Glossary
Breaking down the technologies, terminologies and acroyms across telecommunications.
What is Ethernet?
Colt’s ethernet services create wide area/metropolitan area networks with LAN interface. Ethernet is the traditional technology for connecting devices in a wired local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). It enables devices to communicate with one another via a protocol (a shared network language). Ethernet describes how network devices format and transmit data…
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What is Encryption?
Encryption is a way of ‘scrambling’ data to ensure that only the right people, or devices, can understand the information. In simple terms, encryption converts easily readable plaintext into something incomprehensible, whic is known as ciphertext. A cryptographic key is a string of characters used within an encryption algorithm for altering data so that it…
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What is Edge Compute?
Edge Computing transforms and replaces your legacy on-premise Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) into an intelligent and flexible Cloud platform, capable of hosting security and network services, distributed Cloud services and latency sensitive enterprise Edge applications. Edge Compute platforms are able to host multiple network services such as Router, Firewall, WAN optimisation and SD WAN as…
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What is DWDM?
DWDM, or Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing, has been a key technology evolution, as it allows multiple signals to run over a single strand of fibre, thus dramatically increasing the bandwidth potential of an individual network link. Today, multiple high-bandwidth services running at 10Gb/s, 40 Gb/s, and 100 Gb/s can be multiplexed onto a wavelength, and…
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What is DDoS?
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic. From a high level, a DDoS attack is like an unexpected traffic jam on a road, preventing regular traffic from…
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What is Dark Fibre?
A dark or unlit fibre refers to a spare piece of network fibre that is in the ground. Digging fibre optic network routes is a huge investment so cables are often laid with significant additional capacity that can be leased to companies in the future. The customer is responsible for providing the necessary equipment and…
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What is Cloud Prioritisation?
Colt Cloud Prioritisation combines the benefits of optimised routing and direct peering infrastructure with traffic prioritisation between customer router and provider edge router. Customers can reach Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Azure, Windows Virtual Desktop, or any other Microsoft SaaS application with a consistent and SLA-backed user experience. Cloud Prioritisation customers can decide how much of…
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What is BYOC?
Bring your own Carrier (or BYOC) is a concept which has begun to gain more traction during the rise of collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams. As Microsoft’s own calling plans do not suit every business, they have introduced ‘Direct Routing’ as a way for companies to integrate their existing telephony vendors into their technology…
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What is CCaaS?
Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) is a cloud-based software that gives businesses access to the provider’s contact center solution through a scalable, pay-as-you-go pricing model where specific features are available on an as-needed, a la carte basis. CCaaS technology (also called hosted contact center software) is entirely hosted and maintained by the provider —…
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What are APIs?
APIs are mechanisms that enable two software components to communicate with one another, by using a set of definitions and protocols, essentially creating a common ‘language’. There are four ways that APIs can work depending on when or why they are created. These are SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), RPC (Remote Procedure Calls), Websocket &…
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What is Optical?
Colt On Demand: Optical Your guide to Layer 1 On Demand networking PART ONE Optical Networking on Demand Provides Economical High-Performance Datacentre Interconnection Application and network administrators have realised that there isn’t one perfect theatre of operation, and a hybrid approach is being used to take advantage of the best features of private datacentres and…
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What is Smart Manufacturing?
The importance of connectivity for smart manufacturing: Is your network best suited to overcome the connectivity challenges associated with smart manufacturing? Three reasons why connectivity cannot be an afterthought Manufacturing companies are operating in an era of accelerated disruption and uncertainty. Optical On Demand Connectivity It’s not easy to be successful in the manufacturing world.
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