstra, KPN, Proximus, Vodafone, Virgin Media, and The Cloud, we have created a globally connected WiFi network.

Real Time Content, Inc. enables advertisers and publishers to create personalized online video advertising campaigns.  Its proprietary Adaptive Media platform creates customized video messaging based on individual customer profiles and feedback.

Blackstar Amplification Limited, a UK-based designer and manufacturer of innovative guitar amplifiers and effects pedals. Blackstar Amplification is based in Northampton, England. The company's four founding directors are all musicians and have over 50 years combined experience in guitar amplification design and production.

Location Labs provides mobile security solutions for people worldwide.  The company offers Phone Controls which provides anti-virus and cloud-based backup solutions for protecting people who carry phones, including kids, families, and individuals; Locator that enables users to see where important people are on a map, get automatic location alerts, and keep track of where they have been; and Drive Safe that locks the phone automatically when it is moving.  The company also offers Sparkle, a mobile platform that enables its users to manage analytics, MDM, and enhanced location remotely in the cloud.  Location Labs was founded in 2000 and is based in Emeryville, California.

As experts in broadcast and real-time data transport, Digital Fountain software optimizes the delivery of digital media over any network. Their technology eliminates the common limitations associated with digital media distribution solutions over both private and public networks, maximizing their customers' existing infrastructure investments, and enabling expanded revenue opportunities.

New Global Telecom has been an innovator in building state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure and networks in Latin American and Asian countries. Historically New Global Telecom’s business has been building direct networks and selling international telecommunications services to Tier I carriers in the U.S. and other markets. New Global Telecom now sells more than 90 million minutes each month to inter-exchange carriers in the U.S., Asia, Europe and South America. In addition, New Global Telecom has capitalized on in-house experience to offer a host of complimentary telecommunications management services to help emerging and dominant carriers maintain their market position in today’s rapidly changing and dynamic marketplace. Currently, New Global Telecom is a fully integrated global communications provider offering retail and wholesale internet, data and switched voice services. New Global Telecom is poised to be one of the first telecommunications companies to deploy a truly converged network in emerging global markets.

DecisionPoint Applications designs, develops, deploys, and maintains enterprise mobile computing solutions that connects its users’ workforces to one another and their enterprise systems. It provides solutions that enhances customer satisfaction and accelerates their businesses growth. The company serves operation managers, executives, information workers, IT managers, financial managers, and consumers. It offers its users with solutions such as mobile retail, mobile field service management, mobile merchandising, and warehouse solutions. The services of the company include mobile design, development, deployment, and mobile care support. The company serves industries such as retail, transportation, field service, delivery, and warehousing. The clients of the company are COACH, MOHAWK, WILLIAMS-SANOMA, AVIS, AIRMARK, and Pitney Bowes. DecisionPoint is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2000 and the company was acquired by Teradata on November 30, 2005.

BT provides communications services to consumer and business sectors worldwide. The company operates in segments such as global services, business, consumer, wholesale, openreach, and more. It offers managed networked IT and consulting services to corporate and public sector customers such as Internet protocol (IP), Ethernet, and virtual private network services; firewalls, web security, intrusion prevention, and threat monitoring services; collaboration services; contact center services; telehousing and colocation services; and consulting, integration, and managed services. The company’s BT Business segment provides fixed-voice, broadband, mobility, networking, and IT services; fire and security alarm signaling services, surveillance networks, and control room services; directory enquiries, phone book, operator services, and call handling for the emergency services; and public, private, and managed payphone services to business customers. The consumer segment offers fixed-voice, broadband, and TV services; sports content; online storage and on-the-go access to data and photos; parental controls; and Wi-Fi services. Its wholesale segment provides a range of broadband, data connectivity, voice, IP exchange, hosted communications, and media and broadcast services as well as managed solutions for broadband and TV providers, and broadcasters. The company’s openreach segment provides fiber broadband, passive infrastructure access, wholesale line rental, local loop unbundling, Ethernet, passive infrastructure access, and mobile infill infrastructure solution services as well as products that connect exchanges to communications providers’ networks. BT also retails technology equipment; and provides systems integration, fleet management, and payment services as well as audio, video, and web conferencing, and collaboration services. BT Group plc was incorporated in 2001 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

<div> BT Group is a telecommunications company based in the UK, providing fixed and mobile telecommunications services, as well as secure digital products and solutions. The company operates through three main customer-facing units: Business, which serves companies and public services in the UK and internationally; Consumer, catering to individuals and families in the UK; and Openreach, an independently governed subsidiary that wholesales fixed access infrastructure services to over 650 communications providers across the UK. BT Group's key offerings include broadband internet, mobile services, and digital products. The company has been making significant investments in expanding its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network, reaching 12 million premises by September 2023 and aiming to accelerate the build rate further. BT Group has seen strong customer demand for FTTP, with a 33% take-up rate and net additions of 364,000 FTTP customers in the second quarter of the 2023/24 fiscal year. In the consumer segment, BT Group has focused on converged products and services, launching 'New EE' in October 2023 with a modern digital platform. The company's 5G base grew by 42% year-over-year to 9.9 million customers as of September 2023. BT Group has also been pursuing cost transformation initiatives, achieving gross annualized cost savings of GBP 2.5 billion since April 2020 against a GBP 3 billion target. In May 2022, BT Group agreed to form a 50:50 joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery to create a new premium sports offering for the UK and Ireland, combining BT Sport and Eurosport UK's sports content portfolios. This strategic move aimed to deliver operational efficiencies and enhance the sports offering for customers. BT Group has a diverse customer base spanning various industries, including key customers such as Warner Bros. Discovery, with whom it formed the premium sports joint venture. The company has also entered into notable partnerships, such as distribution agreements with Sky and Warner Bros. Discovery, to ensure the widespread availability of its sports content. Through its Business unit, BT Group serves companies and public services both in the UK and internationally, catering to a wide range of sectors. The company's focus on converged products and digital solutions has enabled it to establish partnerships and collaborations with various businesses across different industries. </div>

