Henkel Inks IT Deal for Worldwide Operations
Henkel selects AT&T* as its lead global provider for its global communications requirements in a five-year, multi-million dollar agreement. Henkel aims to make the best use of its information technology assets, reduce costs, and improve the quality of its services. It also seeks to improve inter-company collaboration and to better enable the company to meet the needs of its customers worldwide.
"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," explains Dr. Peter Wroblowski, chief information officer of Henkel.
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 is expected 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 is providing Henkel with a bespoke integrated eBonding solution for Ticketing and Ordering, which is geared at providing improved productivity, flexibility, as well as an increase in the speed and accuracy of their network transactions. In addition, AT&T will provide mobility solutions to around 2,500 Henkel employees in the United States, supporting a variety of devices and applications including smartphones, 3G data service, and cellular voice services.
*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
"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," explains Dr. Peter Wroblowski, chief information officer of Henkel.
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 is expected 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 is providing Henkel with a bespoke integrated eBonding solution for Ticketing and Ordering, which is geared at providing improved productivity, flexibility, as well as an increase in the speed and accuracy of their network transactions. In addition, AT&T will provide mobility solutions to around 2,500 Henkel employees in the United States, supporting a variety of devices and applications including smartphones, 3G data service, and cellular voice services.
*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