The new locations are served by Colt’s dedicated fibre infra in the UK, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Poland
Colt Technology Services (Colt) announced the latest in a series of improvements to its Network as a Service (NaaS) platform, Colt On Demand. It has added 130,000 more locations served by dedicated fibre (FTTX) in the UK, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Poland to access the platform.
This adds to the 32,000 Colt connected buildings, 1,100 datacentres and 275 cloud points of presence already accessible to customers through Colt On Demand. The B2B specialist also reaches millions of locations via carrier partners in over 180 locations to offer businesses scale, speed and security.
The latest improvements also involves a shift to greater automation for Colt and its customers and a new user interface on Colt’s On Demand platform that is designed to make it easier for businesses to navigate and support their geographic expansion plans through the platform.
Via the interface, they can flex their bandwidth requirements to meet business demand and respond to changing market dynamics.
Recently Colt surveyed 1,500 CIOs:
• 58% said they are using more on demand or NaaS features as a result of the growth in AI usage
• 81% of respondents in the study highlighted the positive impact of NaaS on their carbon reduction goals, and almost 30% cited using NaaS as a direct contributor to carbon reduction.
Power of partnerships
The new locations are offered via Colt’s ecosystem of best-of-breed partners, with an additional 20,000 locations expected to be available through the platform by the end of the year, bringing the total to more than 180,000, of which 32,000 are ‘on net’, connected to Colt’s own digital infrastructure. As well as benefit from the scale and reach, businesses selecting Colt’s on net locations benefit from real-time quoting, ordering and delivery, and in-life real time flexing.
Colt says its NaaS service, Colt On Demand, has won more than 30 industry awards since its inception including six recently.
Peter Coppens, VP Infrastructure and Connectivity solutions at Colt Technology Services said, “We pioneered Network as a Service over seven years ago. Since then, our multi award-winning On Demand platform has connected thousands of businesses to sites across the world, and we’ve refined and enhanced the platform based on their experiences.
“The latest customer-driven changes are the most significant yet, giving businesses access to five times as many locations as before, providing unrivalled scale and improving automation. This is the beginning of a new era of NaaS, and once again, Colt is leading the charge.”