Savoir Technology Group Sales and Marketing Relationship With AT&T and IBM Creates Opportunity for IBM Solution Providers.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. , Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 1999-- Savoir Technology Group's IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Business Unit (Nasdaq:SVTG SVTG Sudanese Victims of Torture Group ) is pleased to announce an initiative with AT&T (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :T) and IBM (NYSE:IBM) to market and distribute end-to-end e-business solutions for small- and mid-sized businesses. As the first phase of this relationship, IBM's e-business Start Now package has been integrated with AT&T's Managed Internet Services to provide a highly reliable complete e-business solution. The combined offering is being provided to customers by Savoir Solution Providers who join the AT&T Alliance Agent Program. The solutions will include IBM software, a choice of IBM servers and managed Internet connectivity provided by AT&T. The alliance brings together IBM's and AT&T's networking and technology experience to create comprehensive, scaleable Internet solutions. The first set of solutions being made available under the alliance provides customers with the IBM e-business Start Now solution software, an IBM Netfinity*, AS/400* or RS/6000* server and Savoir Business Partners' customization services. AT&T will provide Internet connectivity through its Managed Internet Access See how to access the Internet. Service. Bill Bryant William Bryant, Jr. (born January 15, 1951 in Shreveport, Louisiana) was an American football cornerback in the NFL for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Grambling State University. , Savoir Director of Product Marketing explains, "Savoir Technology Group is one of IBM's leading e-business distributors. This agreement is an integral part of our strategy to simplify the sale of e-business solutions for our partners." Savoir Technology Group has dedicated personnel in place to support their partners' training and marketing efforts. The initiative is designed to reduce the complexity of developing customized solutions to support e-business. The end-user can leverage the talents of three industry leaders to secure these complete, cost-effective solutions through a single point of contact. The turnkey solution will enable customers to create a Web site and develop an electronic catalog with secure e-commerce capabilities. This "out-of-the-box", simplified implementation enables Business Partners to provide an affordable, scaleable and extendable solution at a starting target of $35,000, plus Internet connectivity fees. Customers may also opt for a lease arrangement with IBM Global Financing for a monthly cost of less than $2,000. The solution is currently available in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . "IBM studies show that small and medium businesses are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. convenience, cost-effectiveness and vendor confidence when they choose an e-business solution," said Jim Corgel, general manager of Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. Industry, IBM Global Industries. "IBM and AT&T are combining our vast resources to meet those needs while giving our distributors a reliable and easy to implement e-business solution." About Savoir Savoir Technology Group is IBM's largest distributor of midrange products in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. with strong market focus on IBM AS/400, IBM RS/6000, IBM S/390, IBM storage products, and Netfinity servers. Savoir employs over 400 professionals dedicated to the sales, service, and support of IBM midrange servers and software products to sophisticated value added resellers See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). known as IBM Solution Providers. Additional services include light manufacturing through IBM's Authorized Assembler Software that translates assembly language into machine language. Contrast with compiler, which is used to translate a high-level language, such as COBOL or C, into assembly language first and then into machine language. Program and a host of leasing programs. Key suppliers to Savoir include IBM, Aironet and Telxon. For more information, visit Savoir Technology Group's web site at (http://www.svtg.com/). About AT&T AT&T Corp. (http://www.ipservices.att.com/) is among the premier voice and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. companies, serving more than 80 million customers, including consumers, businesses and government. With annual revenues of more than $53 billion and 149,000 employees, AT&T provides services to customers worldwide. Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, the company runs the world's largest, most sophisticated communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. and has the largest digital wireless network in North America. The company is a leading supplier of data and Internet services for businesses and offers outsourcing, consulting and networking-integration to large businesses. It is also the nation's largest direct Internet access service for consumers. Through its recent cable acquisitions, AT&T will bring its bundle of broadband video, voice and data services to customers throughout the United States. Internationally, the AT&T/BT Global Venture will serve the communications needs of multinational companies and international carriers worldwide. About IBM IBM (http://www.ibm.com/) is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM creates, develops and manufactures the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics. The IBM and AT&T alliance is part of IBM PartnerWorld, a marketing and enablement program designed to create new revenue and marketing opportunities for IBM Business Partners, and provide customers with e-business solutions including products, services, technologies and marketing. Savoir Technology Group and the Savoir Technology Group logo are trademarks of Savoir Technology Group, Inc. IBM AS/400, IBM RS/6000 and IBM Netfinity are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation and are used together under license. 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