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Earlier this month, Colt attended and participated as a Platinum Sponsor at Oracle Open World Europe (OOW) in London. This annual event is one of…

New research has found that security remains at the top of IT priority lists in 2020, followed by adding Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning…

Colt Technology Services has today announced that the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) is using its Dedicated Cloud Access (DCA) offering for the first time in 2020.

A smooth transition to digital content for one of the world’s largest public film festivals Berlinale

The uncertainty around inbound voice traffic won’t ever go away, but these steps will help keep inbound call costs well under control.

To facilitate the on-going cloud migrations of enterprises globally, Colt now provides high bandwidth, on-demand connectivity to Oracle Cloud.

Keri Gilder, Chief Commercial Officer for Colt Technology Services, reflects on Colt’s week at PTC and how a Hawaiian legend can inspire her team.

Colt is continuing to expand its Voice proposition, allowing growing enterprises to seamlessly extend their organisation across borders, all while benefiting from a consistent, high-quality customer experience.

Louisa Gregory, Chief of Staff and VP, Inclusion and Diversity, talks about the devastating Australian Bushfires, and the social responsibility that every business and every individual has to ensuring a viable future for the next generation and the one after that.

Colt has succeeded in reducing latency between Tokyo and Hong Kong stock exchanges substantially, realising the fastest connectivity between these two regions.

Colt ended 2019 on a high with industry leading Net Promoter Scores (NPS) of 64 points in Europe – a record for the business – and 26 in Asia.

Joining from ADVA, Annette Geuther has a wealth of experience across the industry as well as a solid understanding of technologies such as 5G, Edge Computing, SDN and NFV.

The expansion of Colt’s Azure ExpressRoute footprint will benefit both SAP customers migrating their on-premises environments to the cloud and customers who require higher resiliency into Azure.

Colt is continuing to invest in its Colt IQ Network, further densifying its offering in London and nearing completion of the fibre build-outs in Eastern Europe, Dublin and Berlin.

12- 13 February 2020

Oracle Open World Europe is part of Oracle’s global series of Oracle Open World events with an expected 7000 attendees.

As 2020 and a new decade begin, Mark Gilmour, Head of Mobile Connectivity Solutions, reflects on what the last ten years has meant for mobile connectivity and looks forward to what’s next.

The Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) industry has realised the importance of Inclusion and Diversity in organisations.

Last week, Colt joined The Girls’ Network at their end-of-year event to celebrate a year of partnership and to inspire girls to consider a career in tech.

It’s pegged as the most magical time of the year, but for many, Christmas time can be tough. Louisa Gregory discusses loneliness at Christmas and shares the importance of connecting with people around you.

This year has been a busy and exciting one for Colt. We can’t quite believe 2019 is already ending, and we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on what the last twelve months have seen Colt achieve.

Melanie Halsey, EVP HR at Colt introduces the organisation’s new inclusive family leave policy for all its employees across the world.

Colt connects to Alibaba Cloud in Asia to support businesses in their cloud based digital transformation strategies

Today is International Day of People with Disabilities and I want to share a story about my maternal grandmother. My siblings and I called her…

It’s complicated – the idea that groups established to champion diversity can instead be the opposite. Women’s groups, in particular, have long been accused of…

Last week Colt won five awards at the 2019 MEF Awards evening, picking up the prizes for; Europe – Network & Service Innovation, Europe – Retail Service Provider of the Year, Europe – Wholesale Service Provider of the Year, LSO Leadership in partnership with AT&T and Enterprise Application – Advertising.

Throughout October, students at Colt-partnered schools were invited to take part in a Halloween themed story competition run by Night Zookeeper. The theme of the…

The months of October and November see many nations celebrating major holidays and festivals. Louisa Gregory reflects on the season of togetherness.

As enterprises seek to respond to the challenges and the opportunities presented by the digital economy, the move to multicloud architectures is gathering pace.

Despite the 2019 Colt Charity Bike Ride coming to a close in September, participants have still been working hard to raise as much money as possible for the children’s charities the ride supports.

November means many things. The temperature drops, the days get shorter, and many men start sporting moustaches – where they previously had bald upper lips.

The increasing trend of businesses moving workloads to the cloud is nothing new –but planning the migration is complex and connectivity should be a key consideration if the migration is to be successful.

The launch of Microsoft Azure Peering Service as part of Colt IP Access addresses many of the typical challenges experienced by users connecting to the cloud over public Internet.

Celebrated each November, the aim of International Men’s Day is to celebrate positive male role models and the positive impact that they have on their…

To power the on-going digital evolution of global enterprises, Colt will now enable them to provision high bandwidth, premium Internet on-demand.

