Blending connectivity, cloud, and cybersecurity

Business environments are evolving rapidly and growing more complex. Economic pressures, energy challenges, shifting supply chains, climate requirements, cyber risks, internal change, and faster innovation cycles are all reshaping the landscape.

In this context, digital infrastructure that can adapt quickly, securely, and reliably becomes a strategic advantage, turning constraints into opportunities. To meet these demands, Orange Business developed Evolution Platform.

Platformization explained by Usman Javaid, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Orange Business:

 

Built for adaptability

Employees, data, connected devices, and AI systems are evolving at speed. Infrastructure must keep up.

Instead of stacking separate solutions for connectivity, cloud, and security, Evolution Platform integrates these core capabilities into one unified framework. The result is better resource efficiency and smoother, more consistent digital experiences.

Orange Business brings several strengths to support this model: a global presence, a strong ecosystem of partners, and a resilient international backbone.

This backbone forms the core of the global fiber network we operate alongside other telecom providers. Designed with redundant and diversified routes, it ensures that disruptions in one area don’t compromise overall performance. It’s a critical foundation for delivering a unified and dependable platform.

Faster integration

Platformization allows organizations to move at business speed. In the context of a merger or acquisition, IT integration, once a process that could take months, can now be completed in days.

CIOs stay in control, activating services when needed, whether during periods of rapid expansion or peak traffic moments such as Black Friday.

With real-time visibility, automated controls, and unified management of secure connectivity, companies streamline operations, strengthen resilience, and remain agile as business requirements evolve.

 

 

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Evolution Platform: a single solution combining multi-cloud connectivity, networking, and cybersecurity.
 
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475 customers

in 2025

Designed to deliver: flexibility, agility, enhanced security, lower costs, and energy efficiency.

 

 
Haier Europe

Haier Europe, a global leader in home appliances serving millions of households across Europe, offers a strong example of platformization at work. To maintain its competitive edge and lead in smart home solutions, the company rethought both its organization and its infrastructure, accelerating its digital transformation.

Through Orange Business’ Evolution Platform, Haier Europe connects its sites and cloud environments across Europe within a modern, secure architecture. The platform strengthens cybersecurity while enabling innovative business models such as pay-per-wash.

Orange Business provides us with a composable and highly agile platform that simplifies cloud connectivity and automation, while remaining flexible enough to support our dynamic business model and digital ambitions.

Simone Pezzoli
Group Chief Digital Technology Officer, Haier Europe


Responsible technology by design

Adaptability and performance are essential, but responsibility is equally central.
Every new connected service generates additional data traffic, increasing demand on network and cloud infrastructure. The challenge is to balance digital performance with energy efficiency.
Evolution Platform was designed with ESG principles in mind from the start. Environmental and social impacts are integrated at every stage of deployment. The platform optimizes resource use, reduces energy consumption, and follows eco-design principles.
Reducing the environmental footprint of digital technology is not a standalone initiative. It’s backed by measurable targets and embedded in a broader strategy that spans infrastructure and usage.

Learn more about the Orange Group’s impact.

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Reducing the environmental footprint of digital technology is not a standalone initiative. It’s backed by measurable targets and embedded in a broader strategy that spans infrastructure and usage.

Responsible technology by design

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Reducing the environmental footprint of digital technology is not a standalone initiative. It’s backed by measurable targets and embedded in a broader strategy that spans infrastructure and usage.

Adaptability and performance are essential, but responsibility is equally central. Every new connected service generates additional data traffic, increasing demand on network and cloud infrastructure. The challenge is to balance digital performance with energy efficiency. Evolution Platform was designed with ESG principles in mind from the start. Environmental and social impacts are integrated at every stage of deployment. The platform optimizes resource use, reduces energy consumption, and follows eco-design principles. Reducing the environmental footprint of digital technology is not a standalone initiative. It’s backed by measurable targets and embedded in a broader strategy that spans infrastructure and usage.

 
With platformization, Orange Business is building a unified, reliable, and responsible digital foundation that keeps pace with transformation. By bringing connectivity, cloud, and cybersecurity together, we enable organizations to move faster, operate more simply, and grow more sustainably. This offers a solid foundation for innovation, adaptability and trusted digital performance, starting today.