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The RoomPlace Selects AT&T For Network Services
Friday, May 16, 2008
AT&T Will Serve as Primary Network and Data Services Provider for Illinois-Based Furniture Retailer
LOMBARD, Ill., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)
announced a new contract to provide network services to The RoomPlace. The
Lombard-based company operates 22 stores in Chicago, suburban Chicago and
Indiana.
Under the terms of the three-year contract, AT&T will serve as The
RoomPlace's primary network and data transport services provider. AT&T will
equip 27 sites in all, including hosted data and disaster recovery centers and
a state-of-the-art distribution center, by using AT&T's Multiprotocol Label
Switching Private Network Transport (MPLS PNT) service and Ethernet Dedicated
Internet Access on AT&T's OPT-E-MAN(R) service, a switched Ethernet service.
The RoomPlace's PNT service will be a managed network solution that will
provide secure, fully meshed connectivity that's accessible simultaneously
from all locations.
The OPT-E-MAN optical transport solution will be used by The RoomPlace to
enhance Internet access and other real-time communication among its locations.
By switching to the OPT-E-MAN scalable service, The RoomPlace will be equipped
to meet demand for expanded bandwidth and will have the redundancy to protect
its communications against interruptions.
"We're committed to creating a customer experience unlike any other
furniture retailer," said Michelle Pacynski, chief information officer of The
RoomPlace. "The solution provided by AT&T is going to support this by
improving data and voice communications with more thorough order processing,
inventory control and call center management."
Each location will enjoy the benefit of AT&T's secure Virtual Private
Network (VPN) services, which will allow access to more data. The result will
be faster, streamlined operations via an improved Enterprise Resource Planning
application. Customers will experience faster deliveries and better response
to product offerings.
About The RoomPlace
Founder Sam Berman sold furniture door-to-door before opening his first
store in Chicago in 1912. Until 1985, The RoomPlace opened as a single store
in the Windy City. Today, headquartered in Lombard, Ill., The RoomPlace
operates 20 stores in Chicagoland, including three showrooms in metro Chicago;
14 in suburban Chicago; and single showrooms in Rockford, Ill., and
Merrillville and Mishawaka, Ind. The company's newest showrooms opened in
early 2008 and are located in Greenwood and Castleton, Ind. The company also
operates a state-of-the-art distribution center in Woodridge, Ill. The
RoomPlace showrooms create a retail environment unique and inviting to today's
furniture customer. One-of-a-kind designs create an environment unlike those
found in traditional furniture retailers. For more, visit The RoomPlace online
at http://www.theroomplace.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. In 2008, AT&T again ranked
No. 1 on Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired Telecommunications Company
list and No. 1 on America's Most Admired Telecommunications Company list.
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.
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SOURCE AT&T Inc.
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