Bluefield

Bluefield was a website created by Cable & Wireless Global to serve the SME (small/medium enterprise) market. Initially, the site sold dedicated Windows 2000 servers on Cable & Wireless’ internet backbone. More services were added later on, including dedicated firewalls and internet access. Bluefield was eventually decommissioned when Cable & Wireless completed its acquisitions of hosting companies Exodus and Digital Island.

I was “Web Czar” (this was my real title!) in the Bluefield project, and had the great pleasure to work with very professional folks both inside and outside of CW. Here are some screenshots of the site just before it got pulled:

Select your location (114k)

Bluefield was available in three geographies: the US, the UK, and continental Europe. Two languages were used (US and UK English), although there were plans underway to serve continental Europe in various languages.

Bluefield US homepage (174k)

Bluefield UK homepage (168k)

Note the simpler interface on the UK page. This is due to the fact that there were less services offered in the UK site; the platform allowed full personalization in order to simplify site management.

Hosting services page (131k)