BT's Adastral Park technology and research campus (based near Ipswich) is home to a new higher education ICT training institute named after computing pioneer Tommy Flowers (pictured).
The institute will focus on bringing ICT sector organisations together with academic researchers to solve some of the challenges facing UK businesses, exploring areas such as cyber security, Big Data, autonomics and converged networks.
Dr Tim Whitley, Head of Research for BT and MD of Adastral Park, said: "This institute will bridge the gap between industrial research and the fantastic talent that exists in the academic sector.
"It's appropriate that it is named after Tommy Flowers, a true pioneer of computing and communications technology, who brought together the best of industry and academia to create the world's first Electronic Programmable Computer."