Mar 14, 2012, post by Artur Nowak
Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM), a leading global provider of communications solutions and services, announced that the Company has been awarded its first managed services contract utilizing the Company’s Tempo Enterprise Media Platform. The contract was awarded by Rollins Corporation (NYSE:ROL).
Pursuant to the terms of the four year contract, Globecomm will deploy its Tempo Enterprise Media Platform to over 500 of Rollin’s global locations for corporate communications and training.
The Tempo Enterprise Media Platform provides enterprises with the ability to deliver interactive live and on-demand streaming media to desktops, televisions, and mobile devices. The platform works across hybrid delivery networks including Internet CDN, Private Terrestrial, and Satellite.
Ramiro Banderas, Director of Media Services for Rollins, said: “The selection of the Globecomm solution is an important step forward for Rollins. The functionality will further enhance our award-winning training programs and will provide a powerful tool for the delivery of timely and cost-effective corporate communications. Tempo will enable us to continuously provide the best skilled, best informed employees in our industry. Tempo will also enable us to better support all of the Rollins brands, extend our reach globally, and provide the learning and communications platform needed for future growth. We are pleased with our new partnership with Globecomm and anticipate superior business value from their solution.”
Andy Silberstein, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Globecomm Services, said: “We are very excited to be working with the world-class training organization at Rollins. This network demonstrates Globecomm’s ability to couple innovation and services to produce positive business results for our customers.”
About Rollins
Rollins, Inc. is a premier North American consumer and commercial services company consisting of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Orkin, Orkin Canada, HomeTeam Pest Defense, Western Pest Services, The Industrial Fumigant Company, Waltham Services, Crane Pest Control, and TruTech. The company provides essential pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects to over two million customers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia, the Mediterranean, Europe and Africa from over 500 locations. You can learn more about our subsidiaries by visiting our Web sites at www.orkin.com, www.orkincanada.ca, www.pestdefense.com, www.westernpest.com, www.indfumco.com, www.walthamservices.com, www.cranepestcontrol.com, www.trutechinc.com and www.rollins.com.
About Globecomm Systems
Globecomm Systems Inc., or Globecomm, is a leading global provider of satellite-based managed network solutions. Employing our expertise in emerging communication technologies we are able to offer a comprehensive suite of system integration, system products, and network services enabling a complete end-to-end solution for our customers. We believe our integrated approach of in-house design and engineering expertise combined with a world-class global network and our 24 by 7 network operating centers provides us a unique competitive advantage.
Feb 27, 2012, post by Artur Nowak
NET Federal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (“NET”) (NASDAQ: NWK) announced that its NX1000 multiservice access platform has been tested and certified by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) for interoperability with Defense Department networks and has been added to the Unified Capabilities Approved Product List (UC APL). Unified Capabilities are the integration of voice, video, and/or data services delivered ubiquitously across a secure and highly available network infrastructure, independent of technology, to provide increased mission effectiveness to the warfighter and business communities.
This certification allows the NX1000 to be deployed by the various military services to carry converged mission critical, real-time services such as voice, video and data communications. The Unified Capabilities Approved Product List certification process ensures products are capable of meeting the demanding security requirements to connect to the Defense Information Systems Network and open standards-based interoperability with Defense Department Networks.
Concurrent with the certification of the NX1000, the Promina Series 400 and 800 platforms were updated with a new release of software, R4.5.3, as well as several newly introduced voice and data cards and approved for inclusion on the UC APL. A new NET voice module, the Network Voice Exchange (NVX) PrimeVoice Secure Enhanced (PVS-E), was included in these tests. The NVX/PVS-E is an “all-in-one” voice card, combining echo cancellation, compression and secure voice relay services on one card and replacing up to 13 legacy Promina voice cards. The High Density Data (HDD4) module combines serial data rates supported by three legacy data cards into one data module with four ports; the High Density T1/E1 (HD-T1E1) provides four configurable T1 or E1 ports that are used as clear-channel transport. The new modules are compatible with both the NX1000 and the Promina Series platforms.
The NX1000 interoperates with Promina nodes in a network to provide a bridge across an IP backbone for data, voice and video services using Structure Agnostic TDM over Packet (SAToP) protocol. This certification provides assurance to NET’s government customers that the product has the interoperability and the security to support their legacy circuit-based network applications while also delivering the capability to transport these services over an IPv4 or IPv6/MPLS core.
“We are very pleased to have received APL certification,” remarked John Winters, VP of NET Federal Sales. “Completion of these certifications and being listed on DISA’s Approved Products List assures our Government customers that our communication equipment will meet the strenuous requirements of their mission critical applications. Obtaining the JITC certification is not only essential for deployments requiring connectivity to the Defense Switched Network, but also demonstrates our commitment to the comprehensive information assurance requirements of DoD which is critical in today’s cyber environments. The NX1000 offers advanced circuit networking in a space saving package. The space, weight and power savings (SWAP) over legacy equipment along with its ability to bridge TDM and IP networks make it a natural step forward for our customers.”
