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As innovation has accelerated in satellite communications in the past five years, it has put pressure on hardware and software providers to deliver greater performance and more flexible capabilities. While technology in space tends to get a lot of attention, its hardware on the ground that makes delivering services from space possible.  Last month during SATELLITE, On Orbit interviewed Daniel Gizinski, president of Comtech's Satellite and Space Communications Segment about changes happening in the satellite ground segment, and how Comtech is evolving its offerings along with those changes. This conversation digs into what's new in Comtech's Elevate 2.0 VSAT platform, and digital common ground modem line. Gizinski also talks about the customer needs that drove these products, like sovereign communications, and reconfigurability.  This episode of On Orbit is sponsored by Comtech. For more information, visit comtech.com

Baltarusijai pranešus apie šios šalies teritorijoje sulaikytą Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų pilietį, Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnyba teigia, kad jis nėra susijęs su įvykiais Pabradės poligone. Išsamiau apie tai – pokalbis su pasieniečių atstovu Giedriumi Mišučiu.

US retailers push back against tariffs I believe it is good news retailers are not pushing back against the US, but against countries where they buy products from. Companies like Home Depot, Walmart and Target are pushing back against production coming out of China. If a tariff is 10% the companies are pushing for the country to pick up the total cost and when tariffs jumped to 20%, they are getting push back on reducing costs by that amount but still having China producers pick up at least half. The companies are also looking at their profit margins and what they are doing is not increasing prices across the board, but perhaps raising prices on other items that are in higher demand and only raising the price slightly on products with less demand. The companies are also absorbing some of the cost themselves as opposed to passing the entire cost onto the consumer. In the end, the producer, the company, and the consumer will all absorb part of these tariffs and there may not be that much of an increase in price for many of these products. Unfortunately, I'm sure the regular media will find some products that went up dramatically and only discuss those. The big companies are also pushing for alternative places to produce products if China will not negotiate any reduction at all. Some companies are looking at producing the products here in the United States, which would be a win all the way around and I believe it would be the best thing for the United States.   Are 401(k) investors starting to panic? A 401(k) is designed to be held for many years and should not be traded based on short term news. Unfortunately, the past month has seen the most trading activity in almost 5 years for 401(k)s. Individual investors added over $30 billion to money market funds in the first week of March alone. That type of activity in money markets has not been seen in the past year. In the first couple weeks of March, trading in 401(k)s was 400% above the normal level as people watched the market decline and they let their emotions take over as they headed to money markets. This is a huge mistake! Decision making seems to be politically driven. If people like the current administration, investors are seeing it as a buying opportunity. On the other hand, if they hate the new administration investors are either looking at going to cash or maybe shifting their investments internationally. Your retirement account is for the rest of your life and an investor should not be making decisions based on the current administration's actions considering it's such a small blip in the timeline of 30, 40 maybe 50 years of investing. Investors should go back to the basics and realize they are investing into American companies based on their earnings and what they are paying for those earnings. The country and the economy will always ebb and flow, but to try and figure out the best time to sell and buy has always been a losing game in the long term. If you have in your 401(k) good quality investments that are not overpriced, don't worry about the short-term movements on a month-to-month basis. You should think about your investment plan not just year to year, but 5, 10, 15 years down the road, maybe even longer.   Inflation readings and consumer expectations are telling two different stories The Fed's preferred measure of inflation known as the core PCE showed an increase of 2.8% in the month of February, which was above the expectation of 2.7% and last month's reading of 2.7%. Headline PCE includes the volatile categories of food and energy and showed an increase of 2.5%, which was in line with expectations and matched January's reading. While the core PCE was a little hot, I don't believe that rate of inflation is overly problematic. It would likely not be enough to get the Federal Reserve to lower rates, but it also would not be concerning enough for them to even consider increasing rates. Their wait and see approach is likely still in place and I'm optimistic, even with upcoming tariffs, there should be room to lower rates as we procced through the rest of 2025. Many consumers on the other hand seem very concerned about inflation with the final reading of the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment survey showing expectations for inflation at a 5% rate one year from now and over a five-year horizon, the outlook now is for 4.1%. This marked the first time since February 1993 the reading was above 4%. I do believe these respondents are way off on their forecast and would be shocked if it came to fruition as that would be more than double the Fed's 2% target. We talked about why we don't like this survey in the past, but in case you missed it, the survey is tiny. It appears the survey typically interviews around 600 households each month for the preliminary report and around 800 for the final report. Considering there are over 130 million households in the US, I just don't see the survey as a strong indicator.   US retailers push back against tariffs I believe it is good news retailers are not pushing back against the US, but against countries where they buy products from. Companies like Home Depot, Walmart and Target are pushing back against production coming out of China. If a tariff is 10% the companies are pushing for the country to pick up the total cost and when tariffs jumped to 20%, they are getting push back on reducing costs by that amount but still having China producers pick up at least half. The companies are also looking at their profit margins and what they are doing is not increasing prices across the board, but perhaps raising prices on other items that are in higher demand and only raising the price slightly on products with less demand. The companies are also absorbing some of the cost themselves as opposed to passing the entire cost onto the consumer. In the end, the producer, the company, and the consumer will all absorb part of these tariffs and there may not be that much of an increase in price for many of these products. Unfortunately, I'm sure the regular media will find some products that went up dramatically and only discuss those. The big companies are also pushing for alternative places to produce products if China will not negotiate any reduction at all. Some companies are looking at producing the products here in the United States, which would be a win all the way around and I believe it would be the best thing for the United States.   Are 401(k) investors starting to panic? A 401(k) is designed to be held for many years and should not be traded based on short term news. Unfortunately, the past month has seen the most trading activity in almost 5 years for 401(k)s. Individual investors added over $30 billion to money market funds in the first week of March alone. That type of activity in money markets has not been seen in the past year. In the first couple weeks of March, trading in 401(k)s was 400% above the normal level as people watched the market decline and they let their emotions take over as they headed to money markets. This is a huge mistake! Decision making seems to be politically driven. If people like the current administration, investors are seeing it as a buying opportunity. On the other hand, if they hate the new administration investors are either looking at going to cash or maybe shifting their investments internationally. Your retirement account is for the rest of your life and an investor should not be making decisions based on the current administration's actions considering it's such a small blip in the timeline of 30, 40 maybe 50 years of investing. Investors should go back to the basics and realize they are investing into American companies based on their earnings and what they are paying for those earnings. The country and the economy will always ebb and flow, but to try and figure out the best time to sell and buy has always been a losing game in the long term. If you have in your 401(k) good quality investments that are not overpriced, don't worry about the short-term movements on a month-to-month basis. You should think about your investment plan not just year to year, but 5, 10, 15 years down the road, maybe even longer.   Inflation readings and consumer expectations are telling two different stories The Fed's preferred measure of inflation known as the core PCE showed an increase of 2.8% in the month of February, which was above the expectation of 2.7% and last month's reading of 2.7%. Headline PCE includes the volatile categories of food and energy and showed an increase of 2.5%, which was in line with expectations and matched January's reading. While the core PCE was a little hot, I don't believe that rate of inflation is overly problematic. It would likely not be enough to get the Federal Reserve to lower rates, but it also would not be concerning enough for them to even consider increasing rates. Their wait and see approach is likely still in place and I'm optimistic, even with upcoming tariffs, there should be room to lower rates as we procced through the rest of 2025. Many consumers on the other hand seem very concerned about inflation with the final reading of the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment survey showing expectations for inflation at a 5% rate one year from now and over a five-year horizon, the outlook now is for 4.1%. This marked the first time since February 1993 the reading was above 4%. I do believe these respondents are way off on their forecast and would be shocked if it came to fruition as that would be more than double the Fed's 2% target. We talked about why we don't like this survey in the past, but in case you missed it, the survey is tiny. It appears the survey typically interviews around 600 households each month for the preliminary report and around 800 for the final report. Considering there are over 130 million households in the US, I just don't see the survey as a strong indicator.   Companies Discussed: Nike (NKE), Stanley Black and Decker (SWK), Wingstop (WING) & Viasat (VSAT)

On the night of December 2, 2024 in London, SSPI and its UK Chapter held their annual Dinner to present Awards to three individuals and organizations that have made the world a far better place through their efforts. In this podcast series, you will hear their stories. The third episode features Dan Losada, Vice President, International Division at Hughes, who joins us to discuss Hughes' role in bringing internet access to some of the most isolated communities in Colombia through Juntas de Internet - Comunidades de Conectividad. Dan Losada, vice president at Hughes, leads the company's international sales team, responsible for satellite broadband systems sales around the globe, and maintaining the company's competitive edge as the world's leading VSAT provider. Prior to assuming leadership of the international sales team, Dan was senior director of the Hughes Defense and Intelligence Systems Division (DISD), supporting the U.S. military during its transition to Internet Protocol (IP)-based broadband systems. Previously, Dan held positions in microwave and RF systems design at Hughes and TRW, Inc. (now part of Northrop Grumman). Earlier in his career, Dan served as a technical consultant for Universidad Antonio Narino in Bogotá, Colombia, overseeing deployment of a point-to-multipoint network and evaluating proposals for the implementation of a city-wide WLAN Wireless Network. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Dan holds both a Bachelor and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has published papers on communication systems and design and speaks frequently at industry conferences and panels worldwide. Hughes, with Microsoft and the Colombian government, brought internet access to some of the most isolated communities in Colombia through Juntas de Internet – Comunidades de Conectividad (Internet Connectivity Communities). According to the Wireless Broadband Alliance, more than four billion people globally remain without internet access, including 80% of households in poorer countries and 75% of students in rural areas. The Colombian government laid the groundwork for Juntas de Internet in July 2023 with the backing of the country's Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MinTIC). The program was established to both enhance existing networks and build new ones. Internet implementation, connection, and maintenance is a joint effort between connectivity communities and regional internet service providers (ISPs). Connectivity communities are non-profit organizations whose income is exclusively used for the administration, operation, and maintenance of fixed community internet service. Hughes, serving as a regional ISP, partnered with Microsoft on Juntas de Internet. Read more about Hughes, Microsoft and Colombia's MICT – Juntas de Internet: Connectivity Communities.

