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$1 Trillion M2M Industry Growing At Warp Speed

March 14, 2013
John Schulz

I walked into an AT&T Telepresence® room the other day and I was momentarily teleported to the deck of the Starship Enterprise. Colleagues located thousands of miles away were suddenly right there in front of me. I half expected Jean-Luc Picard to dial-in. When I think of all the ways the telecommunications industry has grown in the last 20 years, it feels as if we’re living in...

Good Luck Or Hard Work?

February 21, 2013
Paula Waldron

As luck would have it, my family decided to move to the Jersey Shore shortly before “Super Storm Sandy” struck the East Coast in late October 2012. Our house, a turn of the century bungalow, sustained no storm damage....

Making Peace With All That Data

February 18, 2013
Dave Johnson

Opening in Boston in April, To the Brink – an exhibit commemorating the Cuban Missile Crisis – will be the largest new exhibit hosted by the Kennedy Library in more than 10 years. As an AT&T employee, I wonder if visitors to the exhibit will be aware that there is a deeper connection between the company and this landmark event in history. Back in 1962,...

3 Compelling Private Cloud Business Drivers

February 13, 2013
Dave Johnson

If you are like many IT executives, you are evaluating how cloud services may benefit your organization. Despite the rate at which cloud providers are appearing on the scene, many enterprises still have real concerns about security and performance when it comes to utilizing cloud-based infrastructure for critical workloads. There are, however, options...

Transformation in the Eye of the Storm

December 3, 2012
Sybil Fitzpatrick

We have just seen the worst storm to hit the Eastern seaboard in our entire lives. Over eight million people were without power. Roads were closed, businesses were closed, and people were cold. Not to mention the billions of dollars in damages. This was one of the largest scale disasters, and yet there was less confusion about who was not accounted for than other events due to better communications....

Business Continuity Preparedness Handbook

December 1, 2012
ATT

Business continuity planning is essential for all types of scenarios, ranging from flu pandemics to system failures caused by software upgrades. For the seventh straight year, AT&T has updated this comprehensive guide, designed to give you the information you need...

3 Keys To Make The IT Outsourcing Equation Work In Your Favor

October 5, 2012
Jason Druebert

Every large enterprise these days does some form of IT outsourcing (in the generic sense) – Business process optimization (BPO), ASP, offshoring, and cloud computing to name some flavors....

Is Your CDN Ready for the 21st Century Internet?

August 16, 2012
John Watson

You buy a nice gift, wrap it up, and pack it carefully. Then, do you hand it over to a shipping service that depends on other delivery services, and can’t tell you how your gift will get to its destination?...

Swimming Pools, Summer Sweaters and Air Conditioning

August 9, 2012
Monica Liming-Hu

Earlier this year, I wrote about the benefits of telecommuting. While telecommuting is proven to help minimize the environmental impact of the commute to work,...

Get Ready for the IPv6 Revolution

August 3, 2012
John Watson

On June 6 2012, the Internet Society and many major Internet companies kicked off the World IPv6 Launch....

To Manage or Not to Manage ISPs – Should that Be the Question?

July 30, 2012
Jilana Dellal

There are many Internet providers (ISPs) that offer Dedicated Internet Access. But what does that term really mean? And what does it mean for you the customer?...

U.S. Sustainable Telecom – Making Progress but Room to Improve

July 5, 2012
Monica Liming-Hu

Our business, like many others these days, is under pressure to do more with less. It comes in many forms – pressure to use less energy to run a growing network or to meet...

Cascade Sierra’s Mobility Solution has Truckers Seeing Green

June 4, 2012
ATT

Government agencies, which help truckers buy cleaner and more efficient vehicles, expect a return on their investment. They want to know how many miles these vehicles travel, where they go, how much fuel they consume, and how cleanly they run...

East Bay Regional Park District Plans for Continuity Safely in the Cloud

May 31, 2012
ATT

Similar to large government districts, the East Bay Regional Park District relies on a complex IT and communications infrastructure. They operate a number of organization-wide applications including payroll, email, mapping and public safety systems....

Embracing the Shiny and New Work Models

Monica Liming-Hu

Let’s face it, the working world is changing. It isn’t just because of the new Millennial’s joining the workforce. True, they have grown up in a more technology-enabled world, so it is the norm...

Let the Devices do the Talking for You

May 22, 2012
Monica Liming-Hu

In Mid-March, I attended the Greenbiz VERGECon event in Arlington, VA. There were a great number of topics discussed at this event...

3 Ideas on Innovation Responsibility

May 5, 2012
Bill Danskin

As we know, work inside a corporation takes on a life and a personality of its own. Our corporate cultures, our co-workers, our leadership all combine to create a context – a gestalt – to which we...