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Colt Technology Services expands its network into South Korea already has 29,000 on-net buildings and over 1,000 data centers across Europe , Asia and North America ’ s largest business hubs , and enables customers to expand their businesses globally with Colt .

Enterprises in South Korea now have access to low latency connectivity services from Colt Technology Services , with the announcement of the expansion of its network into the market .

The expansion sees Colt establish the network hubs in four key carrier-neutral data centers in the Seoul Metropolitan area and deliver the speeds of up to 40G Ethernet Service , in addition to providing local coverage in the South Korean capital and other major cities .
Aimed at enterprise customers , it expands the intelligent Colt IQ Network , which
Masato Hoshino , Representative Director and President / Head of Asia , said : “ The expansion of our network into South Korea highlights our continued commitment to customers in the Asia-Pacific region , and puts Colt in a unique position , given our strong presence in Europe and Asia , combined with the data center infrastructure in Seoul with new POPs in four major data centers .
“ This means that we ’ re well placed to help customers in Korea who are looking to extend their reach globally in addition to multi-national companies who are looking to enter the Korean market , with competitive and reliable connectivity .”

Cloudera unveils newly expanded Center of Excellence in Bengaluru

Cloudera , the hybrid data cloud company , is ramping up investments in India with the opening of its revamped and newly expanded Center of Excellence ( CoE ) facility in Koramangala , Bengaluru . data and analytics easy and accessible for everyone , Cloudera plans on investing up to INR 500 crores over the next two years to accelerate product innovation , cloud transformation and drive customer growth . investments in India have helped the company tremendously with both product delivery and customer adoption ,” said Sudhir Menon , Chief Product Officer , Cloudera .

To support the delivery of the hybrid data cloud and the company ’ s mission of making
“ The Asia Pacific Region is one of the fastest growing markets for Cloudera and
“ The new Center of Excellence builds on Cloudera ’ s stellar track record delivering some of the most successful open-source products in the history of software , from India , and we look forward to turbo charging those contributions as leaders in the hybrid data cloud .”
Indiresh Vivekananda , Country Head of R & D and Operations , Cloudera India , said : “ India is an extremely important market with great talent and we ’ ve been making significant investments to grow Cloudera ’ s presence in the country . The opening of this CoE facility in Bengaluru , along with our Chennai office , is a testament to this .”
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