Vyriausybei šiandien svarstant kitų metų valstybės ir savivaldybių biudžetų projektą, aiškėja, kad kadenciją baigiantys valdantieji stipriai mažina kelių finansavimą ir didina vaiko pinigus. Projektus greičiausiai turės koreguoti ir iki Kalėdų patvirtinti jau naujos sudėties Seimas.Ukrainos prezidentas šiandien šalies parlamentui pristato savo Pergalės planą.„Maisto banko“ vadovas sako, kad Lietuvoje maisto trūksta iki 450-ies tūkstančių žmonių, o dalis šeimų pagalbos maistu kreipiasi kiekvieną savaitę.VSAT vadas sako, kad kontrabandą gabenančių meteorologinių balionų pastarosiomis dienomis labai sumažėjo. Tačiau siekiant išvengti ateityje galimų pasikartoti incidentų, Seimo nacionalinio saugumo ir gynybos komiteto vadovas tvirtina, kad ruošiamasi įsigyti naujų technologinių, kurios leis pamatyti ir neutralizuoti tokius balionus, kuriais gali būti gabenamos ir pavojingos medžiagos.Kelininkai skelbia jau pasiruošę žiemiškiems orams - technika jau sutvarkyta, barstomosios druskos ir kitų reikiamų medžiagų įsigyta. Pasak jų, šaltąjį sezoną bus naudojama nauja įranga, kuri leis greičiau ir tiksliau reaguoti į greitai kintančią kelių padėtį.Po pakartotinio svarstymo, Seimo Sveikatos reikalų komitetas pritarė, kad verslas turėtų būti griežčiau baudžiamas už visų už elektroninių cigarečių ir jų pildyklių pardavinėjimą nepilnamečiams. Anksčiau siūlyta, jog tam tikros griežtesnės bausmės būtų taikomos už visų rūkalų pardavimus.Ved. Paulius Šironas

Parengti įstatymo projektai, kuriuose numatytas šaunamųjų ginklų panaudojimas, stabdant meteorologiniais balionais gabenamą kontrabandą. Valstybės sienos apsaugos vadas Rustamas Liubajevas sako, kad balionų numušimas yra įmanomas, bet ne pats efektyviausias būdas.Prasidėjus išankstiniam balsavimui Seimo rinkimuose, Vyriausioji rinkimų komisija fiksuoja, kad žmonės jame dalyvauja itin aktyviai.ES priėmė naują sankcijų Rusijai režimą dėl pastaruoju metu suintensyvėjusių hibridinių ir sabotažo išpuolių visoje Europoje.Nobelio fizikos premija skirta Džonui Hopfildui ir Džefriui Hintonui už atradimus, įgalinančius mašininį mokymąsi naudojant dirbtinius neuronų tinklus. Fizinių ir technologijos mokslų centro Fundamentinių tyrimų skyriaus fizikas prof. Kęstutis Pyragas sako, kad nors šių mokslininkų darbai seni, tačiau šiandien itin aktualūs.Sakartvele netrukus Parlamento rinkimai, o valdantieji organizuoja apkaltą provakarietiškai prezidentei Salomei Zurabišvili.Lietuvos Raudonasis Kryžius pradeda rengti civilinės saugos ekskursijas.Ved. Agnė Skamarakaitė

VSAT: pasieniečiams bandant sulaikyti kontrabanda cigaretes gabenusį vilnietį, jis buvo mirtinai pašautas.Tūkstančiai Izraelio gyventojų Tel Avive išėjo į gatves reikalaudami pritarti paliaubų Gazos Ruože ir įkaitų išlaisvinimo susitarimui.Operos ir baleto teatre vyks 50-metį švenčiančios „Dainų dainelės“ laureatų koncertas.Sveikatos apsaugos ministerija ragina, nelaukiant vasaros pabaigos, pradėti rūpintis vaikų sveikatos patikra mokinių pažymėjimui gauti.Siekdamos viešųjų paslaugų prieinamumo visiems regiono gyventojams, savivaldybės apjungia bendras veiklas.Ved. Madona Lučkaitė

