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Colt announces expanded cloud offerings with Oracle FastConnect

London, UK, 30 October 2018Colt Technology Services a leading provider of agile, high bandwidth connectivity solutions and Silver level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced it will offer dedicated cloud connectivity services to Oracle Cloud through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect.

This relationship will allow customers to utilize Colt’s Dedicated Cloud Access (DCA) to offer highly secure and reliable private network connectivity to  Oracle Cloud. This means that organizations can establish public cloud connectivity from their data center, office or colocation environment, which helps drive cost efficiencies, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a low latency and more consistent network experience than Internet-based connections.

Customers will also benefit from reliable access to their cloud data and applications via the Colt IQ Network, which reaches more than 850 data centers and over 27,000 enterprise buildings globally, connected via Colt-owned fiber. This enables improved performance, enhanced control, flexibility, and scalability that can provide access to critical business data and functions.

“As more and more businesses turn to cloud service providers to power their digital transformations, security, availability and resiliency of the network are critical to today’s business operations,” said Peter Coppens, Vice President Product Portfolio, Colt Technology Services.

“It’s for this reason that we are delighted to be an Oracle FastConnect partner as part of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, to provide customers with a superior cloud networking experience that is vital for the fast-paced environment of today.”

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect enables enterprise cloud connectivity to Oracle Cloud. Connecting directly to the Oracle Cloud through Oracle FastConnect enables a fast, private connection to the industry’s broadest and most integrated cloud platform, with a complete range of services across Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).

Oracle Cloud offers complete SaaS application suites for ERP, HCM and CX, plus database Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service from data centers throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Organizations around the world are using Oracle Cloud to innovate faster, improve customer engagement, drive business-process efficiency, and accelerate digital transformation.

About Colt
Colt aims to be the leader in enabling customers’ digital transformation through agile and on-demand, high bandwidth solutions. The Colt IQ Network connects 850+ data centers across Europe, Asia and North America’s largest business hubs, with over 27,000 on net buildings and growing.

Colt has built its reputation on putting customers first. Customers include data intensive organisations spanning over 207 cities in more than 30 countries. Colt is a recognised innovator and pioneer in Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Function Virtualisation (NFV). Privately owned, Colt is one of the most financially sound companies in its industry and able to provide the best customer experience at a competitive price. For more information, please visit www.colt.net.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork:
Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) is Oracle’s partner program that provides partners with a differentiated advantage to develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle’s products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle’s growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to be recognized and rewarded for their investment in Oracle Cloud. Partners engaging with Oracle will be able to differentiate their Oracle Cloud expertise and success with customers through the OPN Cloud program – an innovative program that complements existing OPN program levels with tiers of recognition and progressive benefits for partners working with Oracle Cloud. To find out more visit: http://www.oracle.com/partners.

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