1. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. AT&T Labs (NJ) & Common Systems Partnering for Success Richie Marlieb May 3, 2011

2. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. What We Do AT&T Labs Middletown, NJ 2

3. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. We Test to Requirements We DO NOT Write Them We view Common Systems as a partner We test to the TPs specifically TP 76200 and TP 76450 We enforce requirements with the Vendors We work closely with Common Systems –General Issues and Log Files: John Tablerion –Power and Grounding: Ed Granger and John Messina –Seismic and Cooling: Keith Lanning and Dave Redford –Fiber: Don Mitrano and Mike Yeilding –Copper: Wing Eng –Drawings: Mike Burghardt’s Group –Others as required 3

4. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. New Product Introduction Pre Lab Entry We work with Vendor before the Product is developed when possible We request a turn-key solution We stress AT&T requirements –Vendors have to respond to TP 76200 as part of the RFP. We ensure a letter of Attestation if NEBS not yet completed Labs Project Management tracks NEBS completion –Paperwork to John Tablerion –Product cannot be deployed if failed without mitigation 4

5. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. New Product Introduction Pre Lab Entry – Con’t We consult with appropriate Common Systems SMEs when needed [who often visit NJ] –Ed Granger on Ciena 5430, CRS-16, CRS-8, DWDM –Don Mitrano/ Mike Yeilding on DWDM, OTN, CRS –Keith Lanning on Cabinet and Racking We bring Common Systems SMEs when visiting Vendors –Bon Pipkin and Dave Redford on Juniper, Cisco, ALU next gen routers 5

6. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. New Product Introduction Post Lab Entry Execute a 26 page Test Plan against the product –Perform Power Testing Shutdown, startup and recovery –We ensure all the parts fit Cable Management [LAN, Power and Fiber] We consult with Common Systems for suggestions We can get parts built quickly –Towel bars, cabinets, 6

7. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. New Product Introduction Post Lab Entry – Con’t Assist with bay designs and drawings –i.e. CRS, DWDM Review Test and Turn-up Documents We write Installation Verification documents if required Provide Tier IV support for field issues –Interface to the Vendor [i.e. Juniper broken stud issue] –Engage Common Systems [i.e. John Messina for MOW grounding issues] Provide or arrange for installation training for complicated products such as the CRS. 7

8. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. Other Ways We Partner with Common Systems Field Audits Field Troubles Installation Issues Cooling Hardware Reviews –Fuse Panels –LGX Panels and Bays –Ethernet Patch Panels and Bays 8

9. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. Biggest Problems – As We See It All Vendors –Power –Cable Management –Cooling –MOW AC Power, Grounding and Fiber 9

10. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. Success Story Labs + Common Systems 10

11. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. Examples of Some Success’s Vendors are now asking us to perform Design Reviews before they build the equipment Fuse Panel built into the 5430 eliminating external FAP New Fuse Panels –2 nd Source Trimm Fuse Panel with a cost saving of $ 300 per panel –High Current & 8 way Demarc Panels (T640, T1600, MX960, CRS-8) Universal IMPs CRS –Multiple Training Classes for the OTV’s –Slack Storage cabinet for Intra chassis ribbon fiber –Test Set developed to test the ribbon fiber 11

12. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. What the Labs would like to see Moving Forward 12

13. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. Moving Forward Better Communications –Commons Systems needs a better way to disseminate information –We get calls from Planners and Vendors about changes they never heard about More Support for MOW Continual need to allow SMEs to travel to Middletown, NJ 13

14. © 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. Questions? 14 AT&T Labs (NJ) & Common Systems Partnering for Success