In recognition of our APL Certification, NET Federal has announced that it will provide an extended warranty program with every new NX1000 purchased between now and September 30, 2012. Instead of the standard 90 day TAC, 1 year Parts warranty, NET Federal is offering 2 years of TAC, Software Updates and Parts Repair for each NX1000 purchased. “This extended warranty program will make the purchase of an NX1000 to replace or supplement existing Promina Nodes a very cost effective decision for our customers,” said Winters.
About Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NET) delivers high performance networking equipment optimized for real-time communications. For more than a quarter of a century, NET has delivered solutions for multi-service networks requiring high degrees of versatility, security and performance. Today, the company is focused on providing secure real-time communications for unified communications (UC), SIP trunking, enterprise mobility, and IP-based multi-service networking. NET is headquartered in Fremont, CA and has 14 offices worldwide including the U.S., the U.K., France, the Middle East, China, Japan, Australia, and Latin America. The company sells its solutions to enterprise and government customers through a direct sales force and an international network of resellers and distributors. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.net.com.
About NET Federal: Mission-enabling products. Forward-thinking solutions. Since 1983, NET Federal, a subsidiary of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc., has provided innovative, problem-solving, networking solutions for mission-critical government applications. Today, NET’s solution oriented products help government customers of NET Federal to solve real-time problems for today’s complex network environments. Our VX Series products are JITC Certified as Deployed Network Elements, providing unmatched bandwidth efficiencies over the WAN, enabling use of the latest VoIP technologies even over extremely constrained networks. Our NX1000 platform provides automated bandwidth management of independent legacy services for reliable transport over IP while maintaining investments in TDM infrastructure, all in a fraction of the rack-space previously needed. Our UX Series of next-generation Session Mediation Platforms helps to complete the migration of real-time services to the IP core, with a purpose-built communications hardware platform creating the basis for gateway, edge and session border control, secure SIP trunking, and pseudo wire transport solutions for voice, messaging, video and real-time data. NET Federal’s Global Services Organization provides 24×7 TAC and Support Solutions for mission-ready and mission-duration peace of mind. NET Federal — enabling a worldwide mission in real time.
Jan 25, 2012, post by Artur Nowak
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, and ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) announced that the organizations have entered into a strategic alliance to align AAI’s advanced unmanned aircraft and command and control technologies with ViaSat integrated airborne and terrestrial satellite communications, as well as its Internet Protocol-based networking and security technology. Under the agreement, the organizations intend to develop and mature beyond-line-of-sight satellite communications capabilities for current and next-generation AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems aircraft.
Along with fellow Textron Systems business Overwatch, AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems and ViaSat collaborate on the Forward Airborne Secure Transmission and Communication, or FASTCOM™, system. FASTCOM is an end-to-end, mobile cellular network that accommodates Top Secret smartphone communications. Through this strategic alliance, the two companies can build on the FASTCOM system’s maturity with additional third- and fourth-generation, or 3G and 4G, capability to further enhance battlefield communications.
“The performance and affordability of tactical UAS like our Shadow® system make them an invaluable battlefield asset with a growing mission spectrum,” says Senior Vice President and General Manager Steven Reid of AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems. “Our customers’ unmanned assets need to be as flexible and capable as the troops who utilize them, and this new strategic alliance with ViaSat is one way that we’re staying on the leading edge of system development and integration.”
“This new phase of the AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems relationship is completely in-sync with our intent to continue delivering industry-leading broadband performance over ultra-small-aperture airborne satellite communication systems,” said Vice President and General Manager for ViaSat Global Mobile Broadband Paul Baca. “And our private satellite network services can deliver the dedicated bandwidth needed to distribute tactical UAS video throughout the battlespace.”
About AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems has designed, manufactured and fielded combat-proven unmanned aircraft systems for more than 25 years. AAI’s multi-mission capable unmanned aircraft and interoperable command and control technologies provide critical situational awareness and actionable intelligence for users worldwide. Its Australia-based strategic business, Aerosonde Pty Ltd, is a manufacturer of small unmanned aircraft systems. AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems is an operating unit of Textron Systems. More information is available at www.aaicorp.com.
About Textron Systems
Textron Systems has been providing innovative solutions to the defense, homeland security and aerospace communities for more than 50 years. Headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., the company is known for its unmanned aircraft systems, advanced marine craft, armored vehicles, intelligent battlefield and surveillance systems, intelligence software solutions, precision smart weapons, piston engines, test and training systems, and total life cycle sustainment and operational services. Textron Systems includes AAI Logistics & Technical Services, AAI Test & Training, AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Advanced Systems, Aerosonde, ESL Defence, Lycoming Engines, Medical Numerics, MillenWorks, Overwatch, Textron Defense Systems and Textron Marine & Land Systems. More information is available at www.textronsystems.com.
About Textron Inc.
Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, and Textron Systems. More information is available at www.textron.com.
About ViaSat
ViaSat delivers fast, secure communications, Internet, and remote network access to fixed sites or on-the-move. The company provides networking products and managed network services for enterprise IP applications; is a key supplier of network-centric military communications and encryption technologies and products to the U.S. and allied governments; is the primary technology partner for gateway and customer-premises equipment for consumer and mobile satellite broadband services; and offers high-speed Ka-band satellite broadband services. Based in Carlsbad, Calif., ViaSat has established a number of worldwide locations for customer service, network operations, and technology development. More information is available at www.viasat.com
