Our customers trust us with their IT:
Finance
Dutch merchant bank Kempen & Co uses Colt services to improve IT efficiency and ensure a solid business continuity plan. Our services allow Kempen & Co to focus on its core business: providing the best capital management, securities broking, corporate finance and investment services.(Also available in Dutch)
The UK-based independent fund promotion firm, Source, uses Colt services to support their rapid expansion to over $500 billion worth of transactions. Source has grown aggressively to manage $15 billion of assets, becoming the fifth largest provider of its kind, with the core of its business in the European equity markets. In a dynamic trading environment, flexible and resilient data provision is essential to manage a rapidly expanding volume of transactions.(Also available in Dutch)
Insurance
AOK,a health insurer in Germany uses Colt services to supported the MPLS network with provisioning, monitoring and operational responsibility for their web-based communication platform.
Neversa eG, an insurance service provider in Germany uses Colt services to optimise their costs while gaining more flexibility with on-demand services.
IT and Telco industry
Agilisys uses Colt services to cut costs, improve flexibility and security for the local government. The company removed the complexity of managing desktop infrastructure and rolled out a future-proof infrastructure as a service platform. It has saved £38 million while delivering better IT service levels, contributing to the council’s ability to reduce council tax for residents by at least 3% for four years in a row.
ASM Web Services uses Colt services to offer end-to-end solutions for SMEs – comprising service, applications, infrastructure and management.
ASMWS helped boost the efficiency of Codorníu’s IT team despite the challenges of launching an online sales channel.
S-4 uses Colt services to define a pay-per-use model for cloud-based applications that can be accessed using site-to-site VPNs or secure SSL protocols. Their users can access the cloud from anywhere, which enables S-4 to address a much broader range of potential customers.
Steria, an international IT outsourcing company uses Colt services for designing, implementing and managing bespoke end-to-end IT projects for their customers.
Manufacturing
Gallina Blanca Star uses Colt services to adapt to the changing needs of the business. Colts supports their infrastructure, business continuity and disaster recovery needs.
Leading companies in fields as diverse as oil & gas, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs rely on Yokogawa's industrial automation applications and distributed control systems to monitor and control production operations and safety processes. Since its partnership with Colt began, Yokogawa has been able to work much more proactively with its customers. (Also available in Dutch)
Retail
Nectar Italia uses Colt's services to facilitate business growth with robust, flexible IT infrastructure and networking services. Their IT systems can now handle a high number of transactions from a growing base of retailers, with nearly 6,000 point of sale systems.
Leroy Merlin uses Colt's services to enable business transformation. Together Colt’s infrastructure and networking services have enabled Leroy Merlin to devote their time to customer service and business evolution across their 47 Italian stores.
Real Estate
PRYCONSA, a property development company, uses Colt services to accelerate and optimise SAP availability. PRYCONSA’s IT team to concentrate on defining new business-related projects.
Online Business
TF1, one of Europe’s leading commercial broadcasters, with 45% advertising market share, and 35% audience share, talks about their 12 year relationship with Colt Technology Services and their use of Colt HD Broadcasting solutions to improve quality and meet cost efficiencies within the business (video).
Public sector
VERA serves around 85% of the local government organisations in Belgium's Flemish Brabant province. Vera uses Colt services to optimise costs by paying only for the IT resources they need.
Did you know?
Colt goes beyond offering just IT services. We also offer network, data centre and voice services to create an end-to-end solution for your business. We are trusted providers in these areas as well:
Network
EUROVISION is the network arm of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and carries more than 30,000 hours of live sports, and over 88,000 hours of programming every year. Developing their partnership with Colt, EUROVISION asked Colt to ensure a smooth transition over to the Colt network without any service interruption. Colt was also tasked with future proofing the network to enable broadcast developments such as ultra-high definition TV, second-screen services and a likely growth in remote production. Moving to Colt's broadcast-quality Ethernet sees a saving of 20% annually and simplified network management. (Also available in Dutch)
Data centre services
Consorci AOC expands e-government in the Spanish region of Catalonia. The Catalan administrations provide a wide range of online services enabling activities such as exploring and analysing publicly available data, finding information, setting up associations, paying traffic fines and reporting petty thefts. Consolidating infrastructure with Colt cuts Consorci AOC's colocation costs by over 30% while simplifying IT management and increasing productivity.
Voice services
In the competitive air transport market, airlines are constantly looking to optimise their internal costs. Swiss International Airlines’s (SWISS) partnership with Colt is proving its worth in this respect. Since making the bold move to the innovative and flexible Colt VoIP solution in 2007, call costs have reduced by around 20%, while service quality has gone up.