In the not too distant past, most businesses had a set process for handling technology change. The IT organisation decided which changes would make it into this year’s budget and which would be deferred. A dedicated team of resources defined the project, which progressed in a linear fashion from needs assessment, solution design and procurement, implementation, testing and finally, the launch – ideally on time and on budget. At the end of the project, participants relaxed and enjoyed the accolades for a job well done, ready to repeat the process for the next item on the list. […]

Founded in 2009 and acquired by Verizon in 2020, BlueJeans by Verizon (“BlueJeans”) is a leading cloud video conferencing as a service (VCaaS) provider. In September 2018, BlueJeans announced its Gateway for Microsoft Teams, a Microsoft Certified Cloud Video Interop (CVI) service that allows standards-based video conferencing systems1 to join Microsoft Teams meetings. In September 2020, BlueJeans commissioned the Recon Research (RR) test team to perform an independent, third-party assessment of the BlueJeans Gateway for Microsoft Teams. […]

Farfetch uses Colt services to network its offices and clouds, for internet access, and to connect to its cloud environments. A managed private network connects the Farfetch corporate head office and branch offices, and provides users with internet access. Further Colt services connect the company’s data centres in China and Europe. The data centres host sales, financial and other applications that support the Farfetch online marketplace, as well as the company’s development environment. To keep data synchronised across the data centres, there’s a constant two-way stream of traffic between China — Farfetch’s single most important market — and Europe. “Colt provides connections with the capacity and availability to allow high throughput and keep our data in sync,” says Ricardo. “Understanding that we can’t afford a moment of downtime, Colt [...]

In this 30-criterion evaluation of software-defined WAn (Sd-WAn) services providers, Forrester identified the 10 most significant ones — Aryaka networks, AT&T Business, colt Technology Services, GTT communications, Lumen (centuryLink), Masergy, Orange Business Services, Tata communications, verizon Business, and vodafone — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps infrastructure and operations (i&O) professionals select the right one for their needs. […]

Als weltweit grösster Anbieter von Colocation-Rechenzentren hat Interxion besondere Einblicke in den Aufbau, die Bereitstellung und den Betrieb technologischer Infrastrukturen. Weltweit lösen ihre Kunden die komplexesten Infrastruktur-, Konnektivitäts- und Workload-Anwendungsfälle auf ihrer Plattform. Das betrifft unter anderem Netzwerk-Peering, Hyperscale, geringe Latenz, Hochleistungs- Computing, Big Data und künstliche Intelligenz. Sie veröffentlichen ihre Ergebnisse in Form eines Jahresberichts, um den Dialog mit der Industrie zu ermöglichen. […]

Verizon Business announced the launch of its international private 5G platform for global enterprises located in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Delivered in partnership with Nokia, the offering will enable businesses to deploy a private industrial grade dedicated 5G network capability within their premises. In addition to ultra-low latency and increased speed, a key benefit of a private 5G network is the ability for businesses, particularly those with manufacturing, distribution and logistics facilities, to deploy a customized on-site mobile network, eliminating the need to transmit data through public networks. […]

By using an intelligent SD WAN platform, Colt can control which data is transferred over the Internet and which remains on private networks. The end result is a hybrid network that offloads non-critical data into a secure Internet tunnel, freeing up MPLS capacity for the really important data and increasing overall bandwidth for each site. All configuration options can be controlled by the customer. This reduces lead times as well as the effort required to coordinate different network providers. […]

Colt Technology Services has announced that Mitsubishi Research Institute DCS Co. Ltd (MRI DCS) is using its Dedicated Cloud Access (DCA) and Ethernet solutions for their new service “Dibertas”. Dibertas is a multi-cloud storage service which aggregates data from various environments enabling its customers to access and utilise data across multiple cloud services and on-premises environments. Colt’s DCA and Ethernet solutions underpin Dibertas’ features by delivering higher reliability, data security and lower latency when compared to public internet connections.  […]