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Colt Technology Services, the global digital infrastructure company, announces the expansion of its secure networking portfolio with new Fortinet-based quantum-ready SD WAN and SASE solutions. By combining Colt's high-performance global network and managed services expertise with Fortinet's world-class security solutions, enterprises can now connect users, sites and applications more securely, simplify network management and strengthen protection against emerging cyber and quantum threats. The solution provides consistent security policies, secure access and flexible deployment options, all designed to support future business needs. Major sources of complexity As cyber threats grow, quantum risk emerges and IT environments become more complex, businesses need security that is robust and powerful without adding complexity. Colt’s recent Cost of Complexity research found that security and compliance are major sources of complexity for more than one in three (36%) organisations, while 53% say their security and compliance teams are frustrated by infrastructure complexity. Peter Coppens, VP Product, Colt Technology Services said, “Colt's new Fortinet-powered SD WAN and SASE solutions help customers simplify how they connect and protect employees, applications and data, bringing networking and security together in a single managed service. The result is stronger protection, simpler operations and a future-ready foundation that helps organisations stay ahead of emerging threats while defending against the risks they face today.” Future quantum computing advances Ramnath Shenai, Director of Products and Solutions, Fortinet says, “Customers need secure access that works consistently across branches, remote users and cloud applications, without adding operational complexity. Colt brings the reach of its global network and its managed services expertise; Fortinet brings secure SD WAN and unified SASE. Together, we can help organisations connect and protect their people and applications through a service designed to be managed as a whole.” Demand for converged networking and security services continues to accelerate. Dell'Oro Group forecasts the global SASE market will grow at a 15% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), reaching US$24 billion by 2030 as organisations seek simpler, more secure ways to connect people, applications and data. Colt's latest Fortinet-powered solutions strengthen its SD WAN and security portfolio, combining the reach and reliability of its owned global network with flexible management models and support for both single-vendor and multi-vendor environments. The solution is designed to support emerging post-quantum cryptographic capabilities, helping organisations address the risk that sensitive data intercepted today could be vulnerable to future quantum computing advances.

Colt Technology Services (Colt), the digital infrastructure company, announces it is the first European-based provider to integrate its last-mile connectivity services with the Equinix Fabric Marketplace. Fabric Marketplace simplifies access to services across the world’s largest digital business ecosystem. It gives enterprises a single destination to quickly discover, learn about and connect with service providers that can enhance their distributed networking deployments for multicloud and AI workloads. Scalable network infrastructure The enhanced collaboration combines Colt's extensive global network footprint with the power of Equinix Fabric®, enabling businesses and enterprises to establish high-performance, secure connectivity from third-party locations, including office buildings and data centres, directly into Equinix facilities. Designed to eliminate traditional procurement and deployment complexities, the integration gives enterprises faster access to the scalable network infrastructure required to support cloud-first strategies, data-intensive workloads and AI-driven growth., enabling businesses and enterprises to establish high-performance, secure connectivity from third-party locations, including office buildings and data centres, directly into Equinix facilities. Designed to eliminate traditional procurement and deployment complexities, the integration gives enterprises faster access to the scalable network infrastructure required to support cloud-first strategies, data-intensive workloads and AI-driven growth. Last-mile connectivity services As organisations continue to accelerate digital transformation initiatives and to invest in AI, network complexity is becoming a growing barrier to growth. Enterprises often need to engage infrastructure and connectivity providers separately, creating operational friction that can slow deployment, increase costs and delay innovation. By bringing Colt's last-mile connectivity services into the Fabric Marketplace, this partnership is removing that complexity. It simplifies how organisations across Europe and Asia discover, procure and deploy connectivity services. Through the Fabric Marketplace experience, customers can instantly identify available Colt services, access pricing information, request quotes and submit order requests without navigating multiple providers, systems or procurement processes. Creating operational friction Laura Farina, Executive Vice President Enterprise, Colt Technology Services, said: “Infrastructure should enable growth, not slow it down. As enterprises race to harness AI and unlock the value of their data, they need