Ireland and UK enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-036 · 18 July 2026

PlatformTrace

Enterprise platform change across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Verified ERP migration · High confidence

Colt completes cloud ERP migration through RISE with SAP

SAP and Colt reported completion across more than 40 markets with a 6.5-hour downtime window.

Evidence boundary: The predecessor ERP product, version and underlying hyperscaler are not disclosed.

What was reported

Colt's RISE with SAP deployment combines SAP S/4HANA, Ariba, SuccessFactors, Fieldglass, OpenText and SAP BTP. SAP says the programme unified the ERP estate and moved customer data into the cloud.

Verified facts

  • SAP explicitly states that Colt completed the cloud ERP migration.
  • The programme covers operations across more than 40 countries.
  • The planned 14-hour downtime window was reported as 6.5 hours.
  • Colt says the resulting estate covers 80% of business capabilities through fewer platforms.

What is not established

  • The predecessor ERP vendor, product and version are not precisely identified.
  • The underlying hyperscaler for the RISE deployment is not disclosed.
  • Efficiency and sustainability outcomes are company- and vendor-reported.

PlatformTrace analysis

The completion, target stack, scope and cutover window are clear. PlatformTrace therefore treats this as a completed ERP consolidation while refusing to invent a more precise predecessor platform.

Source

  1. SAP UK announcement with Colt executive statement, 15 April 2026.

Corrections and updates

No correction is currently open. Material changes or contradictions will be dated rather than silently overwritten.