Dulles,
VA and Denver CO, September 18 , 2007 –Orbital
Data Net today announced that it has been
awarded the satellite broadband contract
for the State of Missouri. Under this agreement,
Orbital Data Net, a Value Added Reseller
(VAR) for both WildBlue Enterprise Solutions
and Encore Networks, will provide WildBlue
high-speed Internet via satellite service
and Encore Networks VSR™ family of VPN
security routers to agencies throughout
the State of Missouri. Orbital Data Net
supports satellite based applications as
diverse as security monitoring to remote
controlling equipment in hard to access
areas.
The Missouri Department of Conservation
and the Department of Natural Resources
will be the first agencies to receive
the WildBlue and Encore equipment, with
additional agencies to follow. State
agencies began using the new equipment
in May 2007. Financial details surrounding
the contract were not disclosed.
"Missouri is home to some of the
finest parks and wildlife viewing in
the nation," said Greg Heifner,
Chief Executive Officer of Orbital Data
Net. "With WildBlue, we are able
to provide the convenience of broadband
to all of the State’s agency locations,
and we are honored that they have chosen
us to help them with their networking
needs."
“We are pleased to be working with Orbital
Data Net to provide WildBlue high-speed
Internet via satellite to the State of
Missouri,” said Dave Leonard, WildBlue’s
Chief Executive Officer. “WildBlue will
help the State ensure that all of their
offices, regardless of location, will
be able to enjoy the benefits of broadband
access.”
“Utilizing a combination of VSR™ equipment
and the latest VSAT technology, Orbital
Data has produced a first class, high-efficiency
VPN solution for the State of Missouri,”
said Matthew Girard, Encore’s Director
of Satellite Market Development. “We
are excited to partner with Orbital Data
and look forward to our continuing involvement
with them.”
WildBlue Enterprise Solutions’ price
to performance ratio, featuring fast
and affordable national broadband access,
and a dedicated team of customer care
professionals, leads the satellite industry.
WildBlue Enterprise Solutions works with
a network of national Value-Added Resellers
(VARs) that offer sales, installation
and business-class customer care throughout
the United States.
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 Selective Layer Encryption (SLE).
The ability to perform SLE to IPsec tunnel
switching allows satellite operators
to provide both end-to-end on-net and
off-net high-efficiency VPN solutions
over IP without the performance degradation
associated with satellite circuits and
standard IPSec VPN solutions. |
