"Collaboration Challenges in Maritime and Shipping".
Maritime Satellite Communications Optimization.
General Data Exchange & Administration
Even with 1Mbps+ satellite links ship operators complain that they do not have enough bandwidