AT&T Optical Bandwidth on Demand Gains Velocity with More Speeds for Customer Provisioning.With a 1GB Transport Speed, Optical Mesh Service Offers Enterprise and Wholesale Customers Exceptional Application Support over Their Networks SAN ANTONIO San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :T) today announced a higher speed option for AT&T Optical Mesh Service. This option gives enterprise and wholesale customers a new 1GB bandwidth-on-demand choice for application support and control over their networks. AT&T Optical Mesh Services allows customers to take direct and unprecedented control over their networks with the ability to reallocate Verb 1. reallocate - allocate, distribute, or apportion anew; "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data" reapportion allocate, apportion - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bandwidth as needed as needed prn. See prn order. by increasing or decreasing network capacity in near real time. Customers also can build and self-administer their own SONET networks using the award-winning AT&T BusinessDirect([R]) customer portal. Available in 275 locations nationwide, AT&T Optical Mesh Service enables customers to provision additional bandwidth capacity, on demand, to support high-priority data and applications to any pre-defined location on their networks as required. Networked applications and services are seamlessly integrated in near real time. The service is powered by AT&T's Intelligent Optical Network, a self-healing network A network architecture that can withstand a failure in its transmission paths. See SONET ring. that joins multiple offices and locations on a single network and provides 99.999 percent availability, as well as proactive network management and maintenance. "A dynamic Layer 1 service helps companies trying to solve the dilemma of build versus buy, as well as those seeking network flexibility to plan for the unanticipated," said Ted Chamberlin, research director, Gartner, Inc. "An on-demand optical solution with as much needed bandwidth is a compelling solution for mission-critical business applications with zero tolerance The policy of applying laws or penalties to even minor infringements of a code in order to reinforce its overall importance and enhance deterrence. Since the 1980s the phrase zero tolerance has signified a philosophy toward illegal conduct that favors strict imposition of for downtime, as well as for business continuity." "Enterprises depend on their communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. to drive sales and to meet the needs of customers," said Sanford Brown Rev. Dr. Sanford "Sandy" Brown is a United Methodist minister from the Seattle, Washington area. He currently serves as executive director of the Church Council of Greater Seattle, one of the largest regional ecumenical bodies in the U.S. , vice president, AT&T Connectivity and Metro Network Services. "Flexible networks that can be 'tuned' to instantly meet changing bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal are essential to our customers' bottom line. Faster transport speeds will enable even more control and flexibility over how they choose to route network traffic and increase or decrease the amount of bandwidth needed at any given time." Bandwidth demand growth--driven by increasing use of Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , as well as business continuity and disaster recovery efforts and the need to link regional branch offices--is forcing enterprises to reevaluate their network infrastructures to provide for greater adaptability. AT&T Optical Mesh Service gives customers the freedom to determine how they want to structure their networks for optimum control and business value. Customers can provision additional network capacity with rates up to OC48 connection speeds with the click of a mouse via the AT&T customer portal, AT&T BusinessDirect. Note: This AT&T release and other news announcements are available as part of an RSS feed at www.att.com/rss. About AT&T AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. . (c) 2007 AT&T Knowledge Ventures. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom. |
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