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Dallas, Oct. 10, 2016: AT&T has said it had reached a multi-year, “strategic alliance” agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to optimise delivery of integrated solutions built on the companies’ respective Cloud and networking capabilities.
The collaboration was designed to help existing and new customers more efficiently migrate to and use the AWS Cloud with the AT&T network. The solutions were intended to span cloud networking, mobility, Internet of Things (IoT), security and analytics.
“Customers of all sizes are quickly migrating to the AWS Cloud to reduce their data center footprint, become more agile and take advantage of innovation in areas such as IoT, Big Data and Analytics,” said Terry Wise, Vice President of Worldwide Partner Ecosystem, Amazon Web Services, Inc. “Advanced connectivity and network solutions are critical to help our customers to get the most out of our services.”
“For many enterprises, the Cloud’s potential can be equal parts tantalizing and challenging. Emerging technology trends and fluctuating needs mean that a company’s plans are dynamic, and can quickly change,” said Mo Katibeh, Senior Vice President, Advanced Solutions, AT&T Business Solutions. “Together, AT&T and AWS can help streamline the leap to the Cloud. We’re helping businesses connect everything and anything to the Cloud. More importantly, we’re doing this so it can be simple, scalable and highly secure.”
The collaboration will focus in three main business areas, with potential expansion in the future:
Business Cloud Networking: Since the integration was initially launched, AT&T NetBond has become an “increasingly popular way” for customers to establish high-speed, highly secure network connections to the AWS Cloud. In fact, the AT&T NetBond ecosystem has seen four fold growth in connections and eight fold in traffic over the last year. In order to deliver even more advanced networking capabilities to customers, AT&T and AWS will work together to identify new solutions with security, performance, and mobility in mind. Emphasis will be placed on enhancing end-to-end customer visibility across more highly secure and high performing network connections, allowing for faster and more automated decision making capabilities to the customer.
IoT: AT&T and AWS will coordinate introduction of AT&T IoT-connected sensors and devices preconfigured to seamlessly and more securely send data into the AWS Cloud. This integration will provide customers with massive breadth and scale. It brings together AT&T’s global network, which connects nearly 29 million connected devices as of 2Q 2016 and reaches over 200 countries and territories, with AWS IoT, a managed Cloud platform that can more securely and reliably scale to billions of devices and trillions of messages. Integration with the AT&T IoT Starter Kit and IoT Data plans are also intended to be included, which would allow customers to build their own solutions using AT&T IoT and AWS IoT.
Threat Management: As part of this expanded strategic relationship, AT&T and AWS plan to employ their respective expertise and knowledge in security to help customers prevent, detect, and respond to threats faster and more efficiently.