Colt achieves Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Tier Services Partner status

Colt is proud to announce that we are now an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Tier Services Partner. This achievement acknowledges not only the strong team of trained and certified technical individuals within Colt, but also our achievements in supporting a range of customers on their cloud journey. Colt recognises that no two cloud journeys…

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Building the network of tomorrow: Our strategic integration

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I’m pleased to share that you can now read paper two in our new IDC Spotlight series based on the integration. Titled ‘Bringing Networks Together’, the paper offers an in-depth look at the integration of Colt and Lumen EMEA’s network infrastructure. As well as hearing about how we are progressing with the integration from IDC…

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Colt wins 2024 circular economy transition of the year award

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We’re excited to announce that we have won the circular economy transition of the year award for the EMEA region at the 2024 Sustainable Company Awards. The award recognises the success of the pilot metals recycling project we launched in Sweden. The Environmental Finance Sustainable Company Awards seek to shine a light on those companies…

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Colt & Lumen EMEA integration: IDC reports behind the scenes

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Home Business Colt & Lumen EMEA integration: IDC reports behind the scenes New content series As we work through the integration of Lumen EMEA into the Colt business, we wanted to share insights from behind the scenes on our progress so far and what’s coming up next. For this, we’ve sponsored IDC to write a…

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Navigating a successful integration: A people-centric approach

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By Ramona Botha, VP of Employee Experience & Enablement at Colt The heart of success in any integration lies in effectively managing the human element. Despite 95% of executives describing cultural fit as vital to the overall success of an integration, 25% still point to cultural cohesion and alignment as the number one reason why…

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Our tips for enterprises: how to build global digital infrastructure that enables growth

“Enterprises are under pressure from many sides to transform their operations, products, and services. They are implementing a multitude of technology and business strategies to achieve their transformation targets, including through investments in AI, cloud, and connectivity, as well as looking to expand their capabilities and reach…” Chris Silberberg, IDC  The latest edition of Santander UK’s…

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How AI is changing the way we work with GCNs

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By Robert McCabe, Director of GCN Sales at Colt The IT and telecommunications sector is said to have the highest AI adoption rate at 29.5% and this is driving a massive increase in both bandwidth requirements and the need for low-latency connections close to end users. As a partner to the world’s biggest global content…

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Reflecting on our accessibility journey

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By Rachel Collins, Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Colt The third Thursday of each May is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. This time last year, Colt kickstarted its journey to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about accessibility. We did it with the launch of our five-year Accessibility Roadmap: Optimising Accessibility. Our journey started…

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Global manufacturing company trusts Colt for critical connectivity between the Middle East and Europe

Global manufacturing company trusts Colt for critical connectivity between the Middle East and Europe. Colt providea a point-to-point Ethernet connection to carry core data traffic between the company’s Dubai operations and a critical European data centre. Colt Ethernet Line is a managed layer 2 service that provides secure, cost effective, high-speed connectivity for data exchange, with guaranteed bandwidth and performance.

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Business continuity at Colt: preparing for major sporting events

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As Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) kicks off, it’s a great time to look ahead to the summer and how Colt’s Business Continuity team comes together to prepare for major sporting events. These are events that take place in cities with many Colt people, customers and infrastructure and it means we need to be prepared…

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Olivia Mcdonald

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I’ve had a varied career, including running a web design company and being employed in horse racing, but one of my favourite roles before I started my telco journey was work experience at Pete Waterman’s record company. It was amazing to work with artists like Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, but the day I helped…

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