Gary Carr has been named Colt’s CFO, bringing 23 years’ leadership experience across the telecommunications, IT and financial services sectors.

Last week I had the great privilege to participate in a few different sessions as part of the Capacity Europe event held in London –…

At last week’s 15th Annual Global Carrier Awards, Colt collected trophies in two categories; Best SDN/NFV Deployment and Best Cloud Innovation.

What do businesses want from service providers? It’s a question we’re continually trying to answer because we aim to not simply meet, but exceed our…

The growth of cloud connectivity via public internet has shown no sign of abating, driven by continued growth in adoption of SaaS and SD WAN deployment on enterprise networks.

November 20-21, 2019

Google Next is where we can all come together in the same space to share big ideas and actively make the cloud stronger.

To continue to support organisations’ on-going cloud migrations, Colt is deepening its collaboration with Microsoft becoming a partner of its Microsoft Azure Peering Service and Azure Networking Managed Service Provider programmes.

Next week Colt will be in Barcelona for the annual Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo and once again it promises to be a great event. The theme…

Last week, Google announced the launch of the Cloud Pathfinder for Google Cloud app that enables enterprises to find the best connectivity route to Google Cloud from any on net building or data centre worldwide.

Colt is further investing in its Colt IQ Network, ensuring it remains ready to power organisations’ digital transformations – both today and in the future.

Last week, Colt walked away from the Network Transformation Awards Gala Dinner with both awards it was nominated for; Operator Award – SD WAN Service…

21st November, London

Are women’s networks too insular? How can we make them more inclusive? Should men be encouraged to join? Should women only networks be replaced by diversity networks? It’s time for a lively debate!

1-3 December, Birmingham

UKISUG Connect is three days of education and knowledge rich content for you to take in and share with your colleagues and revolutionise how your organisation runs SAP.

Louisa Gregory, Chief of Staff, discusses empowerment and influence in leadership. Really how powerful is ultimate decision making versus influence?

All over the world, cities are growing at unprecedented scale and this brings a new set of challenges; from space management to mobility, resources, public…

Insight Hub Building a network to support the Internet of Things How billions of connected devices will change the shape of networks Connected devices will…

Recently, Colt attended the Microsoft Future Decoded event in London. Tim Cook, Director – Sales Specialist Voice reflects on the event and the role of Unified Communications in today’s workplace.

For SAP customers there’s an upcoming deadline that could accelerate their decision to migrate their on-premise ERP systems to the cloud.

Colt has re-affirmed its claim to be a best-in-class service provider by gaining compliance to the new ISO 20000-1:2018 certification for service management. ISO 20000…

Walk through the door of any Welkin & Meraki serviced office building and it feels like you’ve stepped inside a five-star hotel. A welcoming, beautifully…

Why does the modern network need an evolution to universal CPE? What benefits does shifting to Virtual Network Functions represent? And how do combining technologies with uCPE lead to a software defined edge?

uCPE (or Universal Customer Premise equipment), is a general purpose platform that integrates compute, storage and networking on a commodity, off-the-shelf server, allowing it to provide network services (such as SD WAN, firewall etc.) as virtual functions to any site on a network. uCPE is the equivalent of a “Cloud for network services”, but at the customer premise.

Colt Technology Services has announced its enhanced universal customer premises equipment (uCPE) solution, which brings the benefits of Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) to enterprises.

October 28-31, London
As the largest carrier event in Europe, Capacity Europe is the unmissable annual meeting for carriers, data centres, IXPs, ISPs, cloud & content providers and infrastructure vendors.

As the market leader, SAP is moving customers towards the cloud and, by 2025 all SAP on-premise databases will need be migrated towards cloud-based solutions.

In the domain of customer experience, digital reigns supreme.  There is not minute that goes by without another start up slipping into my inbox with…

View on demand: 5 Pitfalls of cloud deployment – and how to avoid them With more than 75% of enterprises running at least one application…

Last week I was privileged enough to attend the first-ever Global Women in Telco and Tech Awards, which was hosted by Capacity Media. The event…

CEO Carl Grivner reflects on the success of Colt’s eighth Annual Charity Bike Ride.

Yasutaka Mizutani has been named as the organisations new CMO, bringing his wealth of experience at Colt to the position.

