Orange, UASC sign agreement

Orange Business Services has signed a wide area network agreement in the Middle East with United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), headquartered in Kuwait. The contract is worth several million US dollars over three years, states MarketWatch.

The new Orange Business Services WAN links 28 of UASC's international sites in North America and Europe, and includes 10 sites in the Middle East.

These sites can now all talk with the new UASC data centre in Singapore, from where they can access critical business applications.

Tomball Independent School District (ISD) in Harris County, Texas, has selected Aruba Network's 802.11n wireless LAN technology and identity-based security for use across the district's 12 facilities including elementary, intermediate and high schools, reports MarketWatch.

Tomball ISD supports more than 9 700 students and 1 300 faculty and staff.

The district's technology plan calls for the integration of technology in all areas of the curriculum, including a telecommunications network through which all students can obtain and share research.

Seeking to expand the capabilities of its wireless mesh network technology, MeshDynamics has introduced a voice application that can be used in some of the harshest industrial environments, says MA News.

Persistent Baseline Voice technology is software that runs on the company's MD4000 wireless node access points and can initiate VOIP calls when needed.

It is set up to be used as a backup server to WiFi-connected handheld VOIP devices, and will route calls even if the network is interrupted or isolated, the company says.