Google Cloud Interconnect & Colt

Establish a fast and reliable dedicated network connection from your premises to your Google Cloud through our interconnect service

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Secure and reliable connectivity to the Google Cloud

Reduce network costs, increase bandwidth throughout and provide a more consistent network experience by privately connecting your data-centre, office or co-location environment with our direct connect service with Google cloud.

Colt is a trusted Google Cloud Interconnect partner, we provide Ethernet connectivity services (with an option managed router add-on) to the Direct Connect private network access points and seamless integrations of Google Cloud Interconnect into our SD WAN and IP VPN network solutions.

With our cloud connectivity solutions, customers can choose to connect to a single cloud provider (point-to-cloud), or to multiple cloud providers (point-to-multi-cloud). Our solutions also support cloud-to-cloud connectivity options.

Colt Dedicated Cloud Access service is also available On Demand to disrupt and transform the users experience. Thanks to SDN technology, our customers benefit from real-time ordering, provisioning and service flexing through a self-serving portal.

Why choose Colt as your connect to cloud partner?

  • Enhanced Security

    The traffic between any enterprise site and Direct connect access Point of Presence is routes entirely across the Colt network, so that customers can be assured that their mission critical traffic is safe in our hands

  • Better Resilience

    Colt's award-winning network services are provided with a high degree of resilience. Moreover, customers have a number of enhanced configuration options for Disaster Recovery and High Availability purposes.

  • Faster Performance

    Colt operates one of the lowest latency networks in Europe and Asia, so data is routed over the lowest-latency paths to the AWS cloud, to create the most seamless performance possible.

  • Predictable Experience

    Making your traffic independent of the internet means that your customers and your business users can enjoy consistent performance from your apps, without drops in performance that are out of your control

  • Award Winning Customer Service

    Our customer service is backed up by some of the best Net Promoter Scores in the industry. Colt is also your single partner, there is no need for multiple suppliers and various network contracts allowing you to have the best experience possible.

  • Hybrid Cloud Solutions

    Through the use of Colt’s Dedicated Cloud Access (DCA) offering powered by The Colt IQ Network, Colt will be able to give customers a hybrid cloud networking experience that provides increased resilience, low latency and access to their core applications securely.

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Google Cloud Interconnect & Colt Explained

  • Colt cloud connectivity services include point-to-cloud and point-to-multi-cloud Ethernet cloud connectivity for customers who want to connect to a single customer site. Customers can also choose an optional ‘managed router’ add-on. For multi-site solutions, Colt SD WAN Multi-Cloud and Colt IP VPN enable direct, reliable and secure connectivity from branch sites to cloud service providers. These solutions also support cloud-to-cloud connectivity.

    Colt supports both Google Cloud Interconnect Partner and Google Cloud Interconnect Dedicated.

    – Partner port supports sub 100Gbps bandwidth services. Colt DCA service is delivered including the cross connect towards the Google port
    – Dedicated port supports bandwidth up to 10Gbps and is fully delivered on request with a cross connect to Google that is dedicated to you.

  • Google separates access points (“PoP”) from the Data Centres (“regions”) in which the services are housed.

    Colt can provide direct fibre based connectivity into the majority of Google’s PoPs in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, which simplifies speeds provisioning, and provides optimum traffic routes for customers. Moreover, Colt addresses your business locations with connections into 212 cities globally. More than 29,000 direct fibre connected buildings and 900+ third party data centres. With Colt’s worldwide connectivity network, we ease the way to connect your network into the cloud.

  • Easily manage your access bandwidth, connections and pricing on-demand with our easy to use customer portal

    Colt is your single partner – there is no need for multiple suppliers and various network contracts

    Our service level agreement provides targets for service delivery, availability and time to settle payments – all supported by competitive guarantees.

    Our award-winning customer service is backed up by some of the best Net Promoter Scores in the industry

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