The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT When I first spoke with industry lifer IV Dickson about his move from software to the managed services firm SageNet, the company was still in the relatively early days of getting itself organized to chase and then service digital signage opportunities. Five years on, digital in environments like chain retail and QSR are a core, what he calls consequential, part of the Oklahoma company's overall business. SageNet's role has evolved from being an IT-centric managed services company that was adding digital signage to its deployment and network management capabilities, to having a main service line called SageView. It's a full-meal-deal suite of solutions and services that run from the ideation stage all the way through deployment and ongoing management. These kinds of turnkey, all-in solutions are relatively common now in the marketplace, but the SageNet twist is its deep roots, experience and acumen in the hard-core aspects of networking design, connectivity and cybersecurity. Dickson started out at SageNet as the digital signage guy, but as business has grown, and with it the staffing and skillsets associated with that work, he now has a role as SageNet's Chief Innovation Officer - looking more broadly at all the technologies that have a role in or influence customer projects. IV Dickson, how are you doing, sir?  IV Dickson: I'm doing well. Thank you, Dave. How are you this morning?  I am good. We haven't chatted in a while. We did a podcast back in 2019, so I would say it's time for an update.  IV Dickson: We did. A lot has happened in five years, if nothing else, a pandemic, but also just a lot has happened in the SageNet, and SageView world for us. Yes. The last time I saw you, we were walking up a very long hill to the Barcelona Football stadium, and you're probably keeping a wary eye on me to make sure I didn't have a heart attack.  IV Dickson: Yeah, I don't know. It might have been mutual there, Dave, but I do know, though it was worth the walk. I will say that it was worth the walk.  Every little bit of it. So over those five years, quite a bit has changed with your company. I would say the big thing from my perspective is five years ago, SageNet was starting to get heavy into digital signage, but it was one of the things that a larger company did. When I look at the website now, I kind of see SageNet leading in certain respects with what it does in terms of digital experience and digital signage in general. Is that a fair assessment? IV Dickson: It is a fair assessment. And, by the way, my marketing team will be very glad to hear that because I think that's a position that we want to take and have taken. But we've also positioned ourselves in the market to be that, but also executed in the market to be that, and I think if I think about five years ago, one of the things I think I probably even said it five years ago in, in this podcast was we're a managed service provider in an integrator world. That really hasn't changed in many respects. There are still great integrators out there. However, what really has changed for us is the way people are now coming and looking at digital experience, digital engagement, and pure digital signage, right?  Call it passive or a kind of consumable digital signage. It's become more important today than ever to manage that in an ongoing fashion, and management is not just content. It's everything. Is the screen on? Is the player running? If it's broken, or when it's broken, how are you getting it fixed? And that's a big piece of the puzzle, and over five years, we've grown a lot. I mean, we've grown exponentially to be honest in this area. We were a few customers with a few thousand devices out in the world, and now we're north of a hundred thousand devices that are under management in that digital experience realm. So, as a managed services company as a whole, what do digital signage and digital signage-sih activities represent for the company? I don't need an exact percentage, but I'm curious.  IV Dickson: That's a great question because it's something that actually was a driver for me in my previous role at SageNet as the VP of digital signage and digital experience: to make it a consequential piece of our business. And so at this point in time, whereas five years ago, it was just a mosquito kind of on the sideline of our portfolio. It is now one of the pillars of our organization. So if you look at our organization, historically, we still track the traditional managed services of circuitry and router switch firewalls. However, now, the idea of IOT and IOT management, digital experience, and digital signage management kind of lined up in three pillars for us.  I have heard a few times now that one of the things that's really changed in the last five years or so again is how, historically, the first meetings that you would have with a larger enterprise-level customer or prospective customer would be with the visual merchandising people, HR people, business communicators, that sort of thing, and the IT people would be there, but only begrudgingly. And, now they tend to lead these initiatives and guide them.  Have you seen that? Does it help the case for SageNet because they're familiar with the kind of work that you do?  IV Dickson: Yes, and yes. Yes, we are seeing that shift in who's leading the effort, and yes, that has been obviously fruitful for SageNet, but also just for the market as in general, to be honest. What I mean by that is that the marketing initiative has not been dampened; it's still the guiding light or the Northstar associated with the effort. Now, you're getting buy-in from the organization about the importance of this type of infrastructure in a distributed environment. So if you have a thousand restaurants or five hundred or a thousand stores, all of a sudden, when you have a director or even a CIO-level IT person in the room saying this is something that's consequential to our business, that changes the level of investment from a general brand perspective. The other thing that we've seen, to be honest, is that we've seen its scope outside of it, marketing and even operational folks that are in the building, or as everybody's talking about retail media networks and how this bigger trade or merchandiser world factors into that conversation as well, depending on the brand. One of SageNet's other big pillars is cybersecurity. Are you finding that's helpful in the pitch and in the ongoing effort for clients in that you have that pedigree, you have that understanding? It's not, “Yeah, we do have a cyber guy. His name is, let me look it up.” It's part of your DNA.  IV Dickson: Exactly. It's one of the greatest parts of our extended portfolio. So, about a year ago, I took the role of chief innovation officer, and it's been a journey for me, not only to understand some of the technologies that I didn't understand well but also to understand some of the technologies and wrap my brain around how do customers see that footprint and to your point about cyber security if you look not only at cyber, but you look at how cellular is affecting the market and you also look at the pure infrastructure that's going into one of these restaurants or into one of these retailers, and you start to realize that the POS that used the point of sale that used to be one of the primary network consumers, and by the way, it's still one of the primary from a cyber perspective.  However, it's a very small footprint compared to all the other aggregate devices that they now have talking on the network, whether that be IOT monitoring devices or whether it be digital signage and digital experience devices, or whether it be guest and or brand WiFi, all of a sudden the cyber level or the management of that connectivity becomes even more important than it was maybe ten years ago. And now you have changes in that market around not only how it's managed, but also around protocols that are being utilized, and you start to look at PCI 4. 0, and all of a sudden the brands are getting that much more intense in their needs, but also smarter in their requirements. And so when you bring in a media player and a screen, they no longer say, “Hey, we're going to stick this on the network.” They want a deep dive into how that's going to communicate and communicate with what and for what purposes.  Yeah. I think many more traditional pro IV integration companies and solutions providers lack that perspective and experience. When you look at something like a restaurant or a retail operation, as you just said, all the different business systems and sensors and everything falling into it, it's just a big chart to be able to try to understand all that.  IV Dickson: It is, and luckily I have fantastic team members, right? We've brought in folks with senior-level capabilities from the industry, not only from pure restaurant retail but also from the I.T. on the side. We have fantastic folks in our organization to be able to tackle that because, to your point, one of the differences, and I talked to many of our partners about this in the industry. One of the differences in our business that a lot of people don't recognize from a traditional integrator perspective is when we walk in the door as SageNet, we make two near assumptions.  If we're talking to a restaurant or even a retailer, we make the assumption that you're geographically dispersed, which means you're probably over at least 5, if not 10, or 50 States. So you're all over the country. But the second assumption we make is that your ownership environment is potentially variable. What that means is it could be a franchise, a dealer, or some qualification of the licensee, and in that scenario, you're then adding a layer of complexity to that individualized brick-and-mortar environment that you're servicing, and that creates major complexity in the process.  Yeah, cause they might not all use the same business systems for some core operations, right?  IV Dickson: You got it. Especially when you get into the dealer and licensee world, and that's really where our focus on that, what happens in the “four walls” of that local environment, and then how do we bring that back to a more macro level of IT and AV management?  One of the things that SageNet did, and I assume, added to its breadth of capabilities and bench strength, was acquiring Convergent back in, I think, 2021. Why was that done, and what does that meant?  IV Dickson: We did acquire Convergent Media Systems back in 2021 and it's an interesting conversation about why was it done versus what has it meant. I think actually it's relative to both, and yet there's some separation, right? The interesting thing that a lot of folks don't know is that there was some distant relationship between SageNet and Convergent prior to the acquisition because of the VSAT environment that SageNet acquired from SpaceNet, the better part of 10+ years ago, and so part of our business is VSAT Uplink for connectivity and Convergent back in the day was doing much of their delivery of Corp comm and digital signage and whatnot, TV broadcast type work over VSAT protocols.  So there was some natural connection there that kind of tied the two organizations together. However, at the really the kind of height of the pandemic, luckily, in some respects, but also prescribed in others, SageNet had grown, and our SageView digital offering had grown to about half of the size that it is today, and we've done that organically, right? We had team members that we had grown a fair amount of operational team members at the time. We had brought on Rob Suffoletta back from the Seneca day to day, and he was there a few years ago. And, so things were starting to churn, and we were about half the size that we are today. The acquisition at the time of Convergent took that business and positioned it in a place where it was about double, not quite, but about double, and so it was very substantial. The other piece of that puzzle and I'm very proud to say this, is we acquired some really fantastic folks in that acquisition, including some real leaders in the digital industry who have substantially more experience than I do, 30 years in this industry from broadcast to digital signage. So, in that moment, we kind of bolstered our operational environment.  What subsequently has happened, and it's a good outcome of any acquisition when you can make this happen, we are now a broader force to deal with in the market. So our capabilities are beyond just Installation, monitoring, and management of hardware and software, and now we have capabilities to build solutions, to code against APIs and or pure I.P. We also have creative capabilities to augment what customers may have or what they may want through our experience labs group and so there's the footprint now of the capabilities that we bring to the table is a much more rounded out environment than it was three years ago when we first made that acquisition.  Now, does that all roll up under SageViw?  IV Dickson: Yes, that's correct. Yeah, SageView is a SageNet sub-brand, as you would call it, and that is specifically digital experience and digital signage. There's some kind of muddying of the waters between that and our SageIoT environment.  I remember going back a couple of years, I think I referenced it as kind of a full meal deal offer now that you can take a project right from the idea stage all the way through to ongoing management and do things like you just mentioned, doing the creative work and so on. IV Dickson: Yes, that's exactly right. And if you look at just digital experience, our capabilities to now engineer and design an outcome and a solution and then bring that to fruition by hardware acquisition as well as configure kit and install. But then all of that, as we still really talk about on a daily basis, it's every conversation that we have. We do a lot of that just for the purpose of day two because still, five years later, we talked about this five years ago, I'm sure, the value of that technology is on day two or day fifty or day five hundred. It's only as somebody in my organization says: day one is only cool for 24 hours, right? So that's really a big piece of that. But then, as we were talking about earlier, with regards to the portfolio, when you expand that digital experience, that SageView footprint and you start to add SageConnect, whether that be cellular or otherwise, you start to add SageIoT, then all of a sudden the footprint even gets bigger in terms of that, and that's really where we strive, and you look at someone like Noodles & Co, for example, that's a solution that we have been a network provider for many years. Last year, we subsequently rolled out to all of their corporate locations with digital and a network upgrade. but that's where the entire infrastructure of those four walls is key to that conversation. Are you having companies come to you primarily with the idea that SageNet is capable of handling the degree of scale that we're looking at. We need to be out to 800 stores in the next six months or something like that versus jobs that, let's say, an Electrosonic, those kinds of companies might do that's an airport, it's one location. It's one big wow factor thing that I suppose you guys could do in theory, but that's not really your sweet spot, is it?  IV Dickson: No, not at all. And actually, to be totally honest with you, we sometimes leave those deals on the table on purpose and when you talk about scale and deployment, that is such a key piece to this environment that people do forget and it's hard to roll out that type of technology not only at scale but fast, and these retailers and restaurants expect fast. Back in 2021, we were in the midst of a deal that we are still managing today. They had extremely high expectations of rollout, and we were doing nearly 300 installations a day during the month of June 2021, and we did the better part of 10,000 installations in eleven months.  Was this retail or QSR?  IV Dickson: Retail, but I mentioned Noodles & Co, that's about 400 locations. We did all of that in the 2023 calendar year for the most part, some 95+ percent. So you have to have some serious project managers.  IV Dickson: We do have some serious project managers. That's one of the things I really like is we have those called macro or global project managers. We also have a really amazing field management team, and those folks are dealing with config, the kit, and our national logistics center and getting it out. Then, the onsite technicians make sure that the installation is done correctly.  Is the competitive landscape evolving? Are you seeing different kinds of companies getting in the competitive mix of opportunities?  IV Dickson: You know, when you started to ask that question, I thought, boy, howdy, has it changed! If you look at the vertical markets, some things are identical to what they were before. I would say retail is still pretty similar. The folks who play in retail and who really excel in retail haven't changed a ton. Where we do see a lot of change in the market space from a competitive landscape perspective, QSR is a quick-serve restaurant and fast casual. Not only are there a lot of new names, but they're also not really new to the market. They're new in that space. There's also a lot of different offerings and it's very cloudy. It's extremely cloudy and selecting a provider because we're not there's a, there are a handful of folks that do what we do or similar to what we do. There's a handful of folks who really are on the manufacturing side and creating great technologies. But they're selling those as holistic solutions, and they might not be, and then you still have the historic landscape of the content management systems, and CMS is out there that everybody goes, well, I don't know what to do with 85 CMSs, right? So that's where the competitive landscape is still the same, and yet you are seeing a lot of volatility in who's in the room.  Does it get murky because you have all kinds of companies with different sorts of software-driven systems that can bolt on a very rudimentary digital signage application and say, okay, here we've got a digital menus application for you? You don't need to buy a license, a CMS, or something else; just use this. Do you get those questions?  IV Dickson: You do, and you get some of that bolt-on conversation, and by the way, some of that is probably in our pitch deck as well because there are things that we do that are custom to a customer or customized for a customer around that. However, if you think about my background, I was at Scala Stratacache and back at NanoNation, and we're talking over 20 years, I've watched a lot of that change. I think a lot of people today, there's two factors that kind of drive that.  One is that many people don't understand the complexity of managing an enterprise-level menu. They think they're template managers; they think simple integrations will do it. When you get down to what might be fifty or a hundred or even two hundred configurations, it's extremely complex to manage all that content and data. I think the other thing though, that's driving that conversation that the customer really struggles with picking the right solution is today, data integration and usage in menus is higher than it's ever been. The ability to get calories and price and even dynamic images or have dynamic capabilities to resort menus based on configurations. There's more landscape around that type of capability than we've ever had before. That clutters the idea of what my CMS does in its pure interface. What is the UI to take care of versus what am I going to have to go build and manage? And we, to be honest, in many respects, have fantastic CMS partners, and yet we downplay the use of that interface because most customers want that managed, and so they're not going to go and become experts inside of a CMS interface. Yeah. Years ago, a very large QSR contacted me. They were very irritated with their CMS company because of some business moves that they made. They engaged me as a consultant, and one of the first questions was, what do you think of the software, because, you know, they wanted to consider moving on from it.  And I said, well, we've never seen it, and I said, pardon me, and they said, well, it's all managed, and I said, well, can you get a log in? And they're like, well, we can ask for one, but we've never logged in or anything, and I thought, whoa, this is like completely managed remotely. I guess it was a glimpse of where a lot of the business was going because you'd want to focus on making coffees or whatever. IV Dickson: Yeah, it is, absolutely, and also, you have layers of software that are above the CMS now that are as valuable or more valuable, and yet they feed the outcome of the CMS, right? They feed the outcome of the menu, so if you have mobile data, a menu data management system, Adobe Experience Manager, or some other creative digital asset management environment, those are all sitting in a macro environment above that CMS, feeding into it and then getting distributed to those individual locations.  With SageU, you also introduced something called digital merchandiser two or three months ago, where you're doing some degree of software, like presentation-level software and management software, that might more traditionally be done by a CMS. Is there a bit of a dance that you have to do with your partners where it doesn't feel like you're starting to eat through their lunch?  IV Dickson: Yes and no. I think the real key to that conversation is that SageNet builds and deploys solutions in the end. We utilize best-in-breed outcomes from hardware and software providers to do that, and we utilize incredibly talented and skilled folks on the inside of our team who do that as well. Our head of R&D, David Kai, who also oversees our IOT buildout, comes to the table and sees this from a greater solution perspective. So when you bring him into the room, it's not a CMS discussion. It's an outcome-driven customer and customer outcome-driven environment, and you and I have joked online. We talked a little bit about it in Barcelona. This is actually where I embrace the idea of physigital. I know there's a lot of people who don't like that, right? However, if you really think about the idea of physigital beyond just marketing fodder and you think physical and digital, the consumer who has made the decision to go to a brick-and-mortar location, they've made the decision to go to a C Store, they've made a decision to go to a restaurant, they've made a decision to go to a retailer. They have the expectation of how digital technology is going to affect that, but it's just grown exponentially over the last five to ten years, especially with the pandemic. It created a situation where we did almost everything digitally. So now we're going back to that.  When you really think in that four-wall environment, and you think about, okay, they made it to my physical location. I now want digital to enhance their experience, then digital works for me, right? It becomes something of value. To that end, then we had to take what the infrastructure was and the solutions were the best-in-breed pieces that we had, and create solutions around that. So you mentioned digital merchandiser, there's a new video out that's about an artificial intelligence shoe kiosk that we showed.  It's about the integration of all the parts and bringing those to a space where they become seamless for the consumer, but they become wildly valuable for the brand. I joked at NRF because we showed lift and learn, and I've shown lift at learning at NRF before. Probably in 2004?  IV Dickson: You got it, right? However, the idea is that I walk into the store, look at something in the mobile app, walk up to the AI kiosk, ask it for a product, it shows me where that product is, I pick it up, and I'm then having a web and physical experience in a very similar manner, or a digital and physical experience. Those capabilities have become possible because our engineering base in what we monitor and manage was extremely solid. We added the team members, not only through acquisition but also through a refinement of how we engage through experience labs and bringing David Kai into those conversations with software development capabilities and then really listening to our customer's voice is key for this, and so that's a big piece of this puzzle is really listening to what the customer is trying to accomplish, and finding the avenues where digital can help with that, not replace it, not be the only thing, but help with that transaction. Last question. I'm curious because we've mentioned Barcelona a couple of times. I go for my own reasons. A lot of people go over cause they're selling stuff or whatever. As a chief innovation officer, I suspect you're going over there because there's great wine, but that you're there to kind of see what's emerging, what's different, and it's a different walk than what you're going to do, walking around NRF or InfoComm, that sort of thing?  IV Dickson: Yeah, very much so. I mean, ISE, for me, is still a location that has more value. Visual technology in one place than anywhere else. I can spend three or four days walking around somewhat by myself or with colleagues, friends, or folks from the industry. But I can consume that and be able to say to myself, what's out there that I'm not using, or how can I use something differently? You know, I use a quote many days, I think it was the MTV founder who said, “Innovation is taking two things that are known and putting them together in a new way.” I think that's actually the thing that we've somewhat forgotten in this industry is that sometimes we don't have to go build something brand new if we can make something new and interesting out of pieces we already have. And, Barcelona, regardless of location, although Barcelona is a great location, the reality of that conversation is I go to look to see like, what are people doing? What is starting to drive the industry? And to see the year-over-year refinement of transparent OLED, and to see now the influx of transparent, or call them holographic, I don't know that I would call them that, but that's what the Muxwave folks call them that, that environment, but then also now to see what's going on with Kinetic LED and moving pieces and parts while the LED is showing visual capabilities. But then, even going back, I took a video of Epson. They had a massive umbrella, and it was covered in projectors. It was just a reminder that technology is out there and how it gets used. People often forget that this industry is not entirely new, and yet there are many different ways to do stuff that are actually super exciting.  Yeah, I always say these trade shows are not about giant leaps; they're incremental advances, and you have to have the knowledge and experience where it's helpful to have that knowledge and experience to recognize, I go, oh, that's interesting, they've done this. It's not like I'm blown away by it, but oh, they've conquered this little challenge, and now it's better. IV Dickson: Yeah, that's exactly right.  IV, we could talk for three hours, but I try to keep these to a certain time window, so I'm going to shut this down. It was great chatting. IV Dickson: Dave, thank you so much for the time, and look forward to seeing you soon out on the road.

