LONDON, June 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* is
powering Exide's digital transformation, the battery and energy
storage company, with AT&T FlexWare. Our flagship network
virtualization solution, primed for network edge services, is now
in place across Exide locations globally including throughout
Europe, North America and Asia
Pacific.
"Our global presence in today's fast paced technology
environment presents the unique challenge of blending reliable
legacy platforms with emerging digital solutions. This
requires a data transport infrastructure that supports a broad
number of traditional and disruptive applications," said
Brian Woodworth, Exide Chief
Information Officer. "AT&T is leading the way as a trusted and
visionary provider of network edge solutions, so naturally we
turned to AT&T to collaborate with us on our digital journey to
become the preferred supplier to our customers across the
globe."
As a leading global provider of stored energy solutions, Exide
delivers compelling solutions for the world's current and future
power needs. Exide manufactures and recycles batteries for a broad
range of industrial and transportation applications including cars,
boats, forklifts and uninterrupted power units.
We're delivering a highly secure future-ready network to Exide.
This will allow the business to launch virtualized network
functions quickly to improve productivity and communication across
its sites, helping over 10,000 employees in 80 countries.
"Our technology will give Exide the support it needs to continue
operating at high standards and to prepare for new opportunities in
a 5G world," said John Vladimir
Slamecka, AT&T Region President for Europe, the Middle
East and Africa. "We're
building a platform that is ready for new data hungry apps made
possible with the arrival of 5G; such as AR and VR. That's why we
are moving compute resources closer to the network edge, opening
the door to new experiences and opportunities."
Exide is also using managed network security services offered by
AT&T Cybersecurity.
We're offering customers like Exide unrivaled visibility and
security through people, process and technology allowing them to
better protect their global business.
Behind AT&T FlexWare
AT&T FlexWare is one of our core software-centric services
from our edge solutions portfolio. Its near real-time service cuts
long set up times and complex processes.
AT&T FlexWare at the edge allows Exide to use both highly
secure MPLS and internet access services for its network needs.
Starting with network routing, Exide is able to access all wide
area network components utilizing high bandwidth capabilities to
help provide greater flexibility as the needs of each change over
time. AT&T FlexWare also allows Exide to fulfil its IT requests
centralized without needing local site support.
For more information about AT&T FlexWare, go to
https://www.business.att.com/solutions/Service/network-services/sdn-nfv/virtual-network-functions/
For more information about AT&T Cybersecurity, go to:
https://att.com/security
About Exide Technologies
Exide Technologies
(www.exide.com) is a global provider of stored electrical-energy
solutions for the transportation and industrial
markets. Exide's 130 years of technology
innovation combined with operations in more than 80
countries enables the company to deliver compelling solutions
for the world's current and future power needs. Exide produces
and recycles a broad range of products, serving the Transportation,
Network Power and Motive Power market segments with battery and
energy storage systems and specialty applications for a broad range
of industries including: agricultural, automotive, electric, light
and heavy-duty truck, marine, materials handling, military, mining,
powersport, railroad, security, telecommunications,
utility and uninterruptible power supply (UPS), among others.
Exide is Powering the World Forward - history and
scale combined with a start-up mentality make Exide the right
choice for customers who want more than simply a battery
supplier.
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