BT profit sags as sales offset cost control progress

Technologies bringing about a new reality

Extended Reality

Companies developing XR headsets and relevant sub-components (displays, sensors, and processors). Also includes complementary XR hardware (tracking devices, haptic vests, and gloves)

Companies offering engines that enable the development of AR/VR content, also includes companies offering capabilities to capture and create 3D images for immersive environments

Companies offering AR/VR solutions or toolkits for specific industry applications, including VR game developers

Companies offering location-based AR/VR experiences

BT launches location-based XR experience in partnership with Immersive Interactive

XR and MEP (Q2 2023): Apple's Vision Pro fuels XR's cautious comeback as metaverse plummets

BT Immersive Spaces uses cameras, HD projectors, and 360° content to create interactive environments, offering a library of 3,000+ computer-generated scenarios, games, and training experiences

Location-based AR/VR

BT Immersive Spaces

Edge Computing

BT partners with AWS to offer edge computing services to its customers

Google Cloud

BT and Google Cloud have partnered to enhance cybersecurity innovation, with BT becoming a managed services delivery partner for Google's Autonomic Security Operations (ASO) based on Google Chronicle.

AI-based solutions for evolving digital threats

Next-gen Cybersecurity

Companies that support businesses with AI-based cybersecurity platforms and human resources for 24/7 threat monitoring and response.

SAP SDX enables BT to collect, trace and share carbon data across its own supplier base, providing unparalleled visibility into the carbon footprint of its business products and services.

New technology allows individuals and organizations to become carbon intelligent

Carbon Management Software

Pure-play software solutions that measure, monitor, analyze, and report carbon footprints of internal business operations including ESG management and reporting software. Excludes supply chain and other Scope 3 carbon intelligence solutions.

Amazon

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has partnered with BT to launch a new Wavelength Zone location in Manchester, UK. Wavelength Zones enable AWS compute and storage services to be embedded at the edge of 5G networks, providing low-latency access to cloud services in nearby AWS Regions.

A new generation for mobile connectivity with 5G and beyond

Next-gen Mobile Networks

Companies that are developing technology and solutions which are used to improve existing network range or efficiency; also includes companies looking to build next generation networks themselves

Amazon Web Services

AWS partnered with British Telecom (BT) to offer 5G- and 4G-enabled mobile edge computing services to UK business customers.

The partnership will see BT combining its networking infrastructure with AWS Wavelength, AWS’ 5G edge computing infrastructure, to enable enterprises to build low-latency products, services, and applications across a number of use cases such as policing, crowd management, healthcare, and security. The partnership also will include the launch of a new AWS Wavelength Zone in Manchester, which will offer edge computing services within a 100-kilometer radius (including cities such as Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, and Blackpool). The companies also plan to roll out AWS Wavelength to enterprise customers across the UK.

Generating, collecting, and analyzing enterprise data will never be the same.

Companies that provide software to enable users to run their applications at the edge.

Tata Consultancy Services

BT Group enters into a new partnership with Tata Consultancy Services for its Digital Unit that will transform the business’ approach to its legacy IT estate as part of its modernisation and simplification programme.

Distributed

Platforms that offer expertise related to web, mobile and software development with freelance developers fluent across major programming languages.


Work with BT to transform network infrastructure to create a sustainable, resilient and secure platform featuring a highly automated and data-driven managed service.

Companies that provide next-generation solutions for enterprises to protect endpoint devices such as computers, mobile devices, servers, and other connected enterprise devices.

Oracle

The solution will enable BT to quickly and seamlessly test and implement 5G services—such as live streaming and zero-rated 5G content—across its EE mobile network.

Companies developing next-generation software solutions for mobile service providers to manage cloud infrastructure and network services

Microsoft

The partnership will provide users of BT-managed Microsoft business services with better customer experiences by integrating their Microsoft applications with better connectivity and cyber security.

Companies that provide platforms and technologies to protect enterprise data and infrastructure in the cloud from internal and external threats.

Safe Security

Provides solutions for insurers/brokers to obtain an overview of security health and risk exposure for potential and existing clients

Syngenta

BT will support Syngenta's requirements for flexible and adaptable consumption of services covering advanced networking, connectivity and security solutions

Acronis

To provide BT's small business and home office customers with an integrated cyber protection solution that combines advanced backup and anti-malware capabilities to defend against the rising threat of cyberattacks.

Companies that provide AI-based tools to monitor an organization’s entire infrastructure to identify threats, provide tools for incident investigations, and help automate remediation tasks.

Samsung Electronics

BT Sport team up to broadcast 8K live football match.

Dell

BT adds Dell EMC Virtual Edge Platform portfolio of on-premises systems to its Dynamic Network Services offering multinational customers more choices and making network access and services simpler, faster

Alphabet

Google Stadia has partnered with telecom firm BT in order to deliver its game streaming services to UK customers.

Hitachi

The partnership is to co-create innovative solutions in the area of industrial and enterprise internet of things (IoT).

Using data and automation to achieve 24/7 production.

Smart Factory

Companies that provide predictive maintenance as a primary offering. 

BT and Dell EMC team up to research flexible software defined networks. The research collaboration is dedicated to validating a new way of managing network traffic.

BT

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