Vilniaus arkivyskupijoje pradeda veikti patyrusiųjų seksualinę prievartą Bažnyčioje išklausymo tarnystė. Vilniaus arkivyskupas Gintaras Grušas sako, kad kviečiami kreiptis ir ne tik patyrę seksualinę prievartą, bet ir jų šeimos nariai, kiti asmenys, turintys žinių apie prievartą prieš vaikus bažnytinėje aplinkoje.Kelininkai perspėja, kad eismo sąlygas sunkina plikledis. Labai sudėtinga padėtis Vilniuje. Sostinės valdžia ragina gyventojus atsisakyti nebūtinų kelionių. Laikytis atsargumo pataria ir gydytojai, kurie sako, kad patyrusių traumas eilės padidėjo dvigubai.Prasideda dvi dienas truksiantis Tarptautinio teisingumo teismo posėdis, kuriame bus nagrinėjami Izraeliui metami kaltinimai genocidu. Bylą Izraeliui iškėlė Pietų Afrikos Respublika.Pasaulio sveikatos organizacija įspėja, kad kovidas mutuoja, ir išlieka didele grėsme. Vien gruodį užregistruota beveik 10 tūkstančių mirčių nuo šios infekcijos pasaulyje. Kaip LRT radijui sako Vilniaus universiteto Gyvybės mokslų centro profesorė Aurelija Žvirblienė, nors Lietuvoje didelės bėdos kol kas nėra, vis dėlto silpnesnės sveikatos žmonėms ji pataria pasiskiepyti. Anot profesorės, pasaulyje daugėjant duomenų apie ilgalaikes pasekmes persirgus kovidu, aiškėja, kad poveikis yra gana individualus.Klaipėdoje pristatyta atkurta VSAT pakrančių rinktinė.Ved. Paulius Šironas

Cove Street Capital's Jeffrey Bronchick, Principal and Portfolio Manager, and Andrew Leaf, Principal, Research Analyst, discuss their thesis on Ecovyst Inc. (NASDAQ: ECVT), a leading integrated and innovative global provider of specialty catalysts and services. Also, be sure to stick around for the last ten minutes as well to hear Jeff and Andrew's update on Viasat $VSAT. For more information about Cove Street Capital, please visit: https://covestreetcapital.com/ Quick blurb on $VSAT: https://covestreetcapital.com/well-that-wasnt-fun/ Chapters: [0:00] Introduction + Episode sponsor: Stream by Alphasense [1:57] What is Ecovyst and why is $ECVT interesting? [9:16] $ECVT core business [16:36] Understanding the $ECVT risks [26:51] $ECVT valuation [34:29] CCMP and INEOS [38:01] $ECVT Capital allocation strategy - M&A [44:31] $ECVT customer contracts - pricing power on renew? [47:09] Final thoughts on $ECVT - catalyst technologies section [49:49] Recent news on ViaSat $VSAT Today's episode is sponsored by: Stream by Alphasense Are traditional expert calls in the investment world becoming obsolete? According to Stream, they are, and you can access primary research easily and efficiently through their platform. With Stream, you'll have the right insights at your fingertips to make the best investment decisions. They offer a vast library of over 26,000 expert transcripts, powered by AI search technology. Plus, they provide competitive rates on expert call services, and you can even have an experienced buy-side analyst conduct the calls for you. But that's not all. Stream also provides the ability to engage with experts 1-on-1 and get your calls transcribed free-of-charge—all for 40% less than you would pay for 20 calls in a traditional expert network model. So, if you're looking to optimize your research process and increase ROI on investment research spend, Stream has the solution for you. Head over to their website at streamrg.com to learn more. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you next time. For more information: https://www.streamrg.com/

Podcast: ICS Cyber Talks PodcastEpisode: Omree Wechsler Senior researcher: cyber policies & strategy @TLV University about AI & space warfarePub date: 2023-07-13When we decided one minute before starting the podcast to move to English, it took a few minutes for the "CPU" in my head to switch.  

When we decided one minute before starting the podcast to move to English, it took a few minutes for the "CPU" in my head to switch.  

In this Making Leaders podcast, we hear from David Kagan, CEO of GlobalStar and one of three inductees to the Space & Satellite Hall of Fame in 2023. Dave Kagan's career began more than 25 years ago when he worked in finance and operations for Norwegian Cruise Line. There, he saw the growing value of satcom to shipboard operations and passenger satisfaction. That led him to accept a position as president and CEO of Maritime Telecommunications, whose founder and fellow Hall of Famer Richard Hadsall invented the motion-stabilized VSAT antenna. He did the things a good leader is supposed to do: growing the company's revenues and expanding its customer base to include cruise lines, luxury yachts, oil rigs and government vessels. But he also forged a partnership that would reinvent the company: a deal with AT&T to enable mobile phone usage on cruise ships. When the World Trade Center was attacked, the company made headlines by offering phone and internet service for free aboard dozens of ships to let passengers reach their loved ones.

Soldiers in Wiesbaden, Germany train on the Very Small Apparatus Terminal (VSAT).

Baltarusijos partizanai visai šalia Minsko esančiame kariniame aerodrome panaudoję dronus susprogdino Rusijos karinį lėktuvą. Pranešama, kad partizanai suspėjo palikti Baltarusiją iki šios šalies valdžia suskubo atsikvošėti po smūgio ir pradėjo ieškoti įtariamųjų.Devintą parą prie Lietuvos sienos su Baltarusija nefiksuojama neteisėtų migrantų. Nepaisant to, Vidaus reikalų ministrė Agnė Bilotaitė kalba apie būtinybę stiprinti valstybinės sienos apsaugą. Lenkija jau ėmėsi priemonių ir pasienyje su Baltarusija ir Kaliningradu sustatė prieštankines užtvaras. Pokalbis su Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnybos (VSAT) vadu Rustamu Liubajevu.Vilniuje, Katedros aikštėje, eksponuojamas ukrainiečių pamuštas rusų tankas tampa provokacijų taikiniu. Ant jo išdėlioti raudoni gvazdikai, prie tanko sekmadienį kilo ir konfliktas, dėl kurio tyrimą pradėjo policija. Ji taip pat aiškinsis ir tai, kas dėjo raudonus gvazdikus ant tanko.Artėjant merų ir savivaldybių rinkimams Vyriausioji rinkimų komisija teigia sulaukianti pranešimų apie galimus rinkėjų papirkimus. Susidomėta ir Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcijos - Krikščioniškų šeimų sąjungos keliamų pobūvių skirtinguose Vilniaus rajono miesteliuose. Praėjusią savaitę vieną jų apsilankė LRT radijo žurnalistė Edita Vitė. Tikrinanti faktus Vyriausioji rinkimų komisija nusprendė išplėsti darbo grupę, vykdančią tyrimą dėl galimo rinkėjų papirkimo.Pavežėjimo ir kitas paslaugas teikiančiai bendrovei "Bolt" skelbiant apie plėtros planus, klientai sako, kad kai kurie vairuotojai nesąžiningai naudojasi platformos paslaugomis, kai kurie nesilaiko kelių eismo taisyklių, o su užsieniečiais vairuotojais dažnai sunku susikalbėti.Ved. Liepa Želnienė

