AT&T Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Magic Quadrant for U.S.
Telecommunications Service Providers
AT&T announced its position in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner's
"Magic Quadrant for U.S. Telecommunications Service Providers"
2009 Report. Gartner assessed the capabilities of U.S. Telecommunications
Service Providers that offer wired, wireless or both services to the business
market based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. Gartner
recognized the providers' products and services, overall viability, sales
execution, pricing, marketing execution, customer experience and operations; as
well as market understanding, marketing strategy, sales strategy, product
strategy and innovation. (September 2009)
AT&T Ranks No. 2 on the Latina Style 50 Report Recognizing the 50 Best
Companies for Latinas to Work for in the U.S.
AT&T has once again been selected as one of the Top Twelve Companies of the
Year by LATINA Style Magazine; ranking No. 2 among the overall list of the 50
Best Companies for Latinas to Work For in the U.S. The annual LATINA Style 50
Report recognizes companies for best meeting the workplace needs and goals of
professional Hispanic women. This is the third time that AT&T has ranked
among the top twelve best companies for Latinas. (August 2009)
Advertising Industry Honors AT&T's African-American Agency of Record for
Its Innovative Multicultural Marketing and Advertising
Campaigns
Sanders/Wingo - the African-American agency of record for AT&T Operations,
Inc - has been recognized by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) for its
demonstrated innovative efforts in multicultural marketing and advertising.
This year, Sanders/Wingo was honored in the Multiethnic Advertising Campaign
category for its AT&T campaign Not Just. This campaign represents the
diversity of the local communities AT&T serves and it authentically
portrays diverse individuals in positive roles. (August 2009)
AT&T Wins Two Carrier Excellence Awards in Atlantic-ACM 2009 Business
Connectivity and Wireless Report Card
AT&T was named the winner of two Carrier Excellence Awards in the
categories of Brand (ILEC/IXC) and Small and Medium Business (SMB) Voice Value
at the 2009 ATLANTIC-ACM Summer Spree.The awards are based on the results of
the annual Business Connectivity and Wireless Report Card, which rates the
performance of business connectivity providers based on more than 3,000
individual carrier evaluations from the carriers’ small, medium and
large/enterprise business customers. (August 2009)
AT&T Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Magic Quadrant for Web
Conferencing
Gartner, Inc. has positioned AT&T in the Leaders Quadrant of its 2009
""Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing" report. Gartner evaluated
AT&T Connect® and positioned AT&T in the Leaders Quadrant in its annual
review of Web conferencing and collaboration services for businesses. AT&T
Connect unifies audio conferencing, Web conferencing and video conferencing
within a single, company-wide conferencing and collaboration tool. It provides
an effective foundation for unified communications with its integrated
telephony, broad range of online events, ability to serve both internal and
external meetings from a single interface, and flexible access for mobile and
remote users. AT&T Connect easily fosters strong global collaboration with
a fast return on investment. (August 2009)
AT&T Connect Wins SearchUnifiedCommunications.com 2009 Gold Award in Video
Conferencing
AT&T Connect® has been named the gold winner in the Video
Conferencing Tools category of the 2009 Product Leadership Award issued by
SearchUnifiedCommunications.com™, a TechTarget® publication. The award winners
were selected by the publication's readers, based on their assessment of
products currently deployed within their own enterprises. AT&T Connect® was
recognized for its ability to empower enterprises with enhanced productivity,
improved time to market, better customer service and the power of immediate
collaboration. (July 2009)
AT&T Wins Frost & Sullivan 2009 North American Market Leadership Award
in MPLS/IP VPN Services
AT&T was awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2009 North American Market
Leadership Award in Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) based Internet
Protocol (IP) Virtual Private Network (VPN) services. The award recognizes
AT&T for its ability to capture the largest market share in the MPLS/IP VPN
services market and its strategic investment in Layer 3 VPN services, which
enable customers to handle the convergence of next-generation voice, data and
video applications. (July 2009)
AT&T Wins Frost & Sullivan 2009 Market Leadership Award in Retail
Carrier Ethernet Services
AT&T was awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2009 Market Leadership Award in
Retail Carrier Ethernet Services. The award recognizes AT&T for its
comprehensive suite of carrier Ethernet services, encompassing access, E-Line
and E-LAN. (July 2009)
AT&T Named as One of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity by Black
Enterprise Magazine
AT&T announced that it has been named as one of the 40 Best Companies for
Diversity by Black Enterprise magazine, a premier publication and resource for
African-Americans focusing on business, entrepreneurship, careers and financial
management. (July 2009)
AT&T Positioned by Analyst Firm as a Leader in Web Hosting and Cloud
Infrastructure Services
AT&T was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner's 2009 Magic
Quadrant for Web Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure Services (On Demand)
Report,by L. Leong, T. Chamberlin, 7/2/09. In the Magic Quadrant for Web
Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure Services (On Demand) Report, Gartner evaluated
AT&T's ability to execute and completeness of vision. (July 2009)
AT&T Becomes First Wireless Carrier to Receive Accreditation from Every
Better Business Bureau in the U.S.
