Collinson Group Unifies Global Infrastructure With NTT Communications

London (ots/PRNewswire) -

Faster time-to-market and improved efficiency with hybrid IT and
Cloud Management Platform

Collinson Group, a leading provider of Loyalty, Lifestyle
Benefits, Assistance and Insurance solutions and NTT Communications
Corporation (http://www.ntt.com/aboutus_e/news/data/20150123.html)
(NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications
business within the NTT Group (NYSE: NTT), announced today that NTT
Com will be supporting Collinson Group in its consolidation of IT
infrastructure and enhancement of its agile IT ecosystem.

Collinson Group has an extensive portfolio of IT infrastructure
assets to support a global base of over 800 blue chip clients
globally and 2000 employees across 25 locations. These include
internal facilities, external data centers and cloud services,
currently provided by several IT infrastructure suppliers. With
expansion to new markets constantly on the agenda, Collinson Group is
aligning its ICT services with its group strategy of operating and
presenting a single business to a global market.

To this end it has enlisted NTT Com to unify its IT
infrastructure, and streamline service management and delivery. NTT
Com will provide a hybrid cloud infrastructure utilizing NTT
Communications Enterprise Cloud service, including bare metal
servers, a dedicated private network and security layer and public
cloud services managed through a single pane of glass view using NTT
Com's Cloud Management Platform. The first phase of delivery has
started in November 2016 in the UK, and the consolidation is expected
to be completed by the end of 2017.

Chris Lord, CIO, Collinson Group said, "We are pleased to have
identified NTT Com as a single tier-1 supplier able to support the
flexibility of a hybrid infrastructure. We operate in an industry
that relies on technical innovation. To successfully serve over 20
million end customers and support our clients worldwide, our IT team
needs to provide agile services to meet the needs of the
line-of-business applications and support maturing DevOps processes.
Working with NTT Com will provide efficiency and drive increased
performance. This will allow us to expedite greater control of group
ICT costs by migrating to a consumption-based cost model whilst
providing the ability to scale IT costs with continued business
growth. We look forward to this partnership being a great asset in
our growth and expansion."

Bob Welton, Regional Director, Northern Europe, NTT Europe said,
"Like many successful businesses that have grown through
international expansion and acquisition, Collinson Group faced the
fragmentation of its IT estate and disparate operating models. NTT
Com's cloud transformation and IT as a Service (ITaaS) capabilities
are ideally suited to meeting these challenges. Our Cloud Management
Platform is tailor-made to facilitate painless management of a hybrid
environment so that Collinson Group can have complete visibility of
usage and costs in a single screen enabling its IT team to make
quicker, more informed decisions. We are confident of delivering
Collinson Group's goals of a unified infrastructure."

About Collinson Group

Collinson Group (http://www.collinsongroup.com)
(http://www.collinsongroup.com ) is a global leader in influencing
customer behaviour to drive revenue and value for clients.

The Group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists
who together provide market-leading experience in delivering products
and services across four core capabilities: Loyalty, Lifestyle
Benefits, Insurance and Assistance.

Collinson Group provides unrivalled insight and expertise around
affluent consumers and frequent travellers, creating and delivering
products and services that increase engagement, loyalty and value for
customers.

We have 25 years' experience, with 25 global locations, servicing
over 800 clients in 170 countries, employing 2,000 staff, and
managing over 20 million end customers. Our clients include:
MasterCard, VISA, Diners, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, Air France
KLM and InterContinental Hotels Group.

Collinson Group comprises leading brands including: Priority Pass,
Columbus Direct and ICLP.

About NTT Communications Corporation

NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security
and cloud services to optimise the information and communications
technology (ICT) environments of enterprises. These offerings are
backed by the company's worldwide infrastructure, including the
leading global tier-1 IP network, Arcstar Universal One(TM) VPN
network reaching 196 countries/regions and 140 secure data centres
worldwide.

NTT Communications solutions leverage the global resources of NTT
Group companies including Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA.

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