Colt & Lumen EMEA integration: IDC reports behind the scenes
New content series
As we work through the integration of Lumen EMEA into the Colt business, we wanted to share insights from behind the scenes on our progress so far and what’s coming up next. For this, we’ve sponsored IDC to write a series of Spotlight papers that cover the integration on the topics of people and culture, networks, and products and solutions.
Download the first two IDC Spotlight papers in the ‘Colt and Lumen EMEA Integration' series: 'Bringing People Together' and 'Bringing Networks Together':
Series background
In November 2023, we acquired Lumen EMEA. In practical terms, this included the acquisition of:
The acquisition elevates us to one of the world’s largest business-to-business digital infrastructure companies and an influential global player. Since we broke the news, there has been a great level of interest from customers, partners and prospects on how the integration is progressing.
In this new series, IDC look into key aspects of the integration and share their perspective on the underlying drivers, our progress so far and areas to focus on.
IDC will be creating three short papers (Vendor Spotlights) and one video across the remainder of 2024.
The paper topics are:
Available now
Bringing People Together
Written by IDC Analyst Chris Silberberg, the first paper looks into the critical role of people in acquisitions and how we're merging the two teams.
Available now
Bringing Networks Together
Written by IDC Analysts Len Padilla, Bruno Teyton and Chris Barnard, paper two looks at how we're integrating the Lumen EMEA network assets and managing the customer experience.
Coming soon
Bringing Products & Solutions Together
The third and final paper will look at how we're bringing together the Colt and Lumen EMEA product and solution portfolios.
Authors:
PAPER #1
Chris Silberberg
IDC Research Manager, European Telco Insights
PAPER #2
Len Padilla
IDC Senior Research Director, European Networks and Life-Cycle Services
PAPER #2
Bruno Teyton
IDC Associate Vice President, Telecommunications and Networking
PAPER #2
Chris Barnard
IDC Vice President, European Telecom and Infrastructure