connectivity that is simple, agile and available on demand. By extending our partnership with Equinix and bringing Colt's last-mile services into the Fabric Marketplace, we're removing friction from the connectivity journey and making it easier for customers to build the digital foundations they need to compete and grow.” Joe Scattareggia, President, Infrastructure, Colt Technology Services, said: “As investment in AI infrastructure accelerates, connectivity has become a critical factor in how quickly cloud platforms can scale. This collaboration gives hyperscalers and neocloud providers a faster path to the network reach, capacity and interconnection they need to expand their footprint, support growing workloads and meet customer demand.” Data-intensive workloads Johan Arts, Senior Vice President of Sales, Equinix said, “The value of any digital ecosystem is the ability to bring the right partners together in one place. By integrating Colt's last-mile connectivity services into Fabric Marketplace, we're making it easier for customers to discover, procure and deploy the services they need while reducing the operational complexity traditionally associated with connectivity.” “Digital infrastructure is increasingly defined by the ecosystems it connects,” added Johan Arts. “By bringing Colt's last-mile connectivity services into Fabric Marketplace, we are making it simpler for enterprises to discover, evaluate and procure the connectivity they need to support distributed applications, data-intensive workloads and AI initiatives. Together with Colt, we're helping customers accelerate deployment while reducing the operational complexity traditionally associated with connectivity procurement.” The launch further strengthens Colt's Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) strategy and expands its visibility across the Equinix ecosystem. Equinix Fabric serves a global customer community of more than 4,000 organisations, creating new opportunities for businesses to access on demand connectivity through a trusted and highly interconnected digital infrastructure platform.

Colt Technology Services, the global digital infrastructure company, announces further investment in its global network as hyperscalers, neoscalers and wholesale providers scale their AI infrastructure and drive unprecedented demand for connectivity. The investment expands Colt's reach across North America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, strengthens its presence in key metro markets, and upgrades critical optical fibre infrastructure to support the next generation of AI-driven growth. Transpacific subsea infrastructure Colt customers benefit from: Greater scale and capacity across key AI corridors, with connectivity up to 400Gb to Colt’s global intelligent network, as well as investment in coast-to-coast routes and additional transatlantic and transpacific subsea infrastructure More route diversity, including a new point of presence in Johannesburg, South Africa and enhancements to Colt’s existing fibre network High capacity, low latency connectivity to emerging digital hubs across the Middle East, with deeper reach into Dubai and Türkiye Expanded connectivity across Japan, including a new 600km+ long-distance network from Osaka to Fukuoka and further planned expansion across West Japan Enhanced access to major cloud, AI and enterprise ecosystems through continued infrastructure expansion in strategic European metros including Warsaw, Poland; Bordeaux, France; Zaragoza, Spain; and Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany, bringing the total number of Colt metropolitan networks to 55 Improved performance, security and route choice including a fibre upgrade for the Marseille to Milan connection, linking two of Europe's most important digital infrastructure hubs A future-ready European fibre network, with new fibre overlays and upgraded duct infrastructure designed to support faster service deployment, greater flexibility and long-term growth in AI and cloud traffic More resilient, low-latency data centre connectivity, enabling seamless movement of data between public clouds, private clouds and AI infrastructure environments with Colt’s connections to 1,100 data centres globally, connecting more data centres in Europe than any other provider Strategic infrastructure investments The latest network investments build on a series of strategic infrastructure investments Colt has announced this year, including connecting the US West coast to Asia and the US East coast to Europe; expansion in Istanbul, Türkiye and wider expansion in the Middle East; fibre expansion in Zaragoza, Spain; and a metro network build in Frankfurt, Germany. Together, they reflect Colt's continued commitment to giving customers the foundations they need to build ambitious digital infrastructure, scale globally and capture new opportunities. “AI readiness is about more than building capacity. It's about connecting data, cloud and compute at the scale AI demands,” says Joe Scattareggia, EVP, Infrastructure and Connectivity Sales at Colt Technology Services. “As hyperscalers, neoscalers and wholesale providers build for the next wave of AI, connectivity becomes a critical differentiator. Success will depend on collaboration across carriers, cloud providers, data centres and technology partners. By continuing to invest in our global digital infrastructure, we're bringing those ecosystems together and giving customers the reach, control and confidence they need to build, scale and grow.”