AT&T Announces Enhanced Networking Management Services for Businesses

Strategic Insights -

AT&T has announced a series of improvements to its networking management services for local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs, which extend many benefits previously limited to large, multinational companies to small and medium-sized businesses. The new offers, which are part of AT&T's ongoing initiatives to support businesses' 21st Century networking needs, include networked computing and enterprise networking services.

Key Takeaways:

  • AT&T has introduced AT&T Networked Server Monitoring, a highly reliable, round-the-clock remote monitoring service for enterprise servers that provides proactive notification of potential problems and outages.
  • AT&T Managed LAN Utility allows businesses to buy comprehensive LAN services by the port with "pay-as-you-go" pricing based on the number of LAN ports they actually use.
  • The service includes LAN hardware, maintenance, asset buy-back, proactive fault management, design, and implementation, with technology refresh and network enhancements provided on a proactive, ongoing basis.
  • AT&T Managed ATM and AT&T Managed Multi-Services Networking are new options for managing WAN environments, offering high-speed, multi-service networks on an outtasked-management basis and supporting voice over Frame Relay and voice over IP.
  • Hy-Vee, Inc., a retailer with over 200 stores and 42,000 employees, is a user of AT&T Managed Multi-Service Networking, which was rolled out in 120 locations in 90 days.

Statistics:

  • 80 million customers served by AT&T
  • $53 billion in annual revenues
  • 149,000 employees at AT&T
  • 21st Century networking needs supported by AT&T's new initiatives
  • 200 retail stores operated by Hy-Vee, Inc.
  • 42,000 employees at Hy-Vee, Inc.
  • Annual sales of over $3 billion at Hy-Vee, Inc.
  • 90 days necessary to roll out AT&T Managed Multi-Service Networking in 120 Hy-Vee locations

Sources:

  • AT&T Corp. (Jan. 24, PRNewswire)
  • Cabletron Systems
  • Gartner Group
  • AT&T Corp. Backgrounder
  • http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991018/ATT