LONDON, Jan. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Smiths Group has
refreshed its ongoing relationship with AT&T* for six more
years. Valued at more than $100
million, the agreement brings all of Smiths Group's
communications services under one roof. The company can now
securely connect its 23,000 employees across 450 offices in more
than 50 countries.
Smiths Group, a global technology leader for over 160 years, is
a $4.5 billion engineering company
headquartered in the UK. It manufactures products and
supplies services that touch the everyday lives of millions of
people. They ensure the safe delivery of pain medication, help
provide energy to households, make cars and planes more fuel
efficient and improve mobile phone signals. Its advanced
detection technologies keep people safe in global transportation,
ports and borders.
AT&T is providing Smiths Group with enhanced global network
speeds and capacity solutions for its offices and locations around
the world. Security services from AT&T keep Smiths
Group's information and assets safe. For instance, AT&T
Security Event and Threat Analysis service helps Smiths Group
reduce risk and increase reaction and response times to security
issues.
Across its internet data centers, AT&T is managing Smiths
Group's corporate content and applications so Smiths Group
employees can access information easily and securely wherever they
are located around the world. These managed services include
Smiths Group's enterprise resource planning and world-wide
email.
Employees at any Smiths Group location can communicate with each
other using their laptops or favorite smartphone with the same
single, easy-to-use interface. AT&T is integrating Smiths
Group's existing unified communications with the AT&T
cloud-based voice platform. An AT&T global Mobile Device
Management solution helps secure all smartphones.
"This extended and long-term agreement with AT&T is
strategically important for us as it will help us grow our business
around the world. The communications, hosting and security
solutions will aid our global expansion and growth priorities, make
us more agile and productive, speed up decision making, foster
greater collaboration and help fuel greater innovation," said
Smiths Group's Stuart Beesley, Chief
Information Officer. "We'll spend less on operating costs while
enabling our employees to react more quickly to business demands
and customer needs. AT&T's global scale helps us ensure that
our most critical assets are in safe hands while at the same time
benefiting from new and emerging technologies," said Smiths Group's
Stuart Beesley, Chief Information
Officer.
"Organizations are no longer constrained by the four walls of
the office building. Global companies like Smiths Group need to
communicate quickly and securely around the world to remain
competitive," said AT&T's Andrew
Edison, Regional Vice President, EMEA. "Our agreement
with Smiths Group highlights our strategy to help multi-national
companies manage three rising trends: going mobile, using the cloud
and expanding operations around the world."
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by
subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T
brand and not by AT&T Inc.
About Smiths Group
Smiths is a global technology company listed on the London Stock
Exchange (SMIN) and operates a sponsored level one ADR programme
(SMGZY). A world leader in the practical application of
technologies, Smiths Group delivers products and services for the
threat & contraband detection, medical devices, energy and
communications markets worldwide. Our products and services make
the world safer, healthier and more productive. Smiths Group
employs more than 23,000 people in over 50 countries. For more
information visit www.smiths.com
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) helps millions of people and businesses
around the globe stay connected through leading wireless,
high-speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. We're helping
people mobilize their worlds with state-of-the-art communications,
entertainment services and amazing innovations like connected cars
and devices for homes, offices and points in between. Our U.S.
wireless network offers customers the nation's strongest LTE signal
and the nation's most reliable 4G LTE network. We offer the best
global wireless coverage. We're improving how our customers stay
entertained and informed with AT&T U-verse® TV and
High Speed Internet services. And businesses worldwide are serving
their customers better with AT&T's mobility and highly secure
cloud solutions.
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Reliability and signal strength claims based on nationwide
carriers' LTE. Signal strength claim based ONLY on avg. LTE signal
strength. LTE not available everywhere. Global coverage claim based
on offering voice and data roaming in more countries than any other
U.S. based carrier, and offering the most wireless smartphones and
tablets that work in the most countries.
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