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CORRECTING and REPLACING Marine Corps Taps Expand Networks for HSWAN Project, Sees 500 Percent Improvement

Posted on: Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 09:00 CST

Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads:

MARINE CORPS TAPS EXPAND NETWORKS FOR HSWAN PROJECT, SEES 500 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT

-- Expand's Compass Platform Optimizes Satellite Communications for Government On-The-Move Initiatives and Enterprise Remote Office Support

-- Expand Networks to Speak at Military Technologies Conference

With slower performance and retransmission delays, application use over satellite links is not only frustrating, it lowers productivity. However, as a part of Expand Networks' (www.expand.com) recently unveiled Expand Compass platform, the Company brings satellite network performance up to the level where high productivity becomes the reality. Based on Expand's satellite communications (SATCOM) expertise, the Marine Corps selected and implemented Expand's application acceleration solutions in its Horn of Africa Support Wide Area Network (HSWAN) project. Since implementing the devices, the Marine Corps has seen a 500 percent performance improvement.

Expand Networks is the sole vendor selected by U.S. land, air and sea forces for all on-the-move programs. In this capacity, from 10:15-10:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 15, 2006, Howard Teicher, vice president of federal and strategic business for Expand Networks, will be delivering the presentation, "Optimization of SATCOM on the Move" at the Military Technologies Conference (www.miltechconference.com) taking place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.

SATCOM has long been challenged by limited bandwidth, latency, bandwidth-intensive applications and constantly changing tactical priorities. Teicher's presentation at the Military Technologies Conference will discuss strategies to overcome these obstacles, including how to optimize network performance, squeeze maximum efficiency out of limited bandwidth, overcome latency, and enable network centric communications at every level of the battlefield.

Marine Corps in Horn of Africa Turns to Expand Networks for Satellite Communications

The HSWAN project provides combined voice and data capabilities among Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, Africa, the U.S. Embassies, the Ministries of Defense and the Commander, Combined Joint Task Force deployed teams. After careful evaluation and stringent testing last summer, the Marine Corps selected Expand's Accelerator 6840 devices for its mission-critical project. The Marine Corps has seen a 500 percent increase in performance improvement with the Accelerators for applications such as the Internet, e-mail and the Marine Logistics Database.

"After looking at Expand Networks' performance data, making a decision for our project was quite clear," said a Marine Corps Systems Command Officer. "Expand's optimized SCPS-based acceleration greatly improves the reliability of our links, counteracting retransmission delays. This enables our mobile network to perform comparably to a command center network by dramatically increasing bandwidth throughput, speed and application responsiveness."

The Marine Corps SWAN is a satellite and Internet protocol (IP) communications system that provides forward-deployed Marines and their central command posts with robust communication capabilities virtually whenever and wherever they need them. Expand Networks' HSWAN technology's ease of use during tests and resulting accelerated performance data were critical to the Marine Corps' key performance parameters of the communications system. Expand's QoS capabilities, which prioritize important communications, and their compliance with the Defense Information Systems Agency's SCPS standard, were also key criteria.

"Effective collaboration and communication across thousands of miles between military and governmental agencies is not an option for on-the-move programs - it's a requirement. But, the successful transformation of military communications depends on the integration of emerging technologies in a network centric environment that overcomes the physical limitations of existing networks," said Teicher. "The Expand Networks' Compass enables more users to operate over narrow satellite connections, expands satellite bandwidth, reduces traffic collisions and overcomes the effects of latency."

About Expand Networks

Expand Networks is the pioneer and leader in helping organizations simplify their IT infrastructure while delivering remote offices fast, reliable and secure access to networked applications. This results in improved user productivity and cost-effective IT management. Expand offers a multi-service integrated platform that ensures superior performance for any application over any network. From its headquarters in Roseland, NJ and its global locations, Expand Networks (www.expand.com) serves more than 1,350 enterprise customers including: Hitachi Capital, Motorola, Continental Airlines and the United States Department of Defense.

Expand Networks, Accelerator, Expand Compass, ExpandView are trademarks of Expand Networks. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

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