Today's corporations are using information movement and management to gain strategic advantage in the increasingly competitive business world. They are putting new processing power in departments and on desk tops, while using centralized systems to handle corporate data. Their challenge is to find ways to obtain the cost benefits of new technology without disrupting current operations and systems. This paper describes networked computing—AT&T's response to this challenge. This solution combines standard, digital network transport, open connectivity, a uniform computing environment, and unified network management. It permits customers to integrate their current networks with a single network with centralized network management, and to add new applications as needed. We also give examples of banking and airline industry applications of AT&T's solution.