Colt Bytes November 2023

Welcome to our monthly bite-sized round-up of the latest content from Colt. 

This month we completed the $1.8 billion acquisition of Lumen EMEA, making us the largest pan-European digital infrastructure company, and extending our global reach to more places than ever.

The acquisition provides our customers with more resilient security solutions, more cloud coverage and access to more industry experts than we’ve ever been able to offer in our 30-year history.

It’s an exciting time in the industry. This edition of Colt Bytes showcases some of the activities we’ve been up to since the transformational change.

Connect more. Do more.

The acquisition brings 1,300 talented employees, over 100,000 kilometres of fibre-optic cables and 10 subsea cable systems, helping our customers make even more extraordinary connections.

You can read the press release to discover how this promising change lets customers do even more.

Colt awarded EcoVadis Platinum rating for the second year running

EcoVadis, the world’s leading sustainability ratings body, awarded Colt its Platinum rating: an accolade reserved for the top 1% of companies who have the strongest commitment to ESG targets.

It’s the second consecutive year we have received this recognition, so why not read the full announcement to find out more?

The Intelligent Digital Infrastructure report

We asked 750 IT decision-makers what intelligence in their infrastructure means to them. Is it generative artificial intelligence? On-demand networking? Big data analysis? Or is it a variety of different features, working together to create a truly diverse digital infrastructure?

Highlighting the differences (and similarities) between regions and industries, this year’s report shines a light on the technology sector’s buzzwords of the year: artificial intelligence and network as a service.

Intelligence in our network

In light of our Intelligent Digital Infrastructure report being published earlier this year, we wanted to share how we utilise intelligence in our network to improve customer experience.

We sat down with Colt’s Head of Analytics and Robotic Process Automation to learn how intelligence reduced email query response time by 50%. This technology was built in-house, too.

2023 award wins

Alongside the acquisition, we've been busy picking awards in customer service, innovation, leadership and solutions, plus many more.

We’ve updated our trophy showcase with our latest accolades; check them out in our latest blog.

Colt at Gartner Symposium

Gartner Xpo/Symposium is Europe’s biggest gathering of IT decision-makers and technology leaders.

A talented team of Colties from the commercial, security, ESG and innovation teams headed to the event to speak to prospective customers and technology partners. 

The panel discussed how agile digital infrastructure can enable artificial intelligence, and you can read the full write-up in our latest blog that summarises the key takeaways.

About Colt Technology Services

Colt Technology Services (Colt) is a global digital infrastructure company which creates extraordinary connections to help businesses succeed. Powered by amazing people and like-minded partners, Colt is driven by its purpose: to put the power of the digital universe in the hands of its customers, wherever, whenever and however they choose.

Since 1992, Colt has set itself apart through its deep commitment to its customers, growing from its heritage in the City of London to a global business spanning 38 countries, with over 6,000 employees and more than 80 offices around the world. Colt’s customers benefit from expansive digital infrastructure connecting 32,000 buildings across 230 cities, more than 50 Metropolitan Area Networks and 230 Points of Presence across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and North America’s largest business hubs.