GTT connects
Caroll’s
European retail
operations
G
TT Communications, a leading
global cloud networking provider
to multinational clients, has announced
that womenswear brand, Caroll, a Vivarte
company, has selected GTT to operate its
wide area network in Europe. GTT connects
Caroll’s French headquarters with its 173
stores in nine countries: Andorra, Belgium,
Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco,
Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. GTT provides
secure MPLS and ADSL connectivity for
Caroll’s online retail business and European
stores. GTT also provides 4G wireless
connectivity, enabling new stores to be up
and running within 15 days. The secure, high-
performance wide area networking solution
utilises GTT’s global Tier 1 IP network. This
accelerates the flow of mission-critical data,
enabling improved inventory management
and the speed of online ordering, positively
impacting the client experience.
“Caroll relies on GTT’s managed network
expertise to connect our 173 stores and
retail website with our headquarters in
France,” said Frédéric Mayette, CIO at
Caroll. “All our store orders flow across GTT’s
network. A restocking calculation is done
every night, but in 2020, shops will work
in real time directly on the headquarters’
central system, which will be able to display
the stock at any given moment. This real-
time inventory view will enhance our multi-
channel retail strategy, enabling us to rapidly
receive, process and fulfil customer orders
online or in person.”
“We understand how important secure,
resilient connectivity is to underpin a
unified retail experience,” said Rick Calder,
GTT President and CEO. “We are pleased
to support Caroll’s retail operations with
our leading cloud networking services
that connect people across organisations,
around the world and to every application
in the cloud.”
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Boursorama stays loyal to
NTT as it transforms its WAN
NTT has replaced
Boursorama’s
MPLS- WAN with
a next-generation
SD-WAN
N
TT has announced a continuation of
its established partnership between
Boursorama, the company behind the
Boursorama.com financial information
portal and Boursorama Banque,
France’s leading online bank and NTT
Communications Corporation (NTT Com).
Following the launch of NTT Ltd. on July
1, 2019, which saw 28 brands within the
NTT Group come together, including NTT
Com, NTT has replaced Boursorama’s
MPLS- WAN with a next-generation SD-
WAN based on Silver Peak technology,
supported by managed and cloud-mode
services under a four-year contract.
Boursorama Banque acquires 2,000
customers every day and regularly
launches new services. The bank needed
a high-performance WAN able to
optimise the customer experience on
web and mobile platforms. It also wanted
to protect sensitive banking data and
improve visibility of network usage.
To achieve these objectives, NTT’s
approach focuses on services and
technology. The SD-WAN provides
secure, fibre-based interconnection of
Boursorama Banque’s sites in France
and Europe, with end-to-end encryption.
Delivered as a fully managed solution,
the SD-WAN helps to simplify the bank’s
control management strategy. A single
interface and 24/7 orchestration of
the network save time for the bank’s
IT teams, allowing them to deliver new
projects faster and focus on meeting
business goals.
“The NTT SD-WAN delivers the
performance we need to ensure an
outstanding customer experience on any
device,” said Eric AZOULAY, Projects &
Applications Manager at Boursorama.
“The solution will support our ambitions
to serve 3 million customers by 2021 and
bring new services to market faster than
ever before.”
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