Lumen Technologies, formerly CenturyLink, has closed on the sale of its European, Middle Eastern, and African (EMEA) business to Colt Technology Services in a deal.
PacketFabric and Colt Integrate Platforms in a Trans-Atlantic SDN The partnership is aimed at hybrid and multi-cloud, but it could also offer a way to comply with EU data sovereignty requirements.
PacketFabric and Colt have integrated their software-defined network platforms, enabling a big expansion into Europe by PacketFabric, a Culver City, California-based provider of virtual interconnection. The deal gives London-based Colt’s European customers the option to interconnect with American data centers on PacketFabric’s network.
The software-defined links can be provisioned automatically, via APIs, enabling hybrid cloud and multi-cloud use cases. The integration may also make it easier to comply with some EU countries’ strict data residency requirements.