| Faster, more affordable satellite communications spark new services
CIOs are giving satellite communications a second look, as providers deliver faster, more affordable services and as more government agencies and large corporations focus on keeping networks up and running. Blue Coat expands visibility with new PacketShaper release
Blue Coat has added support for virtual desktops, as well as improving the user interface and allowing for greater visibility into the applications using the corporate network, with a major new version of PacketShaper appliance. Feds to spend $5B on satellite services
The U.S. federal government has launched a 10-year, $5 billion program to provide commercial satellite communications services to military and civilian customers. Network in budget lockdown? No problem for this prison system
State government IT budgets are as tight as ever, but the Nevada Department of Corrections is in a good position to hunker down and ride out the recession thanks to a recent network upgrade. Recession hasn't slowed global Internet traffic
Not even the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression could slow the ongoing explosion of traffic over international Internet connections, and service providers are still building to accommodate it. Avaya wins Nortel enterprise business for $900 million
Avaya has emerged as the winning bidder for Nortel's enterprise business, beating out Siemens Enterprise Communications over the weekend. 10G EPON standardized
The IEEE last week ratified a standard for 10 Gbps Ethernet Passive Optical Networks, or 10G EPON. The 802.3av standard builds on 802.3ah to deliver fiber-to-the-home networks. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
There is a wealth of methods for creating encrypted messages you can't even tell are there.
Satellites are, by their very definition, cool.
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