Geidre Kaminskaite Salters

Baltic Data Center (BDC) is the leading data center and outsourced IT services provider in the Baltic States. The company is a part of TEO Group, the largest provider of integrated telecommunications, IT and digital TV services in Lithuania, with consolidated annual revenue of EUR 236 million and net profit of EUR 49 million (2009). TEO Group is majority (more than 60%) owned by the Nordic and Baltic telecommunications leader TeliaSonera. TEO Group has more than 3000 employees, whereof more than 180 are employed by Baltic Data Center. BDC provides full IT services package that enables enterprise customers to outsource all their IT operations to one IT service provider. Their service package covers data center services, digital workplaces services, business application services and professional services. BDC currently operates six data centers in Vilnius, Lithuania that meet the highest international requirements of security and reliability. BDC became the first company in data center services sector in the Baltic States to receive the international certificate of compliance with the ISO/IEC 27001 standard. BDC customers are the largest Lithuanian and multinational enterprise companies from telecommunications, financial services, retail, manufacturing, and other industries. The company provides its services in seven countries - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Denmark and Japan. BDC activities are based on thoroughly selected IT service portfolio, which enables them not only to assist the customers in planning and implementing IT systems and processes, but also to create and provide more effective services in conformity with the Customers' needs. Besides, they can provide their Customers with the additional value, which arises in a process of close cooperation with the main hardware and software providers. BDC is one of a few IT services providers that adopted build - design - operate methodology in order to provide the highest quality of outsourced IT services. Company is experienced in service provision both locally and internationally. Currently they operate in six European countries. New business models require fast implementation of new effective technologies.

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