Hughes Network Systems will provide a broadband internet service to state and local government agencies through a contract with the National Association of State Procurement Officials. The company said Tuesday its HughesNet for Business offering is designed to connect government offices and facilities such as schools, police stations and environmental monitoring stations.
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Hughes’ Tony Bardo: Managed Services Key to Network Transition, Modernization
Tony Bardo, assistant vice president for government solutions at Hughes Network Systems, has said that agencies should consider modernizing their networks instead of deploying legacy systems that are unable to keep up with bandwidth-heavy applications.
Read More »Hughes to Help Oklahoma Agencies Manage Wide Area Networks; Tony Bardo Quoted
Hughes Network Systems has received an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract form the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services to provide managed network services to Oklahoma’s state agencies. The company said Monday it will support more than 130 state agencies and affiliated organizations to manage wide area networks with the HughesON suite, …
Read More »Hughes Awarded GSA Distance Learning Support BPA; Tony Bardo Quoted
The General Services Administration has awarded Hughes Network Systems a five-year, $15M blanket purchase agreement to manage a global satellite network designed to support government distance learning programs for the U.S. government workforce. Hughes said Tuesday it will provide broadband services to the Government Education and Training Network, a multiagency consortium that uses interactive television …
Read More »Hughes’ Tony Bardo: Multiple connectivity options essential for public sector comms network
Tony Bardo, assistant vice president of the government solutions business at Hughes Network Systems, has said he believes that offering multiple connectivity options to customer agencies can help them manage communications, Via Satellite reported Wednesday. He told Via Satellite in an interview that a provider should offer public sector clients different …
Read More »Hughes Unveils Emergency Internet Connection Services; Tony Bardo Comments
Hughes Network Systems has introduced a set of broadband satellite network platforms designed to provide Internet connections for first responders, government agencies and businesses during hurricanes and other disasters. The offerings under Hughes Emergency Services suite seek to offer online communications during pre-disaster planning, recovery and post-event response operations, the company said …
Read More »Tony Bardo: Hughes to Provide Digital Signage, Learning Mgmt System to Texas Agency
Hughes Network Systems will provide data communications and networking equipment and associated services to the Texas Department of Information Resources under a two-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Monday the contract includes digital signage utilized in emergency messaging and media distribution applications and the Hughes Learning Portal learning management system. “By leveraging digital signage …
Read More »Tony Bardo: Hughes to Expand Texas Satellite Internet Services
Hughes Network Systems has received a contract modification from the Texas Department of Information Resources to provide additional offerings in support of the Texas Agency Network Next Generation Communications Technology Services program. The company said Aug. 12 the expanded contract includes Internet bandwidth tokens for small or home offices, redeployable satellites for fixed satellite …
Read More »Hughes Updates Social Media Platform for Gov’t Clients; Tony Bardo Comments
Hughes Network Systems has released a series of updates to its HughesON Digital Media Solutions offering for the government market by adding features for social media integration, emergency notification and cloud-based content storage. Tony Bardo, assistant vice president of government solutions at Hughes, said Monday that the updated social media platform is designed to deliver information to …
Read More »Hughes Unveils Emergency Service Suite Ahead of Hurricane Season; Tony Bardo Comments
Hughes Network Systems has released its storm preparedness system, Hughes Emergency Systems, in order to help businesses and government offices be prepared for the 2014 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season. The satellite offerings include emergency response, continuity of operations and network restoration that the company intends to be options for agencies and businesses to …
Read More »Hughes to Link Govt Distance Learning Programs With Broadband SATCOM; Tony Bardo Comments
Hughes Network Systems has received a potential four-and-a-half year task order to provide broadband communications platforms and services for multi-agency government distance education initiatives. The company will design, install and maintain a satellite-based audio and video system for a government education and training network comprising of defense, executive branch and …
Read More »Hughes Offering Agencies Satellite Internet; Tony Bardo Comments
Hughes Network Systems LLC has added its satellite broadband Internet plans with nationwide coverage to its U.S. General Services Administration schedule. The company’s three plans deliver up to 15 megabytes of Internet speed to federal, state, and local government customers across the U.S. and in locations where Internet connections may …
Read More »Hughes-Cisco Team Providing Habitat For Humanity SATCOM Post-Sandy; Tony Bardo Comments
A team comprising of Hughes Network Systems, Cisco and the Global VSAT Forum is providing satellite broadband Internet and voice services to Habitat for Humanity for post-Superstorm Sandy relief efforts in New York state. Hughes said it is providing the broadband service, Cisco is providing a tactical operations team on …
Read More »Hughes to Provide EPA Satellite Net for Radiation Monitoring; Tony Bardo Comments
Hughes Network Systems has won an order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide satellite broadband services for the agency’s radiation monitoring program. The company said the EPA ordered 12 months of service for 50 sites to help monitor radiation levels of air, drinking water, pasteurized milk and precipitation …
Read More »ERT-Hughes Team to Update National Weather Service Network
The National Weather Service has selected ERT and Hughes Network Systems to update and further grow the agency’s satellite services across Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. bordering areas and the Pacific.
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