NEW YORK, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* today announced that Nemertes Research recognized AT&T with a 2009 Nemertes PilotHouse Award as the Market Leader in Data Center Hosting. Nemertes, a leading research-advisory firm, recently completed a comprehensive study to rate the performance of technology providers based on the evaluation of global business customers.

It is the second time that AT&T has been recognized by Nemertes for its ability to service business customers worldwide. In 2008, AT&T won the Nemertes PilotHouse Award in both the Customer Experience and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network categories for major carriers.

The award is based on rankings from nearly 1,400 IT decision makers who rated service providers on value, technology, and customer service, including: integration, management tools and ease of implementation and troubleshooting.

"IT professionals recognized AT&T data center hosting for its technology, reliability, customer service and value for money," said Robin Gareiss, executive vice president and senior founding partner of Nemertes Research. "In a highly competitive market, participants gave AT&T high marks for innovation and quality of service."

"The current economic environment demands the constant need for high-performance products and services that improve productivity and efficiency," said Steve Caniano, vice president, AT&T hosting & cloud services. "Nemertes' study and PilotHouse Award underscores the breadth of AT&T hosting and cloud services, our extensive experience, world class network and commitment to helping customers worldwide drive business velocity."

AT&T Enterprise Hosting Services offers flexible hosting solutions to maximize the accessibility and high-performance of customers' critical business data and applications. AT&T's fully integrated hosting and cloud based solutions handle the requirements of customers of all sizes including the most demanding hosting requirements and offers SLAs for mission critical customers transactional environments.

The 2009 Nemertes PilotHouse Award ceremony was held at VoiceCon this month in San Francisco.

*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&T Inc.

About Nemertes

Founded in 2002, Nemertes Research is a research-advisory firm that specializes in analyzing and quantifying the business value of emerging technologies. Nemertes Research works with over 2,500 IT business executives to analyze business value of emerging technologies, advises Fortune 100 - 2,000 businesses on critical IT strategies and benchmark reality.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. 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, the nation's fastest 3G network and the best wireless coverage worldwide, and the nation's leading 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 their three-screen integration strategy, AT&T operating companies are expanding their TV entertainment offerings. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE(R) magazine's list of the World's Most Admired Companies. 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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