AT&T TO DESIGN AND MANAGE NEW NETWORK SOLUTION FOR McDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL.NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 1995--AT&T today announced that McDermott International, Inc., a multinational engineering and construction company focused on the energy industry, has signed a five-year contract worth more than $24 million for the design and management of a global telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. . Under the contract with AT&T Solutions, McDermott will migrate its private line infrastructure to the industry-leading AT&T InterSpan Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. service, which will enable McDermott employees to do worldwide collaborative computing computing - computer such as concurrent engineering and design. The new solution will interconnect more than 50 of McDermott's domestic and overseas locations in 13 countries. "We're pleased to have AT&T design and manage our global network," said John Ruckert, vice president, information technology, McDermott International, Inc. "With AT&T's expertise in managing worldwide networks, we can better focus on our core businesses and the diverse needs of our customers." AT&T Solutions will deploy and manage McDermott's enterprise-wide communications capabilities for voice, video and data. This will include a global wide area network with distributed router management, AT&T Software Defined Network service and AT&T InterSpan Frame Relay service. All of McDermott's businesses -- Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation and Government groups; the McDermott Engineering and Construction and Shipbuilding and Industrial groups; and J. Ray McDermott -- will be interconnected via this arrangement. "This communications backbone will improve McDermott's global reach from Russia to Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. , from Canada to the Middle East, and from all domestic locations," said Rick Roscitt, managing partner of worldwide outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. practice, AT&T Solutions. "Only AT&T could provide the worldwide connectivity to meet McDermott's extensive needs." AT&T will be a single point of contact for McDermott employee inquiries regarding worldwide telecommunications- related issues through one of AT&T Solutions' global client service centers. AT&T Solutions will also act as managing agent to secure other worldwide network services. The agreement, won through competitive bidding Competitive bidding A securities offering process in which securities firms submit competing bids to the issuer for the securities the issuer wishes to sell. competitive bidding 1. , represents a winback for all voice, video and data network services, making AT&T the primary provider of network services and inventory systems. McDermott International, Inc. is a leading worldwide energy services company. The company and its subsidiaries manufacture steam-generating equipment, environmental equipment and products for the U.S. government. They also provide engineering and construction services for industrial, utility and hydrocarbon hydrocarbon (hī'drōkär`bən), any organic compound composed solely of the elements hydrogen and carbon. The hydrocarbons differ both in the total number of carbon and hydrogen atoms in their molecules and in the proportion of hydrogen processing facilities and for the shipbuilding industry Noun 1. shipbuilding industry - an industry that builds ships industry - the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications" shipbuilder - a business that builds and repairs ships . Through its majority ownership of J. Ray McDermott, S.A., McDermott International also participates in offshore construction. AT&T Solutions provides large global clients with the combination of expert consulting skills, systems integration and outsourcing services, delivering superior electronic commerce solutions anytime, anywhere. CONTACT: AT&T Frank Sessions, 908/221-7984 (office) fsessions@attmail.com or ATT ATT ammonia tolerance test. Gary Morgenstern, 908/221-6153 (office) gmorgenstern@attmail.com |
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