zbyslaw, I did miss that. So what we have here then is IBM getting into networking solutions via AT&T and NN. As various networks crash they just call 911 IBM Business Rescue Solutions. Just like a quick meal at McDonald's.
Only in America,
:8-))
TA
PS Somebody should email this to WCOM
you said
Tunica(Re:NN/IBM/ATT).You could have missed the following:
brs.ibm.com.
Note 7.5 billions for ATT inculing Bank One,Citibank.
Everything, like IBM Business Recovery Services, based on NN
plarform.
ATT/IBM just few days ago was aworded another 600 millions from Bank One, and in the recent months by few others large organisations.
The press release below, was reserved only for IBM,not NN or ATT.
*Please see our demonstration of BRSNet at the AT&T booth, #7533
MAY 11, 1999, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--IBM today announced an agreement with AT&T to enhance IBM's business continuity network (BRSNet),
enabling IBM to provide next-generation end-to-end business continuity services that are more cost-effective and flexible to customers' changing
business needs.
IBM Global Services' BRSNet is the industry's first network built solely for delivering business continuity solutions. AT&T Solutions, AT&T's networking
professional services unit, will provide advanced managed networking capabilities for BRSNet through a dedicated global network management center in
White Plains, N.Y.
Available in July, 1999, the enhanced network will provide customers with improved business continuity services, such as:
Reduced recovery time of customers' networks in the event of a system failure
Lower costs for network continuity services through flexible bandwidth availability and payment structures tailored to customers' individual needs
"We've been using IBM Business Recovery Services for our continuity needs and have been very satisfied with their dependable support," said Marshall
McGraw, manager, IT Architecture and Strategy, Phillips Petroleum Co. "Now with the added infrastructure and reliability from AT&T, IBM is showing us
it's very serious about the business-continuity business and wants to provide us with the best support possible. This is a quantum leap in the recovery
industry and has potential real added value for high-availability business-continuity services, depending on low-cost network availability."
Leveraging AT&T's networking-centric business continuity solutions, this next-generation IBM business continuity network is also the foundation for
future network recovery offerings. Key components of IBM Global Services' next-generation BRSNet include:
h-speed, multi-service integrated network access platform supporting: DS1 to OC-12 interfaces, video applications, legacy private line, frame relay,
ATM, SNA and IP
Flexible cost structure -- Customers pay for only the bandwidth they need
Flexible bandwidth availability to better address customers' requirements for test and speedy recovery
Reliable network recovery services monitored by a dedicated AT&T Solutions global network management center
Survivable SONET ring architecture and ally redundant ATM core backbone network topology
"Today's businesses are relying more and more heavily on their IT systems to keep their businesses running and therefore need protection from system
failures," said Anthony Martinez, General Manager IBM Business Recovery Services. "With the help of AT&T we can provide network services to assure
our customers that their businesses will be operable virtually around-the-clock.
"AT&T Solutions is proud that IBM Business Recovery Services has selected us to manage their complex networking environment through our Managed
Networking Solutions services, " said AT&T Solutions Vice President Ed Nalbandian. "As part of this multi-million dollar agreement with IBM, AT&T
Solutions will provide a multi-service backbone for a next-generation network that links IBM Business Recovery Service Centers worldwide."
Last year, AT&T Solutions introduced its Managed Bandwidth Service, which integrates corporate voice, image, video and data network bandwidth
requirements at a customer's premises with a common, managed end-to-end global platform of AT&T services. AT&T Solutions will deploy Managed
Bandwidth Service capabilities in both BRS customer locations and AT&T points of presence to support BRS business requirements. BRSNet will also
utilize the AT&T Solutions MBSview Real Time Function tool, which provides BRS with on-line views of a customer's business recovery network
configuration and network status.
T Solutions Managed Bandwidth Service is based on Newbridge Networks' MainStreetXpressTM ATM 36170 Multiservices Switch.
About IBM Global Services
IBM Global Services is the world's largest information technology services provider, with 1998 revenues of approximately $29 billion. Services is the
fastest growing part of IBM, with more than 130,000 professionals serving customers in 160 countries. IBM Global Services integrates IBM's broad
range of capabilities -- services, hardware, software and research -- to help companies of all sizes realize the full value of information technology. For
more information visit the IBM Global Services Web Page .
Over the past six years, IBM Global Services Business Recovery Services has successfully recovered more than 300 customers from many types of
disasters including Hurricanes Georges, Opal, Erin and Andrew, the Oklahoma City and World Trade Center bombings, the Northridge, California,
earthquake; infrastructure disasters, such as telecommunications failures, or electrical outages; and operational disasters, such as failure in hardware
or software.
For more information about IBM Business Recovery Services, go to the Business Recovery Services home page at brs.ibm.com, or call
1-888-837-8277.
About AT&T Solutions
Based in Florham Park, N.J., AT&T Solutions provides seamless solutions that maximize the competitive advantage of networking-based electronic
commerce applications. It uses state-of-the-art tools and processes to operate and manage voice, data, video and Internet /intranet services, including
local and wide area networks, PBXs, voice-processing systems and desktop computers. 1998, AT&T Solutions received about $7.5 billion in
contracts for new long-term business -- including a $5 billion contract from IBM, a $1.4 billion contract from Bank One Corporation and a
$750 million contract from Citibank. More information about AT&T Solutions is available at www.attsolutions.com.
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