Nacionalinės švietimo agentūros parengtoje, Bendrojo ugdymo taryboje jau patvirtintoje programoje mokykloms rekomenduojamos literatūros sąrašuose padaugėjo rusų autorių. Literatūros mokytojai bei mokslininkai stebisi, kad tarp moksleiviams siūlomų autorių neatsirado nei vieno ukrainiečių poeto ar rašytojo. Pastabos išsiųstos ir programos rengėjams, tačiau specialistai sako gavę atsakymą, kad atsižvelgti į pastabas dėl ukrainiečių autorių nesiruošiama. Esą programa kuriama remiantis pasaulio literatūros kanonais, o ne tautiniais kriterijais.Tačiau pagal tarptautinio ugdymo programas dirbančioms mokykloms ukrainiečių autorius skaityti siūloma. Pasakoja Asta Martišiūtė.Kodėl poilsiautojai pajūryje neklauso gelbėtojų?. Pašnekovai: Palangos gelbėtojų vadas Jonas Pirožnikas ir Klaipėdos gelbėtojų vadas Aleksandras Siakki.Moterų nedarbas dvejus metus yra didesnis nei vyrų, skelbia užimtumo tarnyba. Ekspertai sako, kad nedirbančių moterų skaičius padidėjo prasidėjus pandemijai, dėl kurios užsidarė paslaugų, apgyvendinimo sektoriai. Kodėl moterims sunkiai sekasi ieškoti darbo ir kaip lygių galimybių atstovai vertina esamą situaciją domėjosi Edvinas Kučinskas.Aktualus pokalbis. VSAT atstovas: Liepą iš Lietuvos pasišalino 700 migrantų. Pašnekovas Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnybos vado pavaduotojas Rimantas Petrauskas.Į LRT girdi kreipėsi vieno iš prestižiškiausių Palangos rajono gyventojai, kurie piktinasi atsainiu savivaldybės požiūriu tiek į gyventojų, tiek į poilsiautojų saugumą. Pagrindinė gatvė, vedanti prie jūros, neturi pėstiesiems skirtų takų, todėl žmonės priversti eiti gatve, kuria abejomis kryptimis lekia ir automobiliai. Vietiniai sako, kad iki nelaimės čia trūksta mažiau nei vieno žingsnio, tuo tarpu savivaldybė ramina, kad pokyčių žmonės sulauks jau kitąmet. Išsamiau Paulius Selezniovas.Komentaras. Autorė žurnalistė Liepa Želnienė.Ved. Edvardas Kubilius

Host: Douglas Black host@angolawestafrica.comAbout today´s episode:A conversation with Mr. Joesph Chimbanda the autor of "Enduring Hardships: Survival by Faith and Works in Our Uncharted Territories" available now at Amazon.Order on the Amazon:   https://www.amazon.com/Enduring-Hardships-Survival-Uncharted-Territories/dp/1639035877/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Youtube CSF Book promo:  https://youtu.be/DpcNjz5rG3g Chimbanda Scholarship Fund (CSF) through Advancing the Gospel in Angola, Inc.  https://secure.myvanco.com/YJ03/campaign/C-ZHCPAbout the Podcast Angola West Africa:A show dedicated to educating and informing people around the world about the beautiful country of Angola. In our humble way we hope to inform, entertain and educate those willing to listen about the Angolan possibilities. If you like what we are trying to do please like the podcast on your listening platform and tell you friends about our show.Host Bio:40 plus years involved in new technology deployment and marketing. Born in the USA with extensive travel internationally. Past 22 years spent living and working in Africa and South America. Fluent in English and Portuguese with rudimentary skills in Spanish.Sponsor:High Performance Services, Ltd. (HPS). HPS provides off-shore VSAT and telecom technical services, VSAT licensing, logistic services, internet access and more since 2005. HPS is fully insured, licensed by INACOM, registered at MINPET, MINCOM among others. HPS is ready to speak you language in Angola. Contact HPS today to see how they can assist you in Angola.www.hps-angola.com info@hps-angola.comAny Donations greatly appreciated:Ethereum ERC-20:0xD7C03A6dA10715b57365584D44CdEad5B716A738Bitcoin:1CmhitTPZsZVw1EdPxzedyGoc9KePbmXnQBNB:bnb1d8qz05kmzugwdhpt4qukzxtdz88vgcwmp8ml97XRP:rpzonqH9j3oG3rNxfFicqe4u7bMaekFuHT

Picture a remote island, populated by many small and medium-sized communities. The local economy largely runs on a fishing industry. Children go to school, markets sell food & goods, but two important things are missing: reliable energy access and connectivity. There's no real cell signal in the village of Maybuuho, Philippines. This means that not only do people lack the ability to communicate outside their village, renewable energy solutions like solar-powered mini-grids or Solar Home Systems aren't very easy to use. Without any sort of connectivity, modern off-grid energy companies that are operating today end up de-prioritising "zero connectivity" locations, which exist all around the world. Okra is a technology company that manufactures everything needed to set up what they call a "mesh grid" as a kit, and then sell those kits to  Energy Access companies (like SHS or Mini-Grid companies) around the world. Their latest innovation is called the Cicada WiFi, an open source communications module, that brings WiFi connectivity to remote areas using VSAT technology.Tamara Mahoney from EnAccess and Oscar Aitchison from Okra talk about Cicadas - not the insects, but the chip - today on Open Energy Access. They discuss the impact this technology had not only for the company that participated in their pilot, but also potential impact for the village of Maybuuho, who could be offered Internet As A Service for the first time.  More information: https://enaccess.org/materials/okra-cicada/ 

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Vilniaus apygardos prokuratūroje pradėtas ikiteisminis tyrimas dėl galimo migrantų, apgyvendintų viename iš VSAT užsieniečių registracijos centrų, ilgalaikio seksualinio prievartavimo.Sveikatos apsaugos ministerija siūlo keisti kompensuojamų vaistų kainodarą, kuria tikisi paskatinti pacientus rinktis vaistus su mažiausiomis priemokomis. Ministerija siūlo įvesti metinį 45-ių eurų priemokų krepšelį, kurį viršijus valstybė padengtų tolesnes papildomas pacientų išlaidas perkant vaistus su mažiausia priemoka.Lietuvos prezidentas Gitanas Nausėda sako, kad Vakarai neturi leistis būti bauginami Rusijos. Taip jis kalbėjo Maskvai perspėjus, jog Trečiasis pasaulinis karas yra reali tikimybė. Pasak šalies vadovo, šitaip Rusija mėgina atgrasyti Vakarus nuo karinės paramos teikimo Kremliaus invaziją patiriančiai Ukrainai.Vokietijoje tariamasi dėl Ukrainos karinių pajėgumų stiprinimo ir ilgalaikių šalies saugumo poreikių. Šis pasitarimas rengiamas amerikiečių iniciatyva, jis vyks Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų karinėje bazėje Ramšteine.Klaipėdoje lankosi Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų karinis laivas, vienas iš antvandeninių kovos laivų-naikintojų „Gravely“. Pasak Lietuvos kariuomenės, taip Vašingtonas išreiškia solidarumą užtikrinant Baltijos jūros saugumą.Airijos pigių skrydžių įmonė „Ryanair“ šią vasarą iš Lietuvos skraidins dvylika naujų krypčių. Bendras krypčių iš Lietuvos skaičius pasieks 50.Mikčiojančios abiturientės mama Vaiva teigia, kad abitūros egzaminų sistema sukurta taip, kad stipriai mikčiojantis abiturientas nėra atleidžiamas nuo kalbėjimo egzamino dalies ir todėl gali būti gerokai mažiau įvertintas. Nacionalinė švietimo agentūra tikina, kad moksleivius nuo kalbėjimo dalies atleidžia Pedagoginė psichologinė tarnyba.Ved. Paulius Šironas

Maxar Technologies (MAXR) stock price is up almost 13% today. Maxar Technologies is a space technology and manufacturing company. MAXR satellites are used to monitor the Russia and Ukraine developments. How does MAXR compare to NOC, LMT, and VSAT? Next, George Tsilis weighs in on Bloom Energy (BE) being upgraded to positive from neutral at Susquehanna. How does BE compare to PLUG and FCEL? Tune in for the full discussion.

Our returning guest on the show today is Mark Dankberg, the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Viasat. Viasat is a 3.1 billion dollar market cap company that provides broadband and communication products and services worldwide. Viasat started off a defense-oriented company but has since layered on consumer and business-facing offerings by developing the world's leading high throughput geostationary satellites. Subsequent to our first interview with Mark, Viasat announced its intent to merge with Inmarsat, a UK-based company that provides mobile satellite communications services on land, at sea, and in the air worldwide. Without question, the size and the timing of the deal was a surprise to many of the people in the industry, especially because Viasat was in the middle of preparing to launch 3 new satellites over a short period of time. Given all of that, I was very curious to hear from Mark: Why Viasat decided to acquire Inmarsat versus other potential targets; Why Viasat is the right owner of Inmarsat versus other potential buyers; Why do the deal now versus waiting until the 3 new satellites had been launched; How Inmarsat fits into Viasat's hybrid network philosophy; and How Viasat plans to integrate Inmarsat employees culturally. This episode of Compounders: The Anatomy of a Multibagger is sponsored by Tegus, an innovative and disruptive company that is changing the way professional investors work. For more information, please visit: https://www.tegus.co/  To get all the latest updates about the podcast, see who we'll have on next, as well as watch the video version of the pod, please follow us on twitter at @BenClaremon and subscribe to the SNN Network YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/snnwire. For more information about Cove Street Capital, please visit: https://covestreetcapital.com/ iTunes: https://apple.co/3xlUvPY Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jxkxLl Each new episode will be available every Tuesday morning on Apple, Spotify and all podcast streaming platforms. All opinions expressed by your hosts and the podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of Cove Street Capital or any affiliates. This podcast is for informational purposes only, it is not investment advice, and should not be relied upon for any investment decisions. We are not recommending the purchase or sale of any securities. The hosts and guests may be beneficial owners of the securities discussed. You should not assume that the securities discussed are or will be profitable.

