This aDRD (Announcement-based Data-Rich Deliverable) is part of the Business Managed & Hosted Services, Business IT, Business Applications and Competitive Profiles subscriptions. This 6-page announcement discusses AT&T's launch of its cloud computing based Synaptic hosting solution. This is AT&T's global next-generation utility computing service with managed networking, security and storage for businesses. This new service is aimed at the enterprise market which includes businesses with 1000 or more employees, while very large businesses are those with 10,000 or more employees. Managed services expenditures consist of network-based services that provide a network, application or computing capability to a client and are delivered on and on-going basis by a 3rd party for a recurring fee. The Expert Guide for this report is Kneko Burney.

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-- Primary research

-- Vendor-based research

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-- AT&T Launches Synaptic Hosting

-- Putting It Into Perspective

-- The Full Release

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