AT&T 's mobility unit has earned accreditation with each of the 111 Better
Business Bureaus (BBB) across the United States. AT&T is the only wireless
carrier to earn the distinction and is one of just a handful of companies,
overall, to achieve accreditation with every BBB. BBB-accredited businesses
adhere to the BBB’s “Standards for Trust,” a comprehensive set of policies,
procedures and best practices on how businesses treat consumers. The standards
call for building trust, embodying integrity, advertising honestly and telling
the truth, being transparent, honoring promises, being responsive and
safeguarding privacy. (June 2009)
AT&T Wins American Business Award for Information Technology Department of
the Year
"AT&T's Information Technology Organization was named “Information
Technology Department of the Year” at the 2009 American Business Awards
ceremony. AT&T’s IT organization, one of the largest in the world, was
recognized for its work in creating technology solutions that transform
business processes and market offerings in ways that create value and have a
positive impact for AT&T’s business, customers, and partners. The Stevie
Awards organizes several of the world’s leading business recognition shows,
including the prestigious American Business Awards. Nicknamed the Stevies, for
the Greek word “crowned,” this year’s awards attracted more than 500 entries
from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry. The competition
featured 27 categories for customer service and 41 categories for sales
professionals. (June 2009)
AT&T Honored as a 2009 Best Diversity Company by the Readers of
Diversity/Careers Magazine
"AT&T has been recognized by the readers of Diversity/Careers in
Engineering & Information Technology as a 2009 Best Diversity Company. In
this annual Best Diversity Practices survey, one hundred companies, government
agencies, and other organizations employing technical professionals were
honored from a field of hundreds of corporations and agencies. This is the
third straight year AT&T has been included on this list; it has been
included in the overall list every year since its inception three years ago.
