LONDON -- COLT, a leading European provider of business communications, has enhanced its capabilities with a dedicated managed services division to provide customers with dynamic yet secure and scalable IT services and solutions. Announced in September 2008 as part of its strategy to drive growth, the COLT Managed Services team is now actively providing innovative customer solutions based around standardised platforms, supported by COLT’s network, utility computing applications and Data Centres.

COLT's wide range of end-to-end managed services and IT infrastructure solutions caters for the diverse needs of companies in the finance, professional services, media and public sectors. By leveraging its network and Data Centre assets, COLT offers enterprise cloud-based managed services that deliver faster time to market, lower IT costs, and enhance security and compliance to address the CIO’s business critical IT issues including business transformation, infrastructure flexibility, cost reduction and risk mitigation.

Maggy McClelland, Managing Director of COLT Managed Services is responsible for creating the managed services strategy and implementing the business transformation that is fundamental to delivering sustained, long term, profitable growth. McClelland has a wealth of experience in consulting, delivery and providing high-level strategic guidance to world class organisations gained over 23 years of working in IT services for companies including IBM, CSC and Motorola and recently joined COLT from BT Global Services where she was President of Global Operations and Professional Services.

Rakesh Bhasin, CEO, COLT says: “Managed Services sits at the heart of COLT’s business and, with the creation of our dedicated Managed Services division, we are now taking our offering to the next level. We are delighted that Maggy McClelland has accepted this challenge and are confident that the expertise and leadership she brings will ensure its success.”

Colt Technology Services Group Ltd