{"id":17666,"date":"2020-06-25T13:23:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T17:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=17666"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:26:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:26:42","slug":"colt-launches-multi-cloud-connectivity-based-on-its-sd-wan-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/sd-wan\/colt-launches-multi-cloud-connectivity-based-on-its-sd-wan-offering.html","title":{"rendered":"Colt Launches Multi-Cloud Connectivity Based on its SD-WAN offering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Colt\u2019s SD-WAN multi-cloud offering allows enterprises to benefit from a single connection to multiple Cloud Service Providers, including cloud-to-cloud connections, over SD-WAN which ensures enhanced security, agility and latency compared with connecting via the public internet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The solution provides intelligence through application recognition and traffic steering features to increase the availability and performance of access to multi-cloud services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new offering is underpinned by the Colt IQ Network, which is comprised of 29,000 on-net buildings and over 900 data centers, serving more than 25,000 customers globally. Colt\u2019s fully-owned and operated dense fiber network allows enterprises to benefit from an end-to-end, seamless connection to the cloud. Colt\u2019s public and private peering with CSPs globally, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft\u2019s Azure Cloud means that whichever combination of cloud platforms an enterprise chooses, application traffic will be optimized to take the most direct path <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-exp1.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/C4D03AQFBN5BAJZkAEA\/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800\/0?e=1598486400&amp;v=beta&amp;t=RBikji63H9TroyAZHAuCEOoopew0VIjBgr3DKc2DEok\" alt=\"Profile photo of Peter Coppens\" width=\"311\" height=\"311\"\/><figcaption> Colt\u2019s Vice President Product Portfolio, Peter Coppens <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no question muticloud connectivity and security are crucial drivers in IT right now &#8211; which explains this colt offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colt\u2019s Vice President Product\nPortfolio, Peter Coppens said, \u201cAs more and more enterprises are shifting their\nbusiness-critical workloads to the cloud, and using multiple cloud environments\nto do so, working with a connectivity partner that can provide\nhigh-performance, rapidly scalable and highly secure cloud connectivity to one\nor many cloud environments has never been more important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy using Colt\u2019s SD-WAN multi-cloud offering, enterprises can now benefit from better performance, security, scalability and efficiency by accessing all their cloud services through a streamlined infrastructure. This ensures that businesses can focus on the next phase of their growth, knowing that their operations are supported by a best-in-class network and enabled by best-in-class CSPs,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-exp1.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/C4D03AQEb1uFdb3i8Dg\/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800\/0?e=1598486400&amp;v=beta&amp;t=-KxTIlGk3ILL8JmC4tVrTRhjIjbXsTsTYs1u3osFgxo\" alt=\"Profile photo of Kevin O&#39;Kane\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\"\/><figcaption> Kevin O\u2019Kane, Managing Director, Partnerships at Google Cloud <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEnterprises are increasingly\nembracing hybrid and multi-cloud approaches, allowing them to deploy\napplications faster and run mission-critical applications on the infrastructure\nbest suited to their business needs, as we\u2019ve seen with the success of Google\nCloud\u2019s Anthos,\u201d said Kevin O\u2019Kane, Managing Director, Partnerships at Google\nCloud. \u201cWe\u2019re pleased that Colt will expand its capabilities to enable businesses\ngreater connectivity across multiple cloud environments.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colt\u2019s SD-WAN offering has long been seen as market-leading with most recently the service being recognized by the Network Transformation Awards, with Colt named as an early adopter and an innovator of SDN and NFV technologies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-exp1.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/C5603AQHKFBC3TaANeg\/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800\/0?e=1598486400&amp;v=beta&amp;t=Qs8XgzlUZ2rSJIyx2uqhRLgm0SlOfL5HEq_grZCj1ZE\" alt=\"Profile photo of Michael Wood\" width=\"257\" height=\"257\"\/><figcaption> Michael Wood, CMO, Versa Networks <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cColt is a leader in delivering quality of experience, exceptional performance, and business resiliency to customers throughout Europe, Asia, and North America,\u201d said Michael Wood, CMO, Versa Networks. \u201cWe are excited to partner with Colt and their innovative multi-cloud connectivity offer which leverages Versa Secure SD-WAN to enable a best in class experience for businesses around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See the ONLY 5G, SD-WAN, Contact Center, Tech and Communications companies that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/east\/exhibitor-list.aspx\">matter&nbsp;<\/a>at the&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/\"><strong>ITEXPO<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;#TECHSUPERSHOW<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This Event has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/east\/testimonials.aspx\">called the&nbsp;<strong>BEST SHOW in 5 YEARS<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>Best TECHNOLOGY EVENT of 2020<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 participants included: Amazon, Cisco, Google, IBM, ClearlyIP, Avaya, Vonage, 8\u00d78, Comcast Business, BlueJeans, CoreDial, Dell, Edify, Epygi, FreeSWITCH, Fuze, Grandstream, Granite,&nbsp;Intrado, Frontier Business, Fujitsu, Jenne, West, Konftel, Intelisys, Martello, NetSapiens, OOMA, Oracle, OpenVox, Peerless Network, Phone Sentry, Phone.com, Poly, QuestBlue, RingByName, Sangoma, SingTel, SkySwitch, Spracht, Spectrum, Sprint, Tallac, Tech Data, Telarus, TCG, Teledynamics, Teli, Telinta, Telispire, Telstra, TransNexus, Unified Office, Vital PBX, VoIP Supply, Voxbone, VoIP.MS, Windstream, XCALY, XORCOM, Yealink, Yubox, and ZYCOO.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/east\/exhibitor-list.aspx\"><strong>Full List.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join 8K others with $25B+ in IT buying power who plan 2021 budgets! 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