Henkel Turns to AT&T For Global IP

FRANKFURT -- AT&T today announced that Henkel, a leader in the global marketplace, distributing leading brands and technologies worldwide, has selected AT&T as its lead global provider for its global communications requirements in a five-year multi-million dollar agreement.

AT&T will manage the worldwide global network infrastructure supporting Henkel’s 50,000 employees in more than 100 countries. The key focus of the deal will see AT&T support a range of managed services across its network to Henkel locations worldwide.

By providing a global Internet Protocol (IP) network to Henkel, AT&T will be able to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of services and give Henkel the foundation to deploy scalable, resilient, and secure transformation applications and services, such as IP telephony, collaboration tools, such as video conferencing and web-meeting services, and other managed network services throughout their global operations.

“AT&T understands our network requirements and supports us in fulfilling the needs of our IT users better and more cost effectively. This is why we have chosen AT&T as our preferred global supplier for the corporation,” explained Dr. Peter Wroblowski, Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Henkel.

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