Colt enterprise cloud - a VMware vCloud Datacenter service

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A leading partnership. An enterprise-class cloud delivered.

Colt is the first European-based partner selected by VMware®, the market leader in virtualisation, to deliver a VMware vCloud™ Datacenter service. A key element of our enterprise cloud portfolio, this service gives you enterprise-class access to on-demand or long-term virtualised resources. We take care of infrastructure performance while you retain full control of your data and applications.

Benefits at a glance

  • Respond to change faster: get ready-to-use resources on demand and scale back when they're no longer required
  • Stay in control: decide what moves in and out of Colt’s data centres, and know where your data is at all times
  • Get the infrastructure you need: rely on Colt to combine VMware virtualisation with high-speed networking and management expertise
  • Build on your existing investment: extend your VMware virtualised environment into the cloud for the short or long term, without spending capital

The problem

Having already invested in VMware virtualisation, you'll be well aware of its advantages for easy application deployment, improved application uptime and cost-efficiency. But even with a virtualised environment, it can be a challenge to meet changing business requirements quickly enough — especially if your data centre is already operating at full capacity or you don't want to incur further capital expenditure.

Perhaps you've considered extending your virtualised infrastructure with a public or off-premises cloud solution, but have been discouraged by concerns about security, control and compatibility.

  • Has the lack of application portability and interoperability across private and public clouds outweighed the potential benefits of using traditional public cloud offerings?
  • Does the 'one-size-fits-all' approach taken by some public cloud vendors fail to meet your needs for predictable performance or physically separate resources?
  • Do you have concerns about performance levels when a public cloud vendor doesn't own and control the network?
  • Are you reluctant to delegate security and control measures as demanded by many cloud service providers?

The solution

Through our partnership with VMware, we provide an enterprise-class cloud service that enables you to extend or migrate your virtualised infrastructure to a Colt data centre.

Colt is the first European-based partner selected to deliver VMware's vCloud Datacenter service. It enables organisations to create a hybrid cloud between their dedicated VMware environment and securely provided Colt-managed infrastructure for on-demand scalability and increased operational efficiency.

The combination of VMware virtualisation and software expertise with our wholly owned network, secure data centres and expertise in IT managed services delivers a cloud service that gives you the control you're used to with your in-house solution, but delivered as a managed service with superior flexibility, scalability, security and operational efficiency.

The resources you need in minutes; literally

Colt's vCloud Datacenter service lets you respond efficiently to business needs. On-demand access to ready-to-use cloud infrastructure enables self-service provisioning of IT resources in minutes. And when you no longer need those extra resources, you simply scale back down.

Compatibility and interoperability

Organisations often struggle to move workloads from cloud to cloud; or must invest significant resources in rewriting applications to run on a public cloud's technology and infrastructure when it’s different from their own.

Because Colt’s vCloud Datacenter service is a VMware-certified solution, there are no worries about compatibility or portability. You can move computing workloads and virtual machines from your data centre or private cloud to and from our cloud with little or no reworking, using the same toolsets to manage both environments.

Performance guaranteed

It's hard to achieve high levels of service if you separate cloud-based services from the network. By bringing VMware's vCloud Datacenter together with our expertise in IT infrastructure, networking, communication and managed services, we help deliver the performance your business demands, backed up by stringent service level agreements.

Security you can be sure of

Security is built into the VMware cloud infrastructure technology, including virtualisation- and application-aware firewall capabilities, Layer 2 isolation, role-based access controls and Active Directory integration.

Both the VMware solution and Colt's data centres ensure multi-level security through compliance with the ISO 27001 standard for information security management.

Choice of service models

We offer a choice of subscription-based models for workloads that require predictable performance or physical segregation; and a 'pay-as-you-go' service that lets you scale your cloud use up and down in line with dynamically changing needs. You only ever pay for what you use.

You're always in the driving seat

We know how important it is for you to stay in control. It’s your data and applications and you need to know where they are to meet regulatory requirements. So Colt’s enterprise vCloud Datacenter service gives you the best of both worlds: a self-service provisioning model for end users, combined with the ability to move workloads (vApps) from your own data centre to our cloud (and back) with your security policies intact, control access to the service using your existing identity management systems, and maintain security and compliance policies with comprehensive audit logs.

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