Apr, 2001 : AT&T opens data center in Dallas-Fort Worth
📅 - Allen Mayor Steve Terrell and Allen Economic Development Corporation Board Chairman Steve Matthews assisted AT&T (att.com) officials with the ribbon cutting ceremony.
"The opening of AT&T's Internet data center in Allen makes a positivestatement about our community and ability to meet the requirements thatcompanies need in a high-tech economy," said Terrell. "Our residents, whoare primarily employed in the technology and telecommunications industries,will greatly benefit from having access to this type of facility, not onlyfrom an employment aspect but also from a business usage standpoint."
"AT&T's new center is a substantial and important addition to the area andwill help us recruit more technology-related industries," added Matthews.Dallas and Fort Worth area IDC customers will have access to AT&T's fullportfolio of managed hosting services, including application, database,hardware and operating system management, storage services, managed securityand firewall services, and professional services.
"The IDC is a hub of the networked economy," said Joan Wagstaff, AT&T salescenter vice president - North Texas. "More and more companies realize theyhave to adapt to new business models driven by the Internet if they are tosurvive. AT&T can help businesses successfully navigate these transitions."
AT&T is continuing on its path to grow to two million square feet of Webhosting capacity and to add eight new centers in 2001, bringing the totalnumber of AT&T IDCs to 21 by year-end. This plan is part of AT&T's globalhosting program with partners BT and Concert to build a network of 44 IDCsin 16 countries by 2003.
"The opening of AT&T's Internet data center in Allen makes a positivestatement about our community and ability to meet the requirements thatcompanies need in a high-tech economy," said Terrell. "Our residents, whoare primarily employed in the technology and telecommunications industries,will greatly benefit from having access to this type of facility, not onlyfrom an employment aspect but also from a business usage standpoint."
"AT&T's new center is a substantial and important addition to the area andwill help us recruit more technology-related industries," added Matthews.Dallas and Fort Worth area IDC customers will have access to AT&T's fullportfolio of managed hosting services, including application, database,hardware and operating system management, storage services, managed securityand firewall services, and professional services.
"The IDC is a hub of the networked economy," said Joan Wagstaff, AT&T salescenter vice president - North Texas. "More and more companies realize theyhave to adapt to new business models driven by the Internet if they are tosurvive. AT&T can help businesses successfully navigate these transitions."
AT&T is continuing on its path to grow to two million square feet of Webhosting capacity and to add eight new centers in 2001, bringing the totalnumber of AT&T IDCs to 21 by year-end. This plan is part of AT&T's globalhosting program with partners BT and Concert to build a network of 44 IDCsin 16 countries by 2003.
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