Dulles,
VA February 20, 2007 – Encore Networks
today announced that Orbital Data Net
has selected Encore’s VSR-30™ Virtual
Private Network (VPN) routers for the
State of Louisiana’s Department of Public
Safety emergency backup satellite network.
Built in response to the devastation
and resulting network outages experienced
during Hurricane Katrina, Orbital’s satellite
network will provide voice and data emergency
backup to locations throughout the Gulf
region.
Post Katrina, communications between
police stations, emergency facilities
and hospitals were disrupted because
many radio towers in the path of the
storm could only operate in local mode
as the State’s terrestrial wide area
T-1 circuits were destroyed. To avoid
this scenario in the future, Orbital
Data developed high-speed VSAT services
that include secure connections to the
State’s data center, as well as satellite
circuits that support Louisiana’s P25
land mobile radio network. The VSAT service
includes pre-positioned as well as quick
deploy antennas that can easily be supported
by one technician who can re-point the
antenna system with normal hand tools
and without electrical power. By incorporating
Encore’s VSR-30™, with Selective Layer
Encryption technology (SLE), all data
transported over the VSAT service is
secure and encrypted.
“We obviously can’t prevent the destruction
caused by hurricanes, but we can plan
for the inevitable disruption of telecom
services by installing satellite systems
that are either pre-positioned or quickly
deployed. They must also be easy to operate
and repair by technicians on the scene
under difficult circumstances,” stated
Greg Heifner, Orbital Data Net CEO. “With
Encore’s help, we can ensure the reliability
and security of emergency communications.”
Encore Network’s VSR™ security products
are versatile IP only VPN appliances
that support VSAT satellite enterprise
data networks with IPsec VPN, stateful
inspection firewall, IP routing and QoS
and SLE. The ability to perform SLE to
IPsec tunnel switching allows satellite
operators to provide both end-to-end
on-net and off-net VPN solutions over
IP without the performance degradation
associated with satellite circuits and
VPN solutions.
“Utilizing a combination of VSR™ equipment
and the latest VSAT technology, Orbital
Data has produced a disaster recovery
solution that will expand over time to
include even more State emergency facilities
along the Gulf,” said Matthew Girard,
Encore’s Director of Satellite Market
Development. “We are excited to have
been selected by Orbital Data and the
State of Louisiana and look forward to
our continuing involvement in this important
public safety project.” |
