Colt Technology Services, London-based provider of on-demand network and communications services is working with Cisco on a system-wide 100Gbps upgrade to Colt's pan-European and Asian network.
With this upgrade, Colt will be able to rapidly deliver high-performance connectivity for cloud-scale, business-critical applications to its enterprise, carrier and web-centric customers.
Colt's next-generation packet network uses end-to-end segment routing technology, an enhancement to IP MPLS, to simplify and automate network operation and significantly reduce operating costs. With the quality, speed, capacity and flexibility to meet application-specific service quality requirements, Colt customers will benefit from an infrastructure designed for enabling digital businesses.
Colt's current network infrastructure delivers connectivity to more than 680 data centres around the globe, with more than 24,000 on-net buildings and growing. This deployment offers pre-positioned, high-capacity connectivity ready for rapid service delivery, giving customers the ability to scale capacity in line with their data usage requirements.
The Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) 5500 series and the Cisco Aggregation Services Router (ASR) 9000 platforms will form the main components of an end-to-end IOS XR network with segment routing that utilises a Cisco WAN Automation Engine, providing a balance between distributed intelligence and centralized optimization and programming.
Rajiv Datta, CTO, Colt
Our investment in Cisco not only delivers 100Gbps connectivity; we are able to automate the provision of services to meet the exacting demands of our customers and enable businesses of all sizes to future-proof their connectivity.
Cedrik Neike, Senior Vice President, Global Service Provider, Cisco
In selecting Cisco's Cloud Scale Networking technologies such as the Cisco® NCS 5500 and segment routing, Colt is making a market-defining move to deliver the high bandwidth and customer experience that defines the network of the future.
