BTI Systems Opens European Headquarters in Northern Ireland
In a strategic move to expand its presence in the EMEA region, BTI Systems announced today the establishment of a new office in Belfast, Northern Ireland. BTI Systems, a global supplier of Intelligent Service Edge solutions for the delivery of multiprotocol services, plans to invest £6.7 million over the next three years to build a regional hub and software center of excellence in Belfast.
BTI’s Belfast headquarters will be the company’s primary operation in Europe and will enable BTI to continue its rapid growth in the EMEA region. This project is the culmination of over 12 months of collaboration with Invest Northern Ireland and will provide high value career opportunities and contribute to Northern Ireland’s growing information and communications technology (ICT) sector.
“We are delighted to welcome BTI Systems’ European headquarters and software centre of excellence to Northern Ireland,” said Leslie Morrison, Chief Executive of Invest Northern Ireland, the region’s main economic development agency. “BTI is the latest in the growing ranks of technology firms which have discovered that Northern Ireland’s highly skilled workforce and superb infrastructure combine to offer a great location for growing their businesses.”
BTI has been active in the region for several years, working with value added partners, as well as carriers, service providers and enterprises across EMEA to deliver total end-to-end voice, data and video networking solutions which enhance profitability and competitive advantages.
“Our Belfast headquarters will bring BTI Systems closer to new and existing customers and partners and enable us to continue our rapid growth in the EMEA region,” said Gregory Koss, Chairman and CEO, BTI Systems. “Northern Ireland offers many advantages as a regional hub. BTI plans to leverage the local talent pool to grow the company’s software development expertise, expand global footprint, and continue to deliver best-in-class technologies and solutions to the European, Middle Eastern, and African markets.”
About BTI Systems
BTI Systems addresses increasing demand for Ethernet services, greater transport capacity, dynamic networking, and management simplicity in service provider and enterprise networks. Expanding the capacity of a single fiber up to 320Gbps, BTI’s Intelligent Services Edge solutions provide wavelength and packet-level delivery of high capacity services such as video, storage, wired data, wireless data and voice, and media to the network edge. Incorporating state-of-the-art technology BTI products have an ultra-compact design and are engineered for very low power consumption to reduce carbon footprint in central offices and data centers. The BTI portfolio consists of The BTI 7000 Packet Optical Edge, the BTI 700 Ethernet Access, and the Netstender Series. Key transport capabilities including CWDM/DWDM, optical multiplexing, amplification, dispersion compensation, software-provisionable multiprotocol client service interfaces, and packet-switching. End-to-end management of the BTI Network is provided by the proNX™ Management Suite. For more information, visit www.btisystems.com.
