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Spectrum Telecoms joins COLT’s new Partner Programme
COLT, a leading European provider of business communications, today announced a new reseller agreement with communications specialist Spectrum Telecoms. Under the terms of the reseller agreement, Spectrum will promote COLT’s full portfolio of voice and data products. Founded in 1996 to bring fixed and mobile services to business customers, Spectrum provides a broad range of…
COLT upgrades next generation network across Europe
COLT, a leading European provider of business communications, has completed the first phase of the upgrade of its long distance network across Europe. The network carries COLT’s voice and data services between its metropolitan area networks in 34 major European cities and enables COLT’s market-leading Ethernet services for its customers. The enhanced network is already…
COLT launches its 2009 European Partner of the Year Awards
COLT, a leading European provider of business communications, today announced the launch of its 2009 European Partner of the Year Awards. Now in its fourth year, the Partner of the Year scheme is designed to recognise and reward COLT’s top performing partners, both on a national and pan-European level. There are five categories for the…
COLT CIO survey: cost reduction driving shift to managed services and virtualisation
According to COLT’s latest survey of CIOs at large UK enterprises, reducing costs is overwhelmingly the key business priority for IT, closely followed by business transformation. These priorities are driving greater demand for managed services, with 63 per cent of survey respondents planning to use more third party managed services in the next year and…
COLT and KVH announce partnership to provide global financial trading system solutions
Speed is recognised as the key differentiator in today’s trading environment. The adoption of new algorithmic trading systems where computer-programmed algorithms react automatically to fluctuations in the market means low latency is even more critical. A delay in the network of just one millisecond will significantly influence the margins that financial institutions are trading at…
COLT launches Ethernet services for SMEs
COLT, a leading European provider of business communications, today announced that it has completed the deployment of new Ethernet technologies in Europe, providing SMEs with affordable and highly scalable Ethernet connection, up to 100mbps. The development in COLT’s portfolio is part of an ongoing programme to offer COLT-grade Ethernet services at any site size across…
COLT signs new multi-million Euro contract for managed data centre service
COLT, a leading European provider of business communications, today announced it has signed a new 10-year contract, with an annual value of several million Euros, to provide data centre and managed services to a major global financial institution. Specific details of the contract remain confidential. COLT will provide a purpose-built 1,000 square metre facility at…
COLT wins Ethernet Expo award for Service Provider of the Year – Best Product Portfolio
COLT, a leading European provider of business communications, has won Light Reading’s prestigious Ethernet Expo Europe award for ‘Service Provider of the Year – Best Product Portfolio’. The judges highlighted COLT’s broad range of Ethernet services and its rounded offer encompassing SME, Major Enterprise and Wholesale customer segments as key factors in its success. The…
COLT ramps up its managed services business
COLT, a leading European provider of business communications, has enhanced its capabilities with a dedicated managed services division to provide customers with dynamic yet secure and scalable IT services and solutions. Announced in September 2008 as part of its strategy to drive growth, the COLT Managed Services team is now actively providing innovative customer solutions…
COLT-grade Ethernet goes nationwide across the UK
COLT, a leading European provider of business communications, today announced that it has extended the reach of its Ethernet services right across the UK in response to fast growing demand from SMEs as well as large organisations for higher speed and lower cost data networks. This is part of an ongoing programme to extend the…
COLT connects gaming fans to the virtual world of AERIA Games
AERIA Games, a rapidly growing US-based provider of online free-to-play community games, has chosen COLT Managed Services as it expands into the European market. COLT is providing a security solution and ensuring optimal internet connectivity to support AERIA’s gaming applications. The COLT solution offers outstanding flexibility that will enable AERIA Games to offer European gamers…
COLT survey: improving efficiency tops the Finance IT agenda this year
According to COLT’s latest poll of leading investment banks, stock exchanges and market data providers in the UK, improving efficiency is the key priority for Finance IT professionals this year. When asked about their IT priorities for 2009, 100% of the respondents selected improving IT efficiency as a critical objective. Cutting costs, and security and…