AT&T Currently Provides Services to the Largest Massively Multiplayer
Online Games on the Internet, Including Sony Online Entertainment's
EverQuest(R)
LOS ANGELES, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)
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.
SOURCE AT&T Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.att.com
http://www.e3expo.com
CONTACT:
Gina Pernetti, AT&T, +1-916-847-8542, or
gcpernetti@att.com ; or Chris Kramer, Sony Online Entertainment,
+1-858-577-3481, or ckramer@soe.sony.com
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