AT&T, along with the other organizations that readers ranked at the top for
their support for minorities and women, their attention to work/life balance
and their commitment to supplier diversity, will be recognized in
Diversity/Careers’ June/July issue as 2009 Best Diversity Companies. This list
is produced annually by Diversity/Careers magazine, a bi-monthly publication
intended to serve African-American, Hispanic, Asian American, and Native
American engineering and IT professionals, as well as people with disabilities
and members of other diversity groups. Readers turn to Diversity/Careers and
its companion website, www.diversitycareers.com, for information on a marquee
list of corporations, government agencies and NGOs seeking to recruit seasoned
professionals and recent college graduates. (June 2009)
Celestica Recognizes AT&T Global Services Canada with a 2008 Total Cost of
Ownership Supplier Award
"AT&T Global Services Canada has been awarded a 2008 Total Cost of
Ownership (TCOOTM) Supplier Award from Celestica, a global leader in the
delivery of end-to-end product lifecycle solutions. This award recognizes
suppliers that support Celestica’s overall supply chain goal - to reduce the
total cost of ownership for our customers and give them the flexibility they
need to overcome any challenge. This marks the third year of Celestica’s TCOO
Supplier Awards program. Celestica’s TCOO system is focused on evaluating
supplier performance by measuring the total cost to produce, deliver and
support products and services beyond the supplier invoice price. As such, it
considers the following supplier attributes: quality, delivery, technology,
service, pricing and flexibility. (June 2009)
AT&T Recognized by CIO Magazine as CIO 100 Award Honoree
AT&T Honored for Excellence in IT Innovation for Third Consecutive
Year" "AT&T has been named a recipient of the 2009 CIO 100 award,
presented by IDG’s CIO magazine. The 22nd annual CIO 100 program recognizes
organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational
and strategic excellence in information technology.The recipients of this
year’s CIO 100 award were selected through a three-step process, including an
online application, in-depth application review by a team of judges, and CIO
editor review of and vote on the judges’ recommendations. (June 2009)
AT&T Honored as One of the 10 Best Corporations for Veteran-Owned
Businesses
"AT&T has been recognized as one of the 10 Best Corporations for
Veteran-Owned Businesses by the National Veteran-Owned Business Association
(NaVOBA) for its unwavering commitment to including disabled-veteran-owned
firms in its supply chain.This is the fourth year that AT&T is included in
this prestigious list, which honors large corporations that go above and beyond
to incorporate the nation’s 3 million veteran-owned businesses in their supply
chain. AT&T joins an elite group of other corporate leaders including Booz
Allen Hamilton, DynCorp International and a distinguished newcomer, Deere &
Company. (May 2009)
AT&T Small Business Resource Recognized for Leadership and Innovation in
Overall Online Customer Experience
"Compass Intelligence, a leading high-tech and telecommunications market
research firm, has recognized AT&T as one of the leaders in online customer
experience for small and midsize business customers.Based on both vendor and
primary research, the study highlights the AT&T Onward Small Biz Web site
(www.att.com/OnwardSmallBiz) as standing out from the competition to be the top
resource among telecommunications providers and No. 2 overall for small
businesses online. Last year, AT&T also ranked tops among telecom companies
and was No. 3 overall. (May 2009)
Frost & Sullivan Names AT&T Navigator the Consumer Navigation
Application of the Year
"Global growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan, has named AT&T
Navigator, powered by TeleNav, as the 2009 “Consumer Navigation Application of
the Year.” Frost & Sullivan chose AT&T Navigator due to its wide array
of features including integrated speech recognition, 3D moving maps, traffic
alerts with one-touch rerouting, estimated time of arrival calculation,
pedestrian mode, location-based city/state auto-suggest and an accompanying
pre-planning website.The Frost & Sullivan Award for Product of the Year is
presented annually to the wireless company that has demonstrated excellence in
product development and launch. The recipient’s product/technology effort is
expected to have significant and positive impact on the expansion of mobile and
wireless communications capabilities. Measurement criteria include significance
of the new product in its industry, competitive advantage of the new product,
product innovation, product acceptance in the marketplace, value-added services
provided to customers, and number of competitors with similar products. (May
2009)
AT&T Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Managed
Security Services
Leading industry analyst firm Gartner, Inc. has positioned AT&T in the
leaders quadrant of its "Magic Quadrant for MSSPs, North America"
report. The Magic Quadrant measures vendors on their ability to execute and
their completeness of vision and was developed as a guide for enterprises
evaluating Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs). According to the Gartner
report, the service providers in the Leaders quadrant have significant mind
share among enterprises looking to buy a MSS from pure-play security services
vendors, and they generally receive positive reports on service and performance
from Gartner clients. (April 2009)
AT&T Named to "Global Green 100" List
The Uptime Institute has selected AT&T for its Global Green 100 list. The
list recognizes companies that have made significant energy efficiency
achievements in their enterprise IT and data center operations. AT&T joins
other FORTUNE 500 and InformationWeek 500 organizations that have demonstrated
a board-level commitment to making their data centers and IT operations more
sustainable. (April 2009)
AT&T Wins Billing & OSS World Excellence Award for Customer
Care
AT&T BusinessDirect® customer Web portal has been recognized with the
Billing & OSS World 2009 Excellence Awards for Best Customer Care Solution.
