MIAMI LAKES, Fla. -- AT&T announced today it has won a multimillion-dollar contract to provide a global networking solution for Elizabeth Arden Inc. (NASDAQ: RDEN), a global prestige fragrance and beauty product provider.
AT&T will integrate Elizabeth Arden's communications infrastructure with a network-based Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) solution, which replaces multiple vendors and helps the company gain efficiencies. The solution will integrate Elizabeth Arden locations in the United States and 15 countries across Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
The network offers "any to any" connectivity, seamlessly linking state-of-the-art and legacy technologies, and supports Elizabeth Arden's mission-critical communications and information processing applications.
In addition, through the award-winning secure AT&T BusinessDirect® portal, Elizabeth Arden gains online access to tools that provide near-real-time reports on network performance and direct access to AT&T's ordering, status, inventory, trouble management and billing systems.
About Elizabeth Arden
Elizabeth Arden is a global prestige fragrance and beauty products company. The Company's portfolio of brands includes the fragrance brands Elizabeth Arden's Red Door, Red Door Revealed, 5th Avenue, Elizabeth Arden green tea, ardenbeauty and Elizabeth Arden Provocative Woman, Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamonds, Passion, Forever Elizabeth and Gardenia, White Shoulders, Geoffrey Beene's Grey Flannel, Halston, Halston Z-14, PS Fine Cologne for Men, Design and Wings; the Elizabeth Arden skin care lines, including Ceramide and Eight Hour Cream; and the Elizabeth Arden color cosmetics line.
About AT&T
For more than 125 years, AT&T (NYSE "T") has been known for unparalleled quality and reliability in communications. Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, the company is a global leader in local, long distance, Internet and transaction-based voice and data services.
