Encore Networks and Mobil Satellite Technologies Partner to Deliver Broadband Satellite SCADA Solutions
Encore Networks today announced that Mobil Satellite Technologies has selected Encore’s BANDIT™ line of environmentally hardened VPN routers for their satellite network solutions aimed at the public utilities market. MobilSat selected the BANDIT™ to provide the seamless migration of serial SCADA functions over legacy networks to secure, encrypted, satellite IP networks.
Since 1997 MobilSat has been providing satellite connectivity for fixed and mobile command centers, emergency management response, homeland security, network restoration and failover support, and construction sites requiring rugged network equipment.
“With MobilSat’s experience and understanding of the challenges providing satellite-based communications to remote areas, defining and delivering bundled broadband VPN solutions to utilities is a perfect niche for them,” stated Matthew Girard, Encore’s Director of Satellite Market Development. “By adding the hardened BANDIT to their VSAT product portfolio, MobilSat provides the solutions utilities need to respond to the stringent government mandated NERC requirements designed to improve the security of SCADA control and monitoring functions.”
“We are pleased with the versatility and ruggedness of the BANDIT,” said Bud Burton, MobilSat’s CEO. “It is ideally suited to meet the high performance satellite network demands in applications with little environmental controls commonly found in the utility space.”
The BANDIT™ family of IP+Legacy routers is available in both commercial grade and industrially hardened versions designed for use in water/waste operations, power distribution substations, oil and gas refineries and industrial plant floors. The BANDIT™ is a fully featured integrated router complete with firewall, terminal server, serial-to-IP conversion, legacy-to-IP conversion and VPN functionalities. Its EVDO capabilities can be utilized in either the primary or failover network port. The seamless cellular failover feature is ideally suited for Disaster Recovery applications.
See Encore Networks products and Mobil Satellite Technologies equipment and service at the Distributech 2008 Conference and Expo – January 22-24, Tampa Convention Center
Encore Networks, Booth #419
Mobil Satellite Technologies, Booth #328
About Encore Networks
Encore Networks (www.encorenetworks.com) is a market leader in developing manageable equipment for Secure, Converged, and Broadband solutions for carriers and enterprises. Customers currently rely on Encore’s innovative VPN and security solutions for wireless, satellite, and terrestrial networks that support both legacy devices and the Internet Protocol (IP) routing standards. Encore industrially hardened (rugged) and commercial grade routers facilitate the migration from legacy data networks to broadband IP connectivity. Encore’s advanced signaling and voice inter-working solutions support circuit-to-packet migration of voice services, on premises or in the central office. Encore is a member of the Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC), Global VSAT Forum (GVF), and the United Telecom Council (UTC).
About Mobil Satellite Technologies
Mobil Satellite Technologies (www.mobilsat.com) is a satellite network operator and communications provider specializing in mission critical communications solutions. Mobil Satellite Technologies specializes in VSAT satellite offerings for government and commercial applications. Mobil Satellite Technologies designs, implements, and manages, “best of breed” fixed and mobile satellite VSAT solutions, including VPN, VoIP, communications on the move (COTM) and business continuity solutions. Mobil Satellite Technologies is the industry leading provider of VSAT-based self contained communications trailers, auto-deploy vehicle mounted systems, flyaway systems and fixed VSAT systems. Mobil Satellite Technologies is privately held, debt free, and has been installing VSAT equipment since 1997. The company is headquartered in Chesapeake, VA and serves the United States, Caribbean, and Central America.