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ZDNet Dictionary Definition
- VSAT
- Very Small Aperture satellite Terminal A small earth station for satellite transmission that handles up to 56 Kbits/sec of digital transmission. VSATs that handle the T1 data rate...
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- Hierarchical Model Based LAN Architecture & VSAT-Based WAN for a National Telemedicine Network in a Developing Country: Case of Ethiopia
- Due to difficult terrain and limited transportation infrastructures, developing countries continue to suffer from the absence of extended and adequate medical and healthcare services. This inadequacy in basic health services is often accompanied by very low patient-doctor ratios. It has been suggested that telemedicine offers a basis for a cost-effective...
- Tags: LAN, Developing Country, Network, Health Care, WAN, VSAT, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Free Trade, Transportation, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Finance
- White papers 2007-03-29
- Red Cross building VSAT VoIP network for Katrina relief effort
- eWeek's Wayne Rash has this news flash: at the American Red Cross' national headquarters in McLean, Virginia, they are using VoIP technology to communicate with field operations in the region affected by Hurricane Katrina.No, this isn't the matter of getting a few lines from a VoIP carrier such as Vonage....
- Tags: VSAT
- Blog posts 2005-09-10
- Intelsat Case Study: VSAT-Based Rural Telephony
- Nearly three billion people living in rural areas today are still without basic telephone service. Satellite-based networks are often the simplest and most economical solution for quickly implementing communication infrastructures to link these areas to the rest of the world. Today's low-cost Very Small Aperture Terminal VSAT technologies can make...
- Tags: Network, Intelsat Ltd., VSAT, Global VSAT Forum, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
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Additional Resources
- If kids don't have electricity, will a laptop change their lives?
- If kids don't have electricity, will a laptop change their lives?Children Between Two Rocks and a Hard PlaceI am betting that the OLPC will be the spark that sets their imaginations on fire and symbolize hope for a chance at having a better life.Let's keep that hope going. That's...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-12
- Russians bring net to distant regions
- Connecting Russian schools to the Internet cannot be easy in a country as large as Russia, but that is the mandate of the national project simply called "Education", reports the Itar-Tass News Agency Connecting Russan schools, especially in extremely remote areas, has exceeded expectations, according to the Ministry...
- Tags: International, Education Technology, DigitalDivide
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- Petroleum Company Improves Real-Time Information Sharing With Rigs
- Belayim Petroleum Company wanted to reduce costly downtime by improving the quality and speed of decision making through real-time, media-rich access between rig personnel, headquarters, and remote experts. As a solution Cisco First Mile Wireless with Unified Communications, certified to work in hazardous conditions, has created a secure, high-speed converged...
- Tags: Petroleum, Downtime, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Case studies 2007-02-01
- Home Depot's CEO switch could alter IT strategy
- Home Depot's CEO switch could alter IT strategytech at home depotHas this guy ever been in Home Depot and attempted to order anything special? I think not! HD software sucks, it is so slow and the multiple login takes so long that sales person and customer forget just...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Tools & Techniques, Construction, Home Depot Inc., IT strategy
- Discussion threads 2007-01-03
- The amazing George and his tunneling machine
- The amazing George and his tunneling machineThe Jerk Store Called[i]"He's also kind of an abusive jerk about it"[/i]Jerk? Oh Yeah? Well,[i]"The jerk store called, and they're running out of you."[/i]Oh. George knows Networking.Be nice, would you?I wasn't even discussing Net NeutralityFirst of all, I wasn't even discussing Net Neutrality...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), VPNs, NETWORKING, QoS, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2006-07-04
- Accelerated VPN Solutions Via the LinkStar VSAT System
- Increasingly, enterprise and corporate customers choose Virtual Private Networks VPNs to securely connect remote locations through cost-effective Internet access instead of using expensive dedicated WAN links. These VPN solutions are commonly deployed across various transmission mediums, such as terrestrial, wireless, and satellite links. As a leading satellite broadband network solution,...
- Tags: ViaSat Inc., Satellite, VPNs, Network Security, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Security
- White papers 2006-06-06
- Embedded Agents: Multimedia VSAT NMS
- Aricent had the opportunity of testing its expertise in next generation of satellite broadband services - that offers complete broadband-by-satellite services for enterprises, consumers, small businesses and telecommuters. Aricent was selected to jointly develop this Multimedia VSAT Network Management Solution NMS. This joint development project required developing a Web-based Network...
- Tags: Multimedia, Agent, Satellite Broadband, Satellite, Aricent, Broadband Internet, Telecommuting, Networking, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Case studies 2006-03-10
- QuikBox 1.0 (Windows)
- QuikBox Intranet Accelerator Proxy Server software is an advanced solution that allows you to share and speed up your corporate LAN, SOHO, home, or school intranet surfing by up to 10X. It also accelerates file downloading like Office files, mp3, mov, mpg files and improves audio/video streaming. Works with ISDN,...
- Tags: SOHO, Microsoft Windows, Surfision, QuikBox Intranet Accelerator Proxy Server Software
- Software downloads 2004-08-24
- Myths about using business apps online
- Myths about using business apps onlineWhat was the purpose of this commentary?To tell us the web isn't ready for prime time yet? Umm, we know that...Web is ready for intranet functionsThe Web is not ready, but for heavy duty intranet functions it is. For external offices it is not...
- Tags: Web, XML
- Discussion threads 2004-08-17
- A Risk Management Data Warehouse for the National Stock Exchange of India Analyzes Member Trading and Payment Patterns for Risk Containment and Maintenance of Market Integrity
- Our customer is the National Stock Exchange of India Limited NSEIL - the largest securities VSAT trading network in the world. The National Stock Exchange is the second Stock Exchange in the world, after NASDAQ, to implement a Data Warehouse. The stock exchange needed a data warehouse to analyze trading...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Payment, Wipro Technologies, Stock, Risk Management, Stock Exchange, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Case studies
- Valero Chooses Cisco Networking Solutions to Prepare for Disaster Recovery
- Valero Energy Corp., the largest refiner in North America, has chosen Cisco to provide a resilient communications system in the event of emergency or disaster. This solution combines a Cisco integrated services router with the new Cisco Internet Protocol IP Very Small Aperture Terminal VSAT network module. With this solution,...
- Tags: Valero L.P., Cisco Systems Inc., Disaster Recovery, Networking
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