How Unified Communications Can Help Enhance Corporate Competitiveness

May 23, 2013
ATT

Is being the first firm on the block to adopt emerging technologies such as mobility, unified communications and collaboration platforms or cloud-based services really all it takes to secure a competitive edge? Or are there other factors that need to be in place for organizations to reap the full benefits of their technology investments?...

End-to-End Solution In Mobile Application Development

May 10, 2013
ATT

Mobile applications have captured the imagination of, well, everyone. They engage your customers, empower your employees and in theory, should make your business run more efficiently. Unfortunately, development teams are often puzzled on how to keep up with the demands of their business, spending...

Tri-C Manages Soaring Enrollment With Contact Center Solution

June 30, 2011
ATT

Imagine 4,500 students walking into your multi-campus university to enroll. Now, imagine all of them doing this online. It would be a much more manageable scenario – unless your infrastructure isn’t robust enough to take it on....

All Pro Fasteners Holds it Together with VoIP Services

July 30, 2010
ATT

All-Pro Fasteners understands the importance of open and accessible communication with its customers, suppliers and employees. Learn how...

In Pursuit of Secure MPLS Networks

May 1, 2012
ATT

Are enterprises that are adopting Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks aware of the additional security measures they might require? This profile, by Forrester Consulting, examines the answer to that question...

Jet-Speed Agility Using Cloud

September 10, 2012
ATT

As IT agility becomes more important, enterprises must work closely with business partners to deliver services faster than ever. But what options do you have for cloud services that can help you determine where you sit in transforming your operational model?...

Overcome Physical Work Restrictions with an MPLS VPN

March 1, 2012
ATT

The Internet broke down the brick-and-mortar boundaries of physical office spaces. Now, when you combine the wide reach of the global Internet with the security of an MPLS-based IP VPN and mobile access options, your office has officially evolved...

Mobile Botnets Explained

March 5, 2012
ATT

Hackers are nothing if not resourceful. First they wormed and Trojan-horsed their way into our PCs. And now security experts are telling us that they have set their sights on mobile devices. The proliferation of smartphones has now given rise to...

Mobile Lifecycle Management

July 30, 2012
ATT

As you pursue security solutions for your mobile workforce needs, you will no doubt realize that there is no one-size-fits-all solution set in mobile security. Rather, it is a mix of meeting multiple, differing requirements amid many diverse...

Thriving in the New IT Normal

September 10, 2012
ATT

Legacy IT systems were not designed for the kind of demands put on organizations today and won’t take organizations into the future....

Why Multinational Enterprises Move To MPLS WANs

April 1, 2012
ATT

To support international business operations, corporate IT needs a fast and reliable network connecting widely distributed sites. This profile examines why North American-based multinational corporations tend to turn to Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) IP VPNs...

Gain Workweek Flexibility with an IP VPN

March 1, 2012
ATT

Today’s “office” is nothing like it once was. Instead of a fixed workspace with a phone and email as your only communications tools, you can now fully collaborate with customers, suppliers and colleagues from wherever you happen to be working using MPLS-based IP VPN networking....

How Network Sourcing Delivers Transformation

May 10, 2012
ATT

Combining disparate hardware, software and network components  into a secure, comprehensive, dynamic IT environment that keeps pace with your business changes has become an all-consuming job. AT&T Network Sourcing was created to help...

Unified Communications Comes to the Cloud

March 1, 2011
ATT

What are the advantages of deploying unified communications (UC) using a cloud service and considerations when seeking a service provider? This Q&A with Melanie Posey, an IDC research director...

Tremendous Growth…and Vulnerability

March 5, 2012
ATT

The rise in global e-commerce has created a dynamic system that links supply and demand across continents. But more connection points and more points of entry introduce greater vulnerability to corporate networks. Most IT departments do not have...

Ochsner Health System Helps Keep Mobile Health Data Secure

April 6, 2012
ATT

Industry regulations require Ochsner to protect patient information. As healthcare professionals increasingly use personal communication devices in patient care, compliance with data security requirements required increased vigilance and new strategies. Ochsner needed an easy-to-manage way to secure health-system-related emails on these devices. ...

Promethean Graduates To A New Virtual Private Network

March 15, 2012
ATT

What does a textbook case for deploying a Virtual Private Network with Voice over IP look like? Take a rapidly growing global business with a mishmash of legacy network systems, add the need for business-critical collaborative communications, and you’ve got a snapshot of what Promethean, a global provider of advanced teaching and learning tools, was faced with not too long ago....

