AT&T agreed to transition its managed application and managed hosting services unit to IBM. IBM will then align these managed service capabilities with the IBM Cloud portfolio. IBM will also acquire equipment and access to floor space in AT&T data centers currently supporting the applications and managed hosting operations.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
AT&T will continue to provide other managed networking services, including security, cloud networking and mobility offerings.
The companies said the deal builds on their long-term partnership.
“Today’s announcement represents an expansion of our strategic relationship with AT&T and continuing collaboration to deliver new innovative solutions,” said Philip Guido, IBM General Manager of Global Technology Services for North America. “Working with AT&T, we will deliver a robust set of IBM Cloud and managed services that can continuously evolve to meet clients’ business objectives.”
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AT&T and IBM Team Up on Mobile Cloud Security
AT&T and IBM announced a partnership focused on delivering a scalable mobile cloud solution to help protect corporate data and apps.
The reference architecture includes:
- IBM MobileFirst Protect: helps organizations manage and control mobile devices, apps and documents.
- AT&T NetBond: provides a highly secure, scalable network connection to IBM’s Cloud infrastructure services, SoftLayer.
- IBM Cloud: the SoftLayer infrastructure secures public and private clouds for applications and data storage.
- AT&T Work Platform: enables separate billing of business and personal charges for voice, messaging and data use on an employee’s personal handset.
“Balancing employees’ need for convenience with security has become a challenge for CISOs and CIOs across the world,” said Caleb Barlow, vice president, IBM Security. “To help protect organizations, employees and data, IBM Security and AT&T are delivering a tested and easy to deploy set of complementary tools. We’re giving enterprise mobile device users stable, private access to data and apps in the cloud.”