This week, we are replaying another one of our favorite episodes from Season 1. The reason is that we are about have the same guest on again to discuss a transformational merger the company announced after we released our interview. So, over the next two weeks we will have back-to-back episodes with Viasat's Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Mark Dankberg. In the episode from last Season, Mark and I discussed the nuances of the very dynamic satellite broadband industry, including why satellite broadband is not likely to be a winner-take-all market as well as the value of having a hybrid network of satellites at different orbits. In our second interview, Mark and I will talk about the rationale for the merger with Inmarsat and how the deal changes Viasat's long-term trajectory. So, please stay tuned for a multi-episode deep dive into the future of space communications. EPISODE:  My guest on the show today is Mark Dankberg, the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Viasat. Viasat is a 3.8 billion dollar market cap company that provides broadband and communication products and services worldwide. Viasat started off a defense-oriented company but has since layered on consumer and business-facing offerings by developing the world's leading high throughput geostationary satellites. Over the next 2 years, Viasat will be launching 3 new satellites that will give the company the ability to offer global coverage to its military and in-flight WIFI customers. Additionally, Viasat is rolling out community WIFI initiatives to help people in emerging and frontier markets connect to the internet for the first time. All of this is happening while the company is facing a growing threat from low earth orbit satellite providers such as Elon Musk's Starlink. Given how much is going on and the fact that Mark recently went from being the CEO to assume the Executive Chairman role, I thought it would be a perfect time to talk to him about the following topics: - The future of the global satellite broadband industry, including competition with Starlink; - What the US military needs now from Viasat and how that may evolve over time; - The cultural differences between the defense and commercial sides of the company; - How Viasat can benefit from all the space-related activity going on right now; and - Why this was the right time to shift his focus This episode of Compounders: The Anatomy of a Multibagger is sponsored by Tegus, an innovative and disruptive company that is changing the way professional investors work. For more information, please visit: https://www.tegus.co/ Key takeaways:  - Deeply understanding your customers' wants and needs is a prerequisite for success in both D2C and B2B business. But, the more intermediaries you have, the less you can really understand your end customers. Also, working with distribution partners can be difficult if the goals of the organizations are not aligned. - Not every industry is a winner-take-all market. Network effects and multisided marketplaces can create virtuous cycles and winner-take-all markets. In industries with supply constraints, negative network effects drive competition and ensure a diverse set of offerings. - Bandwidth demand is heavily affected by geography and low-earth-orbit (LEO) networks are geographically limited. Despite offering low latency, every incremental satellite will only spend a fraction of its time over the areas with the most demand, and far more over oceans and other low demand areas. This is why a hybrid network that includes geostationary and LEO satellites is likely the best solution for customers. - When a company is entering new markets or introducing new products, it is imperative to be a voracious reader of business history and theory, as well as to be well-grounded in the basic math that governs the industry. - Modern warfare requires real-time information and instant communication. Accordingly, the U.S. military will need an up-to-date network of satellites with ground stations placed in safe locations in order to process and anticipate the moves of its adversaries. Timestamps:  1:18 - Introduction 2:56 - Diversifying into direct-to-consumer (D2C) with the 2009 WildBlue acquisition 5:06 - The organizational restructuring required when shifting towards D2C 7:06 - Building a D2C sales organization within a legacy B2B company 11:51 - Making stair-step improvements with every new satellite launch 18:50 - The process of deciding to build Viasat's own satellite 27:30 - Satellite broadband is not a winner-take-all market 31:32 - LEOs, GEOs, hybrid networks and why there is no “best” satellite design 45:27 - Building a cohesive culture with two distinctly different business segments 51:23 - Why Viasat 3 will play a key role in the future of warfare 58:25 - How Viasat benefits from all of the excitement around space 62:40 - What Mark has learned from Baupost Group's founder Seth Klarman 65:53 -  Being confident in putting out guidance even before the Viasat 3 satellites launch 70:55 - The least understood aspects of Viasat To get all the latest updates about the podcast, see who we'll have on next, as well as watch the video version of the pod, please follow us on twitter at @BenClaremon and subscribe to the SNN Network YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/snnwire. For more information about Cove Street Capital, please visit: https://covestreetcapital.com/ iTunes: https://apple.co/3xlUvPY Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jxkxLl Each new episode will be available every Tuesday morning on Apple, Spotify and all podcast streaming platforms. All opinions expressed by your hosts and the podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of Cove Street Capital or any affiliates. This podcast is for informational purposes only, it is not investment advice, and should not be relied upon for any investment decisions. We are not recommending the purchase or sale of any securities. The hosts and guests may be beneficial owners of the securities discussed. You should not assume that the securities discussed are or will be profitable.

NATO diplomatijos vadovai aptarė Rusijos pajėgų telkimą prie Ukrainos.VSAT vadas Rustamas Liubajevas apie situaciją pasienyje.Kalėdų karštinė įsibėgėja: kiek Lietuvos gyventojai išleis artėjančioms šventėms?Ved. Aleksandras Dvojeglazovas

Pasienyje su Baltarusija trečiadienį buvo ramu – patekti į Lietuvą bandė vos pora dešimčių migrantų, tačiau būtent tai kelia nerimą, nes gali būti, kad jie kaupiami, teigia Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnybos vadas Rustamas Liubajevas. VRM viceministras Vitalijus Dmitrijevas - apie nepaprastąją padėtį pasienio savivaldybėse. Dėl krizės prie Lenkijos ir Baltarusijos sienos šaukiamas JT Saugumo Tarybos posėdis

Pirmoji diena, kai įsigaliojo nepaprastoji padėtis pasienyje su Baltarusija.Premjerė Ingrida Šimonytė sako, kad pasienyje su Baltarusija gyvenantiems žmonėms nerimauti dėl situacijos prie sienos nereikėtųi r ragina pareigūnams netrukdyti atlikti savo darbo.Tačiau pareigūnai sako, kad vykstant į kai kuriuos pasienio miestus reikės VSAT leidimų.Kokios nuotaikos į nepaprastosios padėties zoną patenkančiuose Druskininkuose?Šiandienos situacija Lenkijos – Baltarusijos pasienyje.Verslo įmones vienijančios organizacijos ir medikai skirtingai vertina siekius įpareigoti darbuotojus už testavimą susimokėti iš savo kišenės.Ar naujos ES sankcijos paveiks Baltarusijos avialinijas?Iš būsimo daugiafunkcio komplekso teritorijos Vilniuje jau ūgtelėję medeliai bus pervežti ir pasodinti netoliese esančiose gatvėse.Ved. Darius Matas

Įvedus nepaprastąją padėtį, vykstant į kai kuriuos pasienio miestus reikės VSAT leidimų.Lenkijos policija praneša sulaikiusi daugiau kaip 50 migrantų, per pastarąją parą nelegaliai kirtusių valstybės sieną iš Baltarusijos teritorijos, ir ieškanti kitų asmenų.Baltarusijos URM vadovas teigia, kad Baltarusija sieks kartu su Rusija atsakyti į Vakarų veiksmus.Ved. Irina Andrianova

Apie situaciją Lietuvos ir Baltarusijos pasienyje pokalbis su Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnybos vadu generolu Rustamu Liubajevu.Ved. Agnė Skamarakaitė

Viasat's satellite systems is a global communications company with a market cap of $4.12B based in Carlsbad, California. In our interview, CEO Richard Baldridge views his role more as a chief enabling  officer versus chief visionary  officer.  Viasat's prized commodity is not its multi-billion dollar satellite communications assets and ground infrastructure but the priceless quality of the lives of more than 6,000 employees—over 2,500 that work from the Carlsbad campus—who Rick seems to have a profound understanding of his role to serve, lead and inspire to their highest possible frequency. It is also Rick's decades old and ongoing intergalactic achiever's mindset to evolve his own understanding, consciousness and compassion.Viasat is a provider of high-speed satellite broadband services and secure networking systems covering military and commercial markets.  Viasat believes everything and everyone in the world can be connected. But what is the spirit ennobling that global communication ?The Viasat opportunity is the 3.6 billion people (47% of earth's population according to the GSMA) who do not have internet services in urban and the most remote areas of the world."We often do things that other people don't think we should.  But we doubled down in that space and made real progress over that period.  We are ready now that people are travelling again. We are well positioned to help people travel and stay connected."  - Rick Baldridge, CEO, Viasat Satellites Credits:Guest:  Rick BaldridgeProducer:  Victory & NobleCreator, Writer and Host:  Patrick A. HowellExecutive Producer and Director:  Tori ReidAssociate Producer: Chris PhillipsPost Production and Sound Engineering:  WeEdit PodcastsMarketing Partners: Coast News in Encinitas  (North County San Diego)Advertising Sponsor:  Vivreau Water SystemsAdvertising Sponsor:  Hilton Sacramento Arden WestAd Voiceover Artist:  Ginger Leverta Victory & Noble Production@ 2021 Victory & Noble LLC  All Rights Reserved

Ricardo Quindos e Vinicius Azevedo são empreendedores da startup ‘VSAT Space Program', e desenvolvedores brasileiros de satélites, a VSAT é uma empresa que nesse momento encontra-se envolvida em duas missões espaciais.

Vilniaus miesto savivaldybė, Švietimo, mokslo ir sporto ministerija bei koncesininkė, investicijų bendrovė „BaltCap Infrastructure Fund“ pasirašė sutartį dėl Nacionalinio stadiono statybų.VSAT vadas: staigus migrantų srauto sumažėjimas šiek tiek kelia nerimą.Nobelio taikos premijos laureatais tapo žurnalistai Maria Ressa ir Dmitrijus Muratovas.Ved. Aleksandras Dvojeglazovas

My guest on the show today is Mark Dankberg, the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Viasat. Viasat is a 3.8 billion dollar market cap company that provides broadband and communication products and services worldwide. Viasat started off a defense-oriented company but has since layered on consumer and business-facing offerings by developing the world's leading high throughput geostationary satellites. Over the next 2 years, Viasat will be launching 3 new satellites that will give the company the ability to offer global coverage to its military and in-flight WIFI customers. Additionally, Viasat is rolling out community WIFI initiatives to help people in emerging and frontier markets connect to the internet for the first time. All of this is happening while the company is facing a growing threat from low earth orbit satellite providers such as Elon Musk's Starlink. Given how much is going on and the fact that Mark recently went from being the CEO to assume the Executive Chairman role, I thought it would be a perfect time to talk to him about the following topics: - The future of the global satellite broadband industry, including competition with Starlink; - What the US military needs now from Viasat and how that may evolve over time; - The cultural differences between the defense and commercial sides of the company; - How Viasat can benefit from all the space-related activity going on right now; and - Why this was the right time to shift his focus This episode of Compounders: The Anatomy of a Multibagger is sponsored by Tegus, an innovative and disruptive company that is changing the way professional investors work. For more information, please visit: https://www.tegus.co/ Key takeaways:  - Deeply understanding your customers' wants and needs is a prerequisite for success in both D2C and B2B business. But, the more intermediaries you have, the less you can really understand your end customers. Also, working with distribution partners can be difficult if the goals of the organizations are not aligned. - Not every industry is a winner-take-all market. Network effects and multisided marketplaces can create virtuous cycles and winner-take-all markets. In industries with supply constraints, negative network effects drive competition and ensure a diverse set of offerings. - Bandwidth demand is heavily affected by geography and low-earth-orbit (LEO) networks are geographically limited. Despite offering low latency, every incremental satellite will only spend a fraction of its time over the areas with the most demand, and far more over oceans and other low demand areas. This is why a hybrid network that includes geostationary and LEO satellites is likely the best solution for customers. - When a company is entering new markets or introducing new products, it is imperative to be a voracious reader of business history and theory, as well as to be well-grounded in the basic math that governs the industry. - Modern warfare requires real-time information and instant communication. Accordingly, the U.S. military will need an up-to-date network of satellites with ground stations placed in safe locations in order to process and anticipate the moves of its adversaries. Timestamps:  1:18 - Introduction 2:56 - Diversifying into direct-to-consumer (D2C) with the 2009 WildBlue acquisition 5:06 - The organizational restructuring required when shifting towards D2C 7:06 - Building a D2C sales organization within a legacy B2B company 11:51 - Making stair-step improvements with every new satellite launch 18:50 - The process of deciding to build Viasat's own satellite 27:30 - Satellite broadband is not a winner-take-all market 31:32 - LEOs, GEOs, hybrid networks and why there is no “best” satellite design 45:27 - Building a cohesive culture with two distinctly different business segments 51:23 - Why Viasat 3 will play a key role in the future of warfare 58:25 - How Viasat benefits from all of the excitement around space 62:40 - What Mark has learned from Baupost Group's founder Seth Klarman 65:53 -  Being confident in putting out guidance even before the Viasat 3 satellites launch 70:55 - The least understood aspects of Viasat To get all the latest updates about the podcast, see who we'll have on next, as well as watch the video version of the pod, please follow us on twitter at @BenClaremon and subscribe to the SNN Network YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/snnwire. For more information about Cove Street Capital, please visit: https://covestreetcapital.com/ iTunes: https://apple.co/3xlUvPY Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jxkxLl Each new episode will be available every Tuesday morning on Apple, Spotify and all podcast streaming platforms. All opinions expressed by your hosts and the podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of Cove Street Capital or any affiliates. This podcast is for informational purposes only, it is not investment advice, and should not be relied upon for any investment decisions. We are not recommending the purchase or sale of any securities. The hosts and guests may be beneficial owners of the securities discussed. You should not assume that the securities discussed are or will be profitable.

