[November 23, 2008] Antarctica NZ Partners with Expand Networks for Satellite Networks Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Expand Networks, a provider of application acceleration solutions over the Wide Area Network (WAN), announced that Antarctica NZ, a Crown Entity responsible for developing, managing and executing New Zealand Government interests in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, has recently deployed Expand Networks' WAN optimization technology over its satellite communications. Mike Mahon, IT administrator for Antarctica NZ said, "The clever combination of compression, acceleration and caching that goes on within the Expand Accelerators has considerably reduced our latency issues, both within Citrix and with web browsing. Despite a 600ms latency on our satellite link, the data speeds we are experiencing are markedly improved, and are now really rather impressive for a 7,600 km round trip just to reach the Internet connection! Saving $2,000 per month on 8Kb in effective additional bandwidth also gave us an ROI in just four months." Steve O'Brien, VP of Expand Networks APAC said, "A remote site in one of the world's most desolate locations, Scott Base has incredibly limited options to increase the bandwidth available to scientists and Antarctica NZ base staff. Buying more capacity from the satellite is a costly option, so it makes sense for Antarctica NZ to optimize the bandwidth they already have within the WAN. When every application or web browsing session is important, prioritizing data is not enough. Our Accelerators ensure that every application can run unimpeded on the WAN, decreasing congestion, managing QoS and rate control." Antarctica New Zealand is the Crown Entity responsible for developing, managing and executing New Zealand Government interests in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Antarctica NZ manages Scott Base, New Zealand's Antarctic research station, located on Ross Island in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica, 3,932 km from Christchurch New Zealand and 1,500 km from the South Pole. Visitors to Scott Base are primarily scientists and Antarctica NZ provides logistics and event planning services as well as day-to-day operations support encompassing accommodation, transport, food, heating, water and IT. The base has a permanent staff of 32 and up to 100 visitors at any one time. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]