It’s Tune-Up Time

September 21, 2010
ATT

Today, everything’s going mobile at a dizzying pace – with cell phones, tablets, PDAs, laptops, Wi-Fi networks and virtual private networks (VPNs). Business on the move is business as usual. Here’s the latest forecast from IDC, which predicts that the world's mobile worker population will pass the one billion mark this year, to form more than a third of the world's workforce by 2013....

Make the Cloud Enterprise Ready

October 18, 2012
ATT

Cloud computing is a new means of delivering IT capability that expands enterprise service options....

Build a Better Business Case for UC

ATT

A growing number of information workers are regularly working outside of the office. Your business can’t afford to rely solely on “plain old” phone calls and emails — to stay ahead of its fast-moving competitors, your firm needs a better, more immediate way...

Building Green, Building Security

January 14, 2011
ATT

Like most companies in the construction industry, Hayward Lumber has been sharply affected by the economic downturn, especially the fall-off in new building activity. Hayward made the strategic decision to trim operations and expenses...

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...

CareCore National Makes Critical Connections to Better Health

July 30, 2010
ATT

Healthcare is a vast business that touches every American. Consumer demand, emerging technology, and inefficient and redundant procedures have contributed to rising healthcare costs and have resulted in difficult choices about how to pay for these services. ...

Carlson Wagonlit’s Remote Connections Make for Satisfied Employees and Customers

March 9, 2012
ATT

Changing customer needs and increasing volatility in business travel requirements made it increasingly important that CWT boost its operational flexibility. The company’s operating model, based on call centers staffed with full-time travel counselors, created a challenge...

Lawn Ranger Accelerates Productivity with its Faithful Mobility Application

April 6, 2012
ATT

Lawn Ranger needed to find a better way to track and manage its mobile work crews performing hundreds of tasks, particularly during winter months when workloads can be unpredictable....

A Key To Cloud Efficiency: Aggregation

February 8, 2013
ATT

We’re taught very early on in our business and professional lives that one of the best ways to cut costs is to go directly to the primary source. But what if there was a situation where it made sense to use a middle man? Such is the case when it comes to purchasing and using cloud services. According to the November 2012 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of AT&T,...

The Business Impact Of Mobile Engagement

March 8, 2013
ATT

The mobile game is changing. Users are no longer willing to settle for simple, passive applications. The new expectation is for apps to act as “systems of engagement” that provide users with access to the information and functionality necessary to solve problems and address immediate needs. The role that these systems of engagement perform is...

Network Enabled Cloud: The Next Phase Of Cloud Evolution?

April 17, 2013
ATT

Today, when people discuss cloud, it’s mainly centered around the compute and storage aspects of cloud architecture. "The network" is typically mentioned and will play a key part as cloud evolves into the next phase of development. Which means, as businesses expand their cloud infrastructure, enterprise networking will play a larger role. You’ll...

IT Risk And Security Reward Webinar

April 19, 2013
ATT

Every day corporate networks are faced with increasingly complex threats to IT security. But there’s an entirely new approach that can help you minimize risks. It’s called “Orbital Security”—and it just might save your company’s data. Orbital Security allows you to create an IT security strategy based on the relationships your company has...

Understanding The PCI Compliance Spectrum

May 24, 2013
Chris Mark

The rules governing the PCI DSS can be complex and confusing . When coupled with the 250+ requirements, and their dependencies, it can be a daunting task to understand to which systems the standard applies, and which requirements apply under what conditions.  In training thousands of QSAs, merchants, and banks, I have developed a concept that helps...

4 Essential Ways Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Businesses Can Drive Innovation

Marianne Strobel

With 34,000 troops – about half the U.S. force in Afghanistan – set to withdraw by early 2014, service-disabled veterans will be flooding the wavering job market by starting or joining small businesses. While economic improvement seems hopeful, service-disabled veteran owned businesses (SDVOBs) still need to make wise choices in order to make the supplier connection with companies like AT&T – and drive innovation....

An Assessor’s View

May 23, 2013
Sherri Collis

It has become impossible to avoid the headlines announcing that our data is being breached, from credit card information and social security numbers to other personal information. Each day, it seems there are reports of nefarious behavior happening in our Internet / cyber world environment. Due to this, there are five questions I challenge you to consider:...

What Haven’t You Thought About IT Infrastructure

May 22, 2013
Catherine Scaramuzzi

I recently had the opportunity to attend a conference where we discussed leadership values.  We did an exercise that “measured” how well we lived values that are important to us.  In the end, we discovered which values are truly important to us by reflecting on how much time we live these values. ...

3 Apps To Maintain A Remote Workforce

Mario Armstrong

My own small business is up to 6 employees—some here on the east coast, others working daily from as far away as Texas. We work from home, the train, planes, coffee shops, and yes, sometimes, real offices. We're constantly switching between...