Lietuvos sienų apsaugos stiprinimas. Pokalbis su VSAT vadu R. Liubajevu.Ambasadorius migracijai L. Linkevičius apie mingacijos iš Afganistano iššūkius Lietuvai.Profsąjungų pozicija dėl neskiepytų darbuotojų.Ved. Irina Andrianova

Earlier this year, on February 18, 2021, the next-generation Mars Rover, Perseverance, successfully landed on Mars. According to Earth and Sky Magazine, Perseverance was the first artificial object to land on Mars since 2018, and the first Rover to land since 2012 when Curiosity touched down.  Perseverance traveled 293 million miles (472 million km) – over 203 days, and hit the Martian atmosphere traveling at almost 12,000 miles per hour (19,000 kmh), About a mile above Mars surface, the descent module fired its engines, while a terrain relative navigation system scanned and analyzed the terrain below, then matched it up with maps in its database to prepare for touchdown.  All this requires some sophisticated and rugged microelectronics and semiconductor technology. So, what makes this even more exciting for us at 3D InCites, is that 3D PLUS, winner of the 2021 Device of the Year Award, and Community Member, StratEdge Corporation, both provided the advanced packaging technology to make this possible. In this episode, we talk to Patrice Benard, of 3D Plus, and Casey Krawiec, of StratEdge Corporation to learn about the experience of working on this exciting project. Stratedge Corporation specializes in high frequency, high power, high-reliability semiconductor packages. Markets served include telecom, VSAT, broadband wireless, satellite, military, test and measurement, automotive, clean energy, and down-hole.  Learn more at Stratedge.com. Email Casey Krawiec 3D Plus provides advanced, high-density 3D microelectronic products to space, avionics, and defense markets. Learn more at 3D-Plus.com.Email Patrice Benard

Nelegalai plūsta iš Baltarusijos ir didžiausia problema - jų apgyvendinimas, sako VSAT atstovas Giedrius Mišutis.

Esse podcast traz diariamente o que de mais importante acontece no mundo das telecomunicações e da conectividade na curadoria e análise da TELETIME, a publicação que acompanha o mercado de telecomunicações há 23 anos.Se você ainda não se inscreveu, o podcast está disponível nas principais plataformas: Spotify, Apple e Google Podcasts.Se você ainda não acompanha a newsletter TELETIME, inscreva-se aqui gratuitamente e fique ligado no dia a dia do mercado de telecom. É simples e é gratuito.Você ainda pode acompanhar TELETIME pelo Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, Facebook, Google News, ou em nosso canal no Telegram.____________________________________________OPINIÃOMinistério das Comunicações vs. Ministério da Comunicaçãoterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 23h41No 5G e na radiodifusão, Fábio Faria mostra exemplos em que suas funções de formulador de política e porta-voz do governo se misturam e entram em conflitoINTERNACIONALSenado norte-americano confirma pesquisadora antitruste como comissária da FTCterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 22h44Lina Khan é uma fervorosa defensora da livre concorrência e deverá ser rígida com as Big Techs. Especula-se que ela vai presidir a Comissão Federal de ComércioMP 1.018Abratel: sanção da MP 1.018 é um avanço para setor de radiodifusãoterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 22h33MP prevê que emissoras das concessionárias de TV terão possibilidade de inserir três horas de programação diária de conteúdo jornalístico e noticioso, além de 15% de programação local já autorizada para a região da Amazônia LegalPOLÍTICAS DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕESSancionada lei que reduz tributação para VSAT e modifica lei do Fustterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 21h49Regramento para distribuição de antenas e ampliação de poder do governo no Conselho Gestor do Fust também entraram na medidaINFRAESTRUTURAProvedores regionais têm longa lista de preocupações com redes neutrasterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 21h27ISPs admitem interesse no formato, mas questionam preços, qualidade, presença de muitos clientes e isonomia de modelos na praçaPOLÍTICAS DE COMUNICAÇÃORadiodifusão ganha destaque na sanção da MP de telecomunicaçõesterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 20h49A MP 1.018 prevê ampliação de veiculação de conteúdos jornalísticos e de publicidade nas nas regiões de fronteira de desenvolvimento do País, hoje compreendidas pela Amazônia Legal e Fernando de NoronhaFINANÇASTIM emite R$ 1,6 bi em debêntures incentivadas vinculadas a metas de ESGterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 20h29Segundo a operadora, trata-se da maior operação do tipo já realizada por uma companhia brasileira, e a primeira feita por uma empresa de telecomunicações no PaísBANDA LARGAMelhorar Internet em escolas poderia aumentar em 3,8% o PIB do Brasil, aponta estudoterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 19h05Levantamento da The Economist feito a pedido da Ericsson mostra que o produto interno bruto per capita do País poderia chegar a US$ 12.240 até 2025TRIBUTAÇÃOBolsonaro veta artigo da MP 1.018 que retirava a incidência de Condecine de serviços de VODterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 18h47Jair Bolsonaro justificou o veto dizendo que o dispositivo implicaria renúncia de receita da ordem de bilhões além do valor originalmente estimadoEVENTOS5×5 Tec Summit terá segunda edição de 6 a 10 de dezembroterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 17h28Evento discute verticais de governo, finanças, saúde, energia e entretenimento sob a ótica da transformação digital e inovaçãoINFRAESTRUTURAPL das antenas em São Paulo terá substitutivo com indicação de áreas prioritáriasterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 16h30Indicação foi realizada por presidente da Câmara Municipal paulistana, vereador Milton leite; dívidas do setor com a cidade também estão na miraPOLÍTICAS PÚBLICASMinistro diz que ainda não existe 5G no Brasil e que estratégia das teles confundeterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 14h29Fabio Faria voltou a argumentar que o símbolo não indica o 5G de verdade, que viria apenas com as novas frequências do leilão5GItaú e Vivo conectam agência com 5G experimental em São Pauloterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 11h29Operadora utiliza o FWA para proporcionar sinal de alta capacidade em Wi-Fi na unidade. Licença para testes é na faixa de 3,5 GHzBANDA LARGAEducação vive 'estado de guerra', dizem especialistas sobre liberação de R$ 3,5 bi do Fustterça-feira, 15 de junho de 2021 , 10h52Valor será aplicado na compra de pacotes de Internet e dispositivos móveis para alunos e professores See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pippa was walking the plank the other day waiting for Dave, late as usual, and she bumped into the guys from Intellian on the eve of their LEO and One Web deal. Across the metaphorical table from Pippa was Bladimiros Stavropoulos, Sr. Director Global Product Management & TS and Paul Comyns, VP of Global Marketing and Pippa thought she would take the time to ask them some questions about how they view the current trends and market place ..tune in to find out what she discovered! #satellite #vsat #comms #superyachts #yachtengineer #yachtcaptain #maritime #marineindustry #cybersecurity #yachting #yachtingpodcasts

Eugene Robin and Ben Claremon from Cove Street Capital discuss the battleground stock Viasat (VSAT). They discuss the biggest misperception among bears, why they think VSAT's government business is a hidden gem, and how the risk from Elon Musk's SpaceX (and other burgeoning competitors) is overblown.Some relevant links:Cove Street's March 2020 Viasat deck: http://covestreetcapital.com/eugene-robin-discusses-viasat-on-the-valuewalk-podcast/Kerrisdale's short report: https://www.kerrisdalecap.com/investments/viasat-inc-vsat/Cove Street's Kerrisdale rebuttal: http://covestreetcapital.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Satellite-Potshots-ViaSat.pdf Chapters0:00 Intro2:50 Viasat overview8:15 Residential Broadband: the biggest VSAT misperception15:45 Is Cove Street too close to VSAT?25:00 Could a big increase in capacity create issues?31:00 VSAT's all-in cost advantage and the SpaceX risk36:45 VSAT's hidden jewel: the Government business43:50 "Stock price bro" and capital allocation bear case52:50 Why GEO can compete with LEO1:06:00 Ben's quick run through of lingering points1:17:00 Quantifying a reasonable bull case

