TM FORUM
Spotlight on Colt Technology Services
Colt comes from the original name of
City of London Telecommunications when it was founded in 1992 by entrepreneur Jim Hynes .
Keri Gilder has been the Chief Executive Officer at Colt since May 2020 , and is responsible for executing the company strategy which centres around transforming the way the world works through the power of connectivity .
Commenting on Colt ’ s work with TM Forum she said : “ We do need an independent voice , which is a non-profit organisation , to help the telco industry build the Inclusion and Diversity Standard ( IDS ).
“ But I think the other important thing is that it should not stop there . We are building the council in order to enable the advocacy of the future ,” she said .
The Colt IQ Network connects more than 900 + data centres and over 29,000 on net buildings across Europe , Asia and North America ’ s largest business hubs .
Colt understands today ’ s shifting connectivity requirements and provides agile , on-demand and secure high bandwidth networking and voice solutions to ensure enterprises can thrive . Customers include data-intensive organisations spanning more than 210 cities in more than 30 countries .
War for talent According to Sleight , despite the fact more women graduate each year compared to men , the technology and telco sector is losing the war on talent to more traditional industries such as pharmaceutical and health as they are now asking for the same skills set such as software developers and data scientists .
“ When we talk to CEOs in telcos , they will say to us , I want to benchmark against not just my own industry and my own competitors , but I want to benchmark where I ' m losing this war on talent . So the brand ' s not enough ,” commented Sleight .
170 November 2021