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

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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 Technology 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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Legacy to limitless

In this exclusive guide, discover how the role of CIO has changed from IT guardians to strategy leaders. Download the guide to discover how the role of CIO has changed from IT guardians to strategy leaders.

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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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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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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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