The annual awards recognize the leaders - vendors, service providers and
integrators - in the development and deployment of billing and operations
support systems (OSS) technologies and solutions. An independent panel of
experts from the billing and OSS community cited AT&T BusinessDirect for
its ability to provide users with a competitive advantage, innovation, economic
benefits, compatibility with products from other vendors, ease of use, ease of
implementation and other factors. (April 2009)
AT&T Honored as One of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business
Enterprises
The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation's leading
advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations, has
named AT&T as one of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business
Enterprises.AT&T's outstanding diversified supply chain has not gone
unnoticed over the last 40 years - this is the 10th consecutive year that
AT&T has received this honor from WBENC. AT&T has been included among
the top corporations since the list's inception for its efforts in breaking
down barriers that impede women-owned businesses from gaining fair access to
procurement opportunities. (March 2009)
AT&T Earns No. 2 Spot on DiversityInc's List of Top 50 Companies for
Diversity
AT&T has once again been recognized for its longstanding commitment to
diversity and inclusion across its global operations - most recently by
DiversityInc, which named AT&T among its Top 50 Companies for Diversity in
2009. AT&T moved up 20 spaces in the 2009 rankings over last year - from
22nd to 2nd. AT&T is also included on three of DiversityInc's Top 10
specialty lists, ranking No. 7 among the Top 10 Companies for Recruitment &
Retention; No. 1 among the Top 10 Companies for African Americans; and No. 8
among the Top 10 Companies for LGBT Employees. This is the ninth year that
DiversityInc has administered the Top 50 Companies survey - more than 400
companies vied for the honor this year, an increase of 14 percent over 2008.
Last year, AT&T was included among The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for
Supplier Diversity because of its long history as a national supplier-diversity
leader, which includes consistently expanding contracting opportunities for
minority- and women-owned businesses. (March 2009)
AT&T Receives Frost & Sullivan's 2009 North American Managed Security
Service Providers Customer Value Leadership Award
Frost & Sullivan presented AT&T with the 2009 North American
Managed Security Service Providers Customer Value Leadership Award. AT&T
has been recognized for its global reach and comprehensive managed security
services portfolio as well as for its ability to offer strong network-based and
premise-based solutions.Frost & Sullivan's North American Managed Security
Service Providers Customer Value Leadership Award is presented to the company
that best demonstrates the ability to serve its customer base with more
value-added products and services than competing vendors. This award recognizes
AT&T's responsiveness to customer needs, enhanced quality and reliability
of products, commitment to technological innovation, and the ability to deliver
greater profitability and reduced life-cycle costs to customers through
value-added service. (March 2009)
AT&T Wins Three ATLANTIC-ACM 2009 U.S. Wholesale Carrier Excellence
Awards
The AT&T Wholesale organization received three 2009 U.S.
Wholesale Carrier Excellence Awards from ATLANTIC-ACM, a leading
telecommunications research consultancy and benchmarking firm. The awards are
based on the results of the 13th edition of ATLANTIC-ACM's U.S. Wholesale
Carrier Report Card, which evaluates the performance of wholesale carriers in
key delivery areas based on hundreds of ratings by their wholesale customers.
AT&T won awards in the categories for Brand, Network Performance and Voice
Product Quality. (March 2009)
AT&T Named Most Admired Telecommunications Company
Fortune magazine has named AT&T the Most Admired Company in the
telecommunications industry, marking 11 times in 14 years AT&T has received
the top distinction. Fortune also named AT&T among the Top 50 Most Admired
companies in the world - across all industries - for the second time. AT&T
joins an elite group of other corporate leaders ranked No. 1 in their
industries, including Procter & Gamble, Visa, Wal-Mart Stores and FedEx.
