Ma Bell's Internet girdle is starting to split at the seams. Thank God she's our #1 customer! 26 data centers and doubling existing ones. Sheesh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO LU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AT&T to expand Internet data centers
Move aims to help companies do business on the Web
By Jeffry Bartash, CBS MarketWatch
Last Update: 10:36 AM ET Sep 14, 1999
Net Economy
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- To meet escalating business demand,
AT&T said Tuesday it'll build up to 26 Internet data centers to
handle corporate e-commerce and other web-related services.
AT&T will double the size of centers in New York, San Diego and
San Francisco by year end and add new ones in Washington,
D.C., Phoenix, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles and
Seattle. Overseas, centers will be created in at least three spots,
the United Kingdom, Germany and the Asia/Pacific region. Other
sites will be named later.
"We're experiencing unprecedented demand
from "dot com" companies that want
world-class Web hosting and co-location
services," said Michael Keith, president of
AT&T Business Services. "Our data centers
will be mission control for companies that
want to launch their business to the next
level." See press release.
The data centers will direct business traffic to
and from the Internet over AT&T's digital
Internet-based backbone, which will help
speed up page downloads, provide greater
security, result in fewer interruptions and
ensure that companies can get enough
bandwidth whenever they need it.
Demand for such services are exploding as
more companies move to do business on the
web. As they come to rely more on the
Internet for vital functions, however,
companies want greater reliability and help
operating their web sites. AT&T, MCI
WorldCom and others are rushing to
address those needs. |
