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AT&T: The Networked Future is Open
15 minutes, 6.9mb, recorded 2005-10-06
Image caption: Hossein Eslambolchi
Hossein Eslambolchi

Hossein Eslambolchi, president of AT&T Global Networking Technology services, believes in a future of intelligent, open networks and smart devices. He expects a transformation from existing legacy systems and applications to a seamless, ubiquitous virtual world with multimedia applications.

Hossein leads AT&T's quest to become "the world's networking company." His two rules of thumb for corporate management have streamlined production across the company:

  • The Concept of One: Do it once, do it right, use it everywhere.
  • The Concept of Zero: Zero defects, zero cycle time, automate where possible

In this short talk, Hossein describes the forces driving a transformation of the communications industry and the challenges and opportunities it presents. He outlines how AT&T is aligning itself to face this new world reality.

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Hossein Eslambolchi is AT&T CTO and CIO and president of AT&T Global Networking Technology Services. He is responsible for the corporation's strategic technology direction, network operations, research and development, and information technology systems and processes and advises the chairman and senior leaders on technology issues. Eslambolchi is a member of AT&T's Executive Committee, the company's governing executive panel, led by AT&T Chairman and CEO David W. Dorman.

Hossein has over 200 issued patents and applications and many more that are pending or being prepared. In 2001, the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame named him "Inventor of the Year." He has also received many academic and industry awards and was appointed an AT&T Fellow, AT&T's highest technical honor, in 1999.

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