(February 2009)
Three AT&T Innovators Honored by ACM as Distinguished Members in
Recognition for Contributions in Computing Technology
David G. Belanger, Yih-Farn (Robin) Chen, and Robert J. Hall have been named
Distinguished Members by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in
recognition for their individual contributions to innovation in computing and
information technology. ACM annually recognizes a select group of computer
scientists and engineers from some of the world's leading corporations,
research labs, and universities, honoring those who have dramatically
influenced progress in science, engineering, business and many other areas of
human endeavor. (February 2009)
AT&T Wins Stevie Award for Technology in 2009 Stevie Awards for Sales and
Customer Service
The AT&T BusinessDirect® portfolio received a Stevie® Award in the category
of ""Best Use of Technology in Customer Service". AT&T
BusinessDirect was recognized for its customer features and ability to
integrate with mobile applications. AT&T's eSales and Services organization
also was recognized as a Stevie Awards finalist in the category of "Online
Sales Team of the Year." In presenting the award to AT&T, the Stevie
Awards committee acknowledged the ability of AT&T BusinessDirect users to
access its eMaintenance application over practically any wireless
Internet-enabled device to launch and remotely monitor the network maintenance
process from beginning to end. The committee also cited the AT&T
BusinessDirect Mobile service that allows customers to receive key reports and
text message alerts via wireless devices. (February 2009)
AT&T Business Solutions Positioned in Analyst Firm's Leaders Quadrant for
Global Network Service Providers
Leading industry analyst firm Gartner, Inc. has positioned AT&T Business
Solutions in the Leaders Quadrant in their latest report for global network
service providers. The Gartner Magic Quadrant report offers a visual snapshot
of a market's direction, maturity and participants. In the report, Gartner
evaluates vendors of global network service providers on the basis of
completeness of vision and ability to execute. (January 2009)
AT&T Business Solutions Wins Four ATLANTIC-ACM Global Wholesale Carrier
Excellence Awards
AT&T Wholesale organization received four 2009 Global Wholesale
Carrier Excellence Awards from ATLANTIC-ACM, a leading telecommunications
research consultancy and benchmarking firm. The awards are based on hundreds of
wholesale customer evaluations of global carriers for the 2009 edition of
ATLANTIC-ACM's Global Wholesale Carrier Report Card - the global wholesale
industry's principal benchmarking study. AT&T Wholesale won awards in the
following categories: 1) Brand, 2) Network, 3) Customer Service, and 4) Voice
Quality. (January 2009)
AT&T CruiseCast is Finalist in CNET "Best Of CES" Awards for 2009
International Consumer Electronics Show
AT&T CruiseCastSM, the future of total in-car
entertainment, was selected by the editors at CNET (www.cnet.com ) as one of only three finalists in
this year's "Best of CES" awards for the Car Tech category. The
"Best of CES" Awards, judged by CNET editors who received and reviewed
hundreds of entries, recognize the hottest products at the 2009 International
CES in ten categories. The ten categories include car tech; cell phones and
smartphones; computers and hardware; digital photo and video; gaming; GPS; home
audio; home video; MP3 and portable video players; and televisions. (January
2009)
AT&T Business Solutions Receives Wholesale Company and Product of the Year
Awards from Frost & Sullivan
The AT&T Wholesale organization received two awards from global
growth consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. The company received the 2009
North American Wholesale Communication Services Market Company of the Year
Award and the 2009 North American Wholesale Communication Services
Product of the Year Award for AT&T VoIP Connect Service (AVOICS).
The Company of the Year Award is presented to the company that has demonstrated
unparalleled excellence within its industry, and AT&T Wholesale was
specifically recognized for its unmatched service offerings and wholesale
market leadership. The award is based on numerous factors, including the
company's commitment to business expansion, competitive strategy, customer
satisfaction, and the number of new customers and new segments coupled with
market growth. (January 2009)