Compliance Meets The Cloud

May 21, 2013
Barb White

The clock is ticking down to Sept. 23, 2013, the HIPAA final omnibus rule deadline. If you’re a hospital or health system, do you have “reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards” in place to help protect your...

What You Can Learn From The Top 25 Brands On Twitter

Rieva Lesonsky

Are you trying to build more user engagement for your small business on Twitter? Then you could learn a lot from a new study of how the top brands on Twitter interact with their followers. A Study of the Most Engaged Brands on Twitter,...

Taking The Pain Out Of Data Center Management

May 20, 2013
Sander Biehn

My annual check-up with my doctor reminded me how important it is to keep tabs on my health by taking a holistic approach to my overall well-being. For example, paying closer attention to the diet or exercise regimen can alleviate many...

Is It An App Or Is It Art?

Jeff Morgan

“I don’t know what good art is, but I know it when I see it.”  It’s the same challenge when describing what an application is to your mother or someone used to thirty years of the PC. Today things are further complicated by a plethora of new devices. Is...

Avoid IT Horror Stories With A Mobile-Friendly Approach

May 17, 2013
Jim Dillon

What motivates you to change – is it a valued opinion, a trend, or a necessity?  I’d consider myself somewhat a creature of habit and I fall victim to my routine quite often. It often takes a wake-up call to force me to change my habits. As luck, or a lack of luck, would have it, last week I was hampered by a computer crash.  You know, two full business days of working with IT to fix your laptop while having limited access to the...

Remodeling The Network

Sybil Fitzpatrick

So, let me share with you a little about my house. I live in California and bought near the top of the real estate market. I have a small, charming 1950s colonial in a nice neighborhood. But like many older homes, I got other things that I didn’t want, such as a pink kitchen. I’m not joking. The sink, floor, walls and the countertops were pink. Not my idea of House Beautiful. The floors were pink striped linoleum. The walls had square...

What You Need To Know About The New Industrial Revolution

May 16, 2013
Maribel Lopez

Last month, I heard two executives from leading companies talk about the new industrial revolution. Bill Ruh, vice president and corporate technology officer of General Electric, spoke about changes in the industrial business at Cloud Connect in Santa Clara. A few days later, I had the opportunity to interview Jim Hepplemann, the CEO of PTC, about changes in manufacturing industry....

Watching The Enterprise Hybrid Clouds Go By

Ed Lucente

Hybrid clouds enable the flow of information between private and public cloud networks. Private clouds talk to public clouds, and vice versa, and the hybrid cloud is born. On the heels of the OpenStack Summit in Portland, Oregon, and recent announcements from Microsoft, now is a good time to address the “state-of-the-state” of enterprise hybrid clouds. Due in large part to burgeoning industry alliances...

IT: It’s Time To Reinvent Your Control

May 15, 2013
Asmara Hadi

The rapid introduction of smartphones and tablet devices has challenged organizations to stretch their IT capacities. While IT departments continue to concentrate on traditional core requirements,  they must extend their capabilities to manage a proliferation of mobile platforms and devices. Since the concept...

Now You Tweet Me, Now You Don’t

Brian Solis

You’ve heard it a million times. A happy customer tells a few people, but an unhappy customer tells…everyone. In the age of social media, those numbers, especially for those expressing discontent, are only escalating. In 2012, American Express released a study claiming that 46 percent of U.S. Internet users hit branded social media pages to express frustration about poor experiences....

Reflections From TEDMED

May 14, 2013
Geeta Nayyar

I recently spoke at TEDMED13, the healthcare and medical focused conference of the broader TED organization.  Now, I’ve been fortunate to meet some amazing people, but I have to admit that I was a little star struck.  The thrill of shaking hands with Aneesh Chopra, the chief technology officer for the United...

2 Strategies For Competing In The Cloud

Brian Lee

As your business races to execute on its cloud strategy and drive adoption, you may think its time to unbuckle the seatbelt as you reach cruising altitude.  Not so fast. Turbulence may be just ahead if you’re not incorporating a strategy that includes transformative innovation as an integral part of your ascension...

NFC: It Takes A Village

May 13, 2013
Hsuan-hua Chang

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a technology supported by a large ecosystem. The key players consist of telecom operators, manufacturers (readers, tags, smart cards, semiconductors, and consumer electronics), mobile device OEM, system integrators, banking/ financial institutions, merchant consumers,...

3 Steps To Success For Women Business Owners

Susan Solovic

For the past two decades, I’ve been focused on the success of women-owned businesses.  In 2008, I wrote a book called The Girls’ Guide to Building a Million Dollar Business. At the time, fewer than three percent of women-owned firms had reached $1 million or more in revenue.  Fortunately, when I wrote the book...