Communications pioneer Andrew J.Viterbi — who in 1962 earned one of the first doctorates in electrical engineering granted at the University of Southern California — has forever changed how people everywhere connect and communicate. Dr.Viterbi’s lifelong interest in communications began as a child, when his family fled Italy for America in 1939 to escape the persecution of Jews. Born into an analog world, this visionary thinker opened the doors to the digital age with the Viterbi Algorithm, a groundbreaking mathematical formula for eliminating signal interference. Today, the Viterbi Algorithm is used in all four international standards for digital cellular telephones, as well as in data terminals, digital satellite broadcast receivers and deep space telemetry. In the spring of 1967, Dr.Viterbi met Irwin Jacobs at a telecommunications conference in California. Both men, and another of Dr. Viterbi’s colleagues, Leonard Kleinrock, shared an interest in forming a consulting group. With an investment of $1,500 — $500 from each man — the trio founded Linkabit. By the 1970s, Linkabit began providing technology for defense communications satellites using very large antennas. Dr. Viterbi and his Linkabit associates came up with a breakthrough computer to accomplish the task and dubbed it a “microprocessor,” even though it was made up of many chips. His renown grew as fast as the company. In 1975, Italy’s National Research Council awarded Dr. Viterbi one of its highest academic accolades, the Christopher Columbus Award. In 1980, Linkabit merged with M/A-COM of Boston. It soon produced the VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal), the foundation for private satellite communications networks. In 1985, the VSAT division was sold to Hughes. The team of Viterbi and Jacobs had a new dream: together, they founded Qualcomm Corp. to develop and manufacture satellite communications and digital wireless telephones. 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:12 How did you come to write your latest book? 00:03:02 Centro Primo Levi NYC and The Italian Jewish Experience 00:05:27 Knowing Primo Levi 17:53:06 Early days of wireless digital communications 00:23:33 Why didn't you patent the Viterbi Algorithm? 00:25:20 How do you separate tech hype from reality? 4G Vs 5G? 00:30:47 The commercial value of basic research and how to keep funding it. 00:38:16 Would a tax on scientific innovation impeed progress? 00:42:00 What do you think about SETI? How would you communicate with an alien civilization? 00:48:32 What would you put in your ethical will? 00:51:27 What would you put in your billion-year time capsule? 00:53:56 What advice would you give your younger self? Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, we sit down with the co-creator of MQTT and President of Cirrus Link Solutions, Arlen Nipper, to talk about MQTT and its role in the industrial sector.To kick off the episode, Arlen shared his own background and the road that led him to MQTT and Cirrus. Arlen has more than 42 years’ experience in the embedded computer/industrial communications market sector. He started as a SCADA/Automation engineer for Koch Industries and moved on to found Arcom Control Systems, where they saw a huge demand to convert legacy device protocols to industrial standards like Modbus. When AT&T introduced the first VSAT server that leveraged TCP/IP, his team saw an opportunity to better make use of the infrastructure and MQTT was born.Arlen also spoke to why MQTT so popular, citing its flexibility as they never specified any rigid topic namespace or payload representation. Though, because that made interoperability difficult in the industrial space, Arlen’s team went on to write Sparkplug, an open specification that defines a well known MQTT Topic Namespace and Payload representation for the industrial automation market.Moving on to talk about MQTT in the real world, Arlen shared some of his observations on the adoption of MQTT in the industrial sector in comparison to other industries and verticals. He also shared his thoughts on how IoT has driven industrial companies to reconsider their automation infrastructure and the role that MQTT plays in that evolution.Arlen also shared some of the real-world use cases where MQTT really shines and how Cirrus Link Solutions typically engages with customers in the IoT and IIoT spaces.To close out the episode, Arlen hinted at what we should look for in the near future for MQTT and Sparkplug, and how the current COVID-19 pandemic has affected Cirrus and their technology.Interested in connecting with Arlen? Reach out to him on Linkedin!About Cirrus Link Solutions: Cirrus Link focuses on MQTT technology for OT (Operations Technology). Cirrus Link is a strategic partner with Inductive Automation who provides the Ignition Industrial Application Platform that a lot of MQTT modules plug into. Key Questions and Topics from this Episode:(01:52) Intro to Arlen(06:01) What is MQTT?(07:36) Intro to Cirrus Link Solutions(10:22) How has the adoption of MQTT differed between “regular” IoT solutions and industrial solutions?(20:17) What role does MQTT play in digital transformation efforts?(23:39) How is IoT driving the industrial sector to think about automation infrastructure differently than they had before?(26:34) What does a typical customer engagement work for Cirrus?(28:12) Where are you seeing the biggest challenges in MQTT adoption?(30:35) Are there any specific use cases where MQTT really shines?(33:56) What should we be looking for, in the future of MQTT?(36:04) Has COVID-19 affected anything for Cirrus or MQTT?

Pippa Nicholas joins us to talk tech, connecting DSSV Pressure Drop near Guam to the space station this week, to being the first company to stream live HD TV from the Antarctic over a commercial VSAT connection, Pippa fills us in on what is happening with communications as the industry begins to recover. #yachtingpodcast #comms #VSAT

Commercial satcom in India grew from VSAT to broadcasting to now exciting applications such as broadband, backhaul, etc. In this episode, Ramesh and Govind help understand the evolution of the entire commercial satcom sector in India for the past 30 years.

In the wake of natural disasters, functioning communications services and infrastructure can mean the difference between life and death. Flooding, seismic activity, wildfires, high winds, downed trees — even recovery construction projects — can disrupt power and damage fiber and cable wires. If the local network infrastructure is compromised, first responders have to bring a network with them to share what they’re seeing on the front lines with central command posts and to coordinate rescue and recovery efforts in the aftermath. In the third episode of our special podcast series, “Connecting the Unconnected,” Hughes Network Systems’ Tony Bardo and Dan Brown join me for a discussion about the vital role that satellite technology plays in emergency services and disaster recovery, and the difference it has made in some of the most infamous disaster situations in recent years. One of those instances is Hurricane Michael, which hit Florida in October 2018. During the storm, portable VSAT systems were deployed to help establish mission critical communications in high impact areas, allowing first responders to transfer data and coordinate rescue and recovery efforts. Tony and Dan explain how Hughes worked with federal emergency managers to provide connectivity to assist recovery efforts and help residents communicate with the outside world, and contact family members. We also talk about the importance of creating resiliency in vulnerable communities and how it facilitates mission critical communications for first responders and emergency crews in disaster situations.

To know more in depth about superyacht communications, join us for 'The Geek Show', with Marcus Braz Bartlett, Technical Specialist with Axxess Marine as we discuss VSAT and 4G, and how to choose your best options for your Superyacht..

Around the World with Michael Howorth, is in the headquarters of Inmarsat Maritime, one of the world leaders in global, mobile satellite communications, across the aviation, maritime, enterprise, humanitarian, IoT and government sectors where terrestrial networks are unreliable. He talks with Ronald Spithout, President, Les Shortall, Director of Sector Development, Arvid Karlberg Business Development Manager and John Dodd, Director of Maritime Safety, about the developments of broadbands and full connectivity at sea, their service, Fleet Express, beyond traditional VSAT, the KA network, and the important need of connectivity and its development in the maritime sector,

Sinopse: Nesse primeiro episódio do programa Dobra Espacial, Julia Brazolim indica a leitura da história em quadrinhos Behalter e aproveita para comparar a obra com os atuais avanços da Exploração Espacial. Conheça também o que é o Crew Dragon Program e a VSAT, além de ficar por dentro de algumas coisas bem importantes que aconteceram na astronomia nos meses de fevereiro, março e abril. Esse episódio também conta com as participações de Caio Yo e Vinícius Mendes. Saiba mais: http://www.missaoexoplaneta.com.br

With the launch of GSAT-31, ISRO has carried out its third successful mission of 2019. The communication satellite was launched from French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday. GSAT-31 is India's 40th communication satellite..which will replace the InSAT satellite which is nearing the end of its life. GSAT-31 will be used for supporting VSAT networks, Television uplinks, Digital Satellite News Gathering and DTH-television services among other such applications. Today in IN DEPTH, we talk about the high power communication satellite GSAT-31, how will it facilitate communication in India and what is its mission life... We'll also talk about the various communication satellites that India has... We also take a look at the big launches planned by ISRO this year...

Inmarsat har en lang historie tilbake til 1979 for å gi satellittkommunikasjon til sjøen. Da ble de opprettet av FNs maritime organ IMO, og i 1999 ble selskapet privatisert. I 2011 kjøpte de det norske selskapet Ship Equipe som drev med kommunikasjon i VSAT-båndet. Da fikk de kompetanse og nettverket i et mer moderne frekvensbånd, som kunne gi bedre bredbånd til sjøs. Siden den gang har de bygget sitt eget satellittnettverk i dette båndet. Veldig mye av produktutvikling og support for maritime bredbåndskunder ligger nå i Ålesund, hvor vi finner 90 personer som er lokalisert hos Norsk Maritimt Kompetansesenter. I dag snakker vi med Kjetil Sætre Breivik, som er direktør for produktutvikling i Inmarsat.

Inmarsat har en lang historie tilbake til 1979 for å gi satellittkommunikasjon til sjøen. Da ble de opprettet av FNs maritime organ IMO, og i 1999 ble selskapet privatisert. I 2011 kjøpte de det norske selskapet Ship Equipe som drev med kommunikasjon i VSAT-båndet. Da fikk de kompetanse og nettverket i et mer moderne frekvensbånd, som kunne gi bedre bredbånd til sjøs. Siden den gang har de bygget sitt eget satellittnettverk i dette båndet. Veldig mye av produktutvikling og support for maritime bredbåndskunder ligger nå i Ålesund, hvor vi finner 90 personer som er lokalisert hos Norsk Maritimt Kompetansesenter. I dag snakker vi med Kjetil Sætre Breivik, som er direktør for produktutvikling i Inmarsat.

In this Better Satellite World episode of the SSPI Podcast, Lou Zacharilla speaks with Globalstar's David Kagan about the role satellites play in making possible the work of first responders after a disaster. When terrestrial communications are down, these brave men and women turn to satellite to assess the damage, start the recovery, and even to save lives. This is the third of a four-part series on Satellites as First Responders. David Kagan returned to Globalstar in December 2017 to serve as President and COO.  Prior to re-joining Globalstar, he was the COO of SpeedCast International Limited. He previously served as President of ITC Global, a premier global VSAT satellite services provider from August 2014 through September 2015.  Kagan was also the President and CEO of Globe Wireless from June 2011 through January 2014 when it was sold to Inmarsat PLC. Prior to Globe Wireless, for nearly twelve years, Kagan provided his leadership and expertise in his role as President and Chief Executive Officer of Maritime Telecommunications Network, a major satellite services provider to the cruise, yachting, and maritime markets.  His accomplishments include forming a joint venture with AT&T to enable mobile phone usage (voice, data, and texting) on the world’s cruise fleet as well as driving a successful turn-around of the company throughout his 12 years of leadership.  His extensive and uniquely applicable experience ranges from serving as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of ICG Satellite Services to Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd, where he led a $1 billion refinancing which resulted in repositioning the company for strong growth. Kagan holds a Masters Degree of Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University.  He earned his Bachelor of Arts in both Finance and Marketing at the University of South Florida, Tampa.

Brent C. Bruun, Chief Operating Officer of mobile broadband for KVH Industries, joined KVH in 2008 and has been instrumental in setting the strategy for KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband service, which is now the industry’s leading maritime VSAT provider. Brent Bruun is dedicated to creating solutions to meet the maritime industry’s need for improved operations through connectivity. Before joining KVH, Brent held positions with satellite operator SES AMERICOM, KPMG LLP, and General Electric. We discuss the fact that usage of mobile broadband at see is going up, on a monthly basis, that new sattelites are going up and that ew sattelite constellations is formed, which will be able to support the increased use. Brent sees the future going with the internet of things and the connection between ship and shore becoming vital. Join the conversation, is the maritime industry ready to embrace digitalisation? You are welcome to comment on the website www.shippingpodcast.com Twitter @ShippingPodcast or on the Facebook page. Tell your friends to do the same, this is an urgent discussion!  Thanks for listening!   

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