APD Air Products and Chemicals Inc

LONDON, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) announced today that Air Products has awarded AT&T with a three year multimillion dollar enterprise hosting contract. Air Products has chosen to migrate its own data centre in the south of England to AT&T's IDC (Internet Data Centre) in the U.K. to ensure that a secure and robust infrastructure is in place to accommodate further expansion of the business. Air Products serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and health care markets worldwide and provides atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, equipment and services. Under the terms of the agreement, AT&T will be hosting a number of business applications, including components of the company's global SAP(R)* landscape, systems to support the European health care business and messaging for the European region. "The data centre hosts a number of our critical business applications, which are used across our operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and AT&T's infrastructure and proven capabilities made it the perfect choice to match our requirements," said Virgil Palmer, director for Global IT Sourcing Management Office at Air Products. AT&T has provided Air Products with a global Internet Protocol-based VPN (Virtual Private Network) since 2005. This contract follows the successful implementation of a similar project in Singapore, where Air Products migrated to AT&T's facility in Singapore because of physical constraints at its own facilities. In addition to hosting services, AT&T will also provide an International Private Line Circuit to the company's data centre in the U.S. * SAP is a trademark or registered trademark of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries all over the world. Note: This AT&T news release and other announcements are available as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Images can be downloaded from the Air Products photo library -- http://prphotolibrary.airproducts.com/ImageViewer.aspx About Air Products Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment and is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability and FTSE4Good Indices. The company has annual revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and over 20,000 employees around the globe. For more information, visit http://www.airproducts.com/. About AT&T AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/. (C) 2007 AT&T Knowledge Ventures. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom. DATASOURCE: AT&T Inc. CONTACT: Niall Hickey of AT&T EMEA, 020 7663 5076, ; or Gioconda Beekman of Fleishman-Hillard, 020 7395 7068, , for AT&T Web site: http://www.att.com/ http://www.airproducts.com/ http://www.att.com/newsroom

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