为推动其传统的长途电话业务的发展,美国最大的长途电话公司AT&T近日说它将获得蓝色巨人IBM的网络业务:全球网络(GlobalNetwork),代价是50亿美元现钞。T＆T获得了IBM一份价值50亿美元的5年期合同,AT&T也将一些应用软件和数据处理的工作外包给了IBM。IBM将照管AT&T长途客户业务,并帮助管理AT&T的数据 In order to promote the development of its traditional long-distance telephone service, AT&T, the largest long-distance telephone company in the United States, recently said that it will acquire the blue giant IBM’s network business: GlobalNetwork, at a cost of 5 billion US dollars in cash. T&T acquired IBM’s $5 billion 5-year contract, and AT&T also outsourced some of its application software and data processing to IBM. IBM will take care of AT&T’s long-distance client business and help manage AT&T’s data