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AT&T Enterprise Hosting Services Launches Practice Focused on Online Gaming

Posted on: Thursday, 11 May 2006, 09:08 CDT

LOS ANGELES, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. announced today at the Electronic Entertainment Expo that its Enterprise Hosting Services has launched a practice focused on online gaming. This practice has a dedicated team of labs and operations engineers partnered with hosting sales specialists devoted specifically to its online gaming customers, including Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) and its massively multiplayer online gaming titles, including EverQuest(R), EverQuest (R)II and PlanetSide(R).

Through its portfolio of globally deployed Internet Data Centers (IDCs), AT&T is able to provide infrastructure to enable online gaming companies to deliver their game content efficiently through AT&T's Global IP Backbone -- one of the world's most powerful and advanced IP backbone networks. Leveraging AT&T's Enterprise Hosting Services portfolio of services, coupled with the experience of the online gaming labs and operations engineers, AT&T is able to deliver management services to online gaming companies.

"AT&T's gaming practice has successfully tailored the way hosting services operations should function for nonstop online gaming services," said Adam Joffe, chief technology officer for Sony Online Entertainment. "Our online gaming titles are some of the most popular, widely played and demanding applications on the Internet and AT&T has created a meaningful and valued service offer to help keep our games running smoothly."

In addition, AT&T has a 24/7 dedicated Gaming Core Team that provides "white-glove" customer service to its online gaming clients -- a critical component of its online gaming practice. AT&T's Gaming Core Team acts as a single point of contact and provides near real-time information, which is vital for the online gaming business; making the gamer's experience the best it can be.

"Our online gaming clients have a critical demand for not only the bandwidth and network capacity on demand but also the special operations center for gaming customers," said Chris Costello, director of hosting and utility computing at AT&T. "This group has a multilayered level of networking expertise and offers exceptional managed services and monitoring."

About Sony Online Entertainment

Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online, game console and wireless markets. Known for its blockbuster franchises and hit titles including EverQuest(R), EverQuest(R) II, Champions of Norrath(R), Untold Legends(TM), and PlanetSide(R), as well as for developing Star Wars Galaxies(TM), SOE continues to redefine the business of online gaming and the creation of active player communities while introducing new genres on various entertainment platforms. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with additional development studios in Austin, TX, Seattle, WA, and Taiwan, SOE has an array of cutting-edge games in development. SOE is owned by Sony Pictures Digital and Sony Computer Entertainment America.

SOE, the SOE logo, EverQuest and PlanetSide are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. Untold Legends is a trademark of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.

About the New AT&T

AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high speed DSL Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with 55.8 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at http://www.att.com/ .

Subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. provide products and services under the AT&T brand.

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Gina Pernetti, AT&T, +1-916-847-8542, or gcpernetti@att.com ;or Chris Kramer, Sony Online Entertainment, +1-858-577-3481, orckramer@soe.sony.com

Web site: http://www.att.com/http://www.e3expo.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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