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Arthur D. Little's Paris and Brussels offices, the need for companies to have digital Associate Director in ADL Paris’s digital
comments: “ADL’s digital teams are a strategies that reinforce and complement team, adds: “The pace and complexity of
specialist group of consultants focused their business models in the long term. In digital transformation increases along
on accelerating the digital transition within addition, the EU has recognized that the with technologies’ maturity. Companies
government, corporate and industrial digital transformation across all sectors are now expected to have articulated
sectors. Linking digital expertise with in Europe has to be accelerated in order understanding of their missions within a
ADL’s core skills in strategy and innovation for countries to remain competitive and digital world, as well as a detailed roadmap
is a key way in which we help our clients not get left behind by the speed of change to get there. The articulation of the long-
to succeed in today’s world. I would like in other parts of the world. Digitalization term vision with quick wins and short-
to extend a warm welcome to all new can sometimes feel like a long tunnel term use cases is paramount to bolstering
members of our digital teams, as their fraught with peril, but ADL is committed teams’ engagement and set up a virtuous
experience is sure to significantly reinforce to successfully moving its clients into the financial circle. ADL relies on deep industry
both our capabilities and reach in this area.” digital future as part of a value-led process, knowledge and experience in innovation to
Michael Majster, Partner in ADL Belgium’s with its digital teams using their expertise support its clients in seizing these new
digital team, adds: “Although we are to highlight how new technologies have opportunities.”
currently living through challenging times, helped companies to innovate and
the COVID-19 situation has re-emphasized thrive.” Marie-Catherine Patry Winckler,

U.S. Dept. Of Homeland Security Awards AT&T 4

Task Orders On EIS

AT&T has been awarded 4 Task Orders from
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to modernize and transform DHS’
telecommunications infrastructure with
IP-based networking services. The awards
have a combined value of $306 million
over 12 years if all options are exercised.
The Task Orders were made under
the General Services Administration’s
Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS)
contract. The 4 Task Orders are for
networking services in support of the
department’s Headquarters, Immigration products and services including data for improved monitoring and zero-trust
and Customs Enforcement, Cybersecurity networking, voice collaboration, equipment, networking to help ensure only valid users
and Infrastructure Security Agency, and security and labor. They also provide DHS have network access. These capabilities
Science and Technology Directorate. Why the option to access FirstNet®, Built with can help DHS transform and secure
is this important? The Department of AT&T* – the only network built with public its network to meet current and future
Homeland Security has the extraordinary safety for public safety – to deliver reliable, connectivity demands in the service of
mission to secure the nation from the always-on priority communications to its mission. What is significant about this
many threats we face, with more than its first responders and public safety contract award? DHS seeks to benefit from
240,000 employees in jobs that range from personnel. Via these agreements, DHS will capabilities it can acquire under the EIS
aviation and border security to emergency have options for mobility integration using contract, specifically the innovative and
response and from cybersecurity analyst FirstNet to connect beyond wires with advanced communications capabilities
to chemical facility inspector. To achieve wireless edge solutions for primary and AT&T can bring to it. These include the
its mission, DHS requires a technologically failover connectivity. What is the scope of opportunity to benefit from AT&T’s highly
advanced communications platform that the network modernization? We will help secure, reliable, networking capabilities
offers fast connectivity and data transport DHS virtualize its networking capabilities in support of the broad and critical
in a highly secure manner. DHS is using the on our platform. We will deliver advanced mission of public safety users across DHS
EIS contract to procure innovations such technologies to DHS such as our IP agencies. With AT&T, DHS can modernize
as IP-based networking services. The Task software-based networking capabilities, its technology platform in the service of its
Orders awarded to AT&T pave the way for SD-WAN, cybersecurity protections that mission to safeguard the America people,
DHS to access a full spectrum of flexible reduce the number of internet connections our homeland and our values.

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