What is Cloud Connect?

Home ❯ Page 2 | 15 min read What is Cloud Connect? IP connect, cloud connect, direct connect, dedicated interconnect, direct link, fast connect …… What does it all mean?!? 15 min read Explore our industry-leading cloud services On this page: Introduction History of Cloud Connect Connect via public internet Cloud prioritisation Direct Ethernet Optical…

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Colt’s Gender Pay Gap Report 2023

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By Rachel Collins, Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Colt   Colt remains steadfast in its commitment to equality, continuously striving to cultivate a workplace that champions diversity and inclusion. Recognising the significance of diverse perspectives in driving creativity and growth, our organisation has long aimed to improve gender balance at senior levels. While…

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What is a local breakout?

Home ❯ Page 2 | 15 min read What is a local internet breakout? How to better optimise your critical bandwidth and maintain performance of latency sensitive applications while still protecting sensitive traffic over a distributed network. 15 min read Explore our award-winning SD-WAN solution On this page: What are local breakouts? Key advantages Key…

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Colt awarded another A grade rating for Supplier Engagement from CDP

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For the second consecutive year, we are delighted to announce that Colt has achieved an A rating from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for collaboration with suppliers towards climate change. Focusing on improving supply chains makes a significant environmental impact and this award acts as a pledge for us to do more. The CDP assesses…

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How we’re enabling the growing financial markets in the Middle East

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More financial businesses than ever before are heading towards the Middle East. According to industry analysts S&P Global, “Global private equity and venture capital firms have increasingly been targeting the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as accelerating technology adoption and the shift from economic dependence on fossil fuels provide investment opportunities. “Deal value in the region…

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Hybrid working causes 139% increase in peak office bandwidth

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Hybrid work is having a major impact on network traffic in offices. The peak bandwidth at our London office (Colt House) jumped 139% from 2020, even with a 84% reduction in devices on the network. As more people head back into the office, IT managers and their teams need to consider the impact of new…

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Colt and Versa Networks mark milestone in delivering SD-WAN as a service for global customers

1000 SD WAN services remotely provisioned across 55 countries, cutting connection time for global customers from 90 minutes to 12 seconds Colt Technology Services, the digital infrastructure company, today marked a milestone with strategic partner Versa Networks, the global leader in AI/ML-powered Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN), in its commitment…

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The fastest business connection in central Berlin

Remote working is essential for more and more employees, whether on business trips, in smaller office spaces or to provide a healthy working environment. In addition data streams in offices are constantly increasing due to video conferencing or the use of cloud infrastructure and AI. This requires modern office spaces that can withstand everyday working…

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