Extended Partnership Sees AT&T Manage Omron’s LAN Environment in 17 Countries
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Dec. 14, 2007 — AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) announced today that Omron Europe has selected AT&T to manage its local area network (LAN) environment in Europe. This new agreement is an extension of the existing partnership with Omron Corp., a worldwide leader in automation, sensing and control technologies.
Throughout the past four years, AT&T has been providing Internet Protocol (IP)-based Virtual Private Network (VPN), remote access and hosting services to Omron Europe. Under the terms of this new agreement, AT&T will take responsibility for monitoring and managing Omron’s LAN environment at 33 sites located in 17 European countries as part of a full range of network-management services offered to multinational organizations. (1)
Roel Spijker, architect, IT Infrastructure Solutions at Omron Europe, said: “AT&T was the only provider that could demonstrate a workable model on a global level. This, coupled with the fact that AT&T already has a broad view of our business, made AT&T our partner of choice for a fully managed solution of our LAN environment.”
(1) Countries include: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and United Kingdom