Colt Technology Services has today announced that Colt Online, Colt’s user-friendly online tool for Colt customers and partners, is now available for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

Colt has consolidated its position on the Vertical Systems Global Ethernet Leaderboard, holding second spot thanks to continued network expansion and customer growth in Europe, Asia…

This year’s ride will see more than 130 Colt employees cycling 540 kilometres over four days, across Germany and Austria, to help vulnerable children. Berlin,…

An experienced HR professional, Suchitra Rajendra will be responsible for not only the region’s HR but also championing Colt India’s operations and aligning them to…

Hitachi, Ltd., founded in 1910, implements Colt IP Access and Colt IP Guardian to create a secure and stable Internet environment.

With the average cost of a data breach reaching $3.92 million, and DDoS attacks increasing by 967% this year alone, there’s never been a more important time to secure your network.

November 3-7, Barcelona

A truly digital society cannot happen unless backed by the right connectivity, and the Colt IQ Network connects over 27,500 buildings and more than 900 data centres around the world.

What is the importance of cloud computing? What is cloud computing? Cloud computing is simply the delivery of on-demand services, from using computer applications to…

1st-2nd October, 2019

Please join Colt at stand 35 to come and learn more about our valuable partnership with Microsoft, and how together we can enable customers with their intelligent communications and digital transformation goals.

Customer experience is fast becoming a differentiator for many businesses, at Colt for example our vision is to be the most customer oriented business in…

Colt Technology Services today announced that it will enable enterprises direct, on-demand connections to Google Cloud globally.

Hitachi Systems, an IT service provider that builds enterprise systems of all sizes for broad industries, selects Colt Ethernet Line.

Colt Technology Services has today announced that it will further extend its presence in Japan by expanding the Colt IQ Network to Kyoto and Kobe.

16-19 September 2019


Meet Colt at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco to discover how cloud computing connectivity will power digital transformations of the future

Over the past year, we have been working with Night Zookeeper and are delighted at the progress we have made during this time. Night Zookeeper…

This quarter we reported an NPS of 52 – which equals the highest NPS we have achieved as a business. Based on Satmetrix ‘Telecommunications 2018 B2B Benchmark’ this puts us firmly in industry leading territory.

Watch the webinar on SD WAN uCPE: Revolutionising the Network Edge with Colt Now Available On Demand Join us for the 3rd instalment in our…

Watch the Colt webinar on SD WAN: What’s the reality and how can it work for me? Now Available On Demand SD WAN is one…

The Future Workplace: Your migration to Intelligent Communications with Colt How valuable is your time? If you could get back an hour in your diary…

SD WAN: After the hype, how to implement it in your business Date: Wednesday 15th May Time: 3:30pm BST Having started our SD WAN approach in 2015,…

Over-the-top (OTT) has officially gone mainstream. With the global market value of OTT expected to rise to €128 billion by 2022, businesses need to keep up with unprecedented levels of bandwidth demand.

The Illuminated River Project is an ambitious, public art commission which involves lighting up 15 bridges on the River Thames.

Machine learning is defined as the application of artificial intelligence (AI) that provides systems the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being…

28th August 2019

We are proud to launch Colt’s Armed Forces Career Transition (ACT) Programme with an interactive, engaging event. Service leavers from across the UK will be coming together to gain an insight into a career in technology and what it can offer, in a fun, informal environment.

Last month I joined over 7,000 people from close to 2,000 companies, get together in Atlanta, Georgia (which I personally dubbed ‘Hot-lanta’ due to the…

On the 27 June, I attended the Women in Sales Summit 2019 event at the ExCel in London where I was part of a panel…

The partnership signals Colt’s increased and growing coverage in Central and Eastern Europe  London, UK, 02 July 2019 – Colt Technology Services has today announced…

When did you last think about what happens under a manhole cover? Under these, Colt connects businesses so they can access cloud services, send emails,…

The industry is getting ever closer to frictionless networking and Colt, along with collaborators – AT&T, the GLF and MEF – is leading the charge.

The companies have been working together to implement MEF’s groundbreaking APIs, allowing for seamless ordering of Ethernet connections London and Dallas, June 24, 2019 —…

This week it was announced that Colt, in partnership with SIA, has been awarded the ability to provide connectivity to the ESMIG interface (Eurosystem Single…

Last week, Colt was named the “Cloud Change Agent of the Year” winner at Ingram Micro’s 2019 UK Cloud Summit in London. Colt was recognised…

The Sibiu International Marathon is the largest charity running event in Romania and all about being part of the community and supporting local causes. This…

For this major international provider of insurance services, reliable, high-quality connectivity is critical — and increasingly so as it pursues a strategy of migration to…

It’s been a whirlwind few months since I joined Colt, particularly in the last month with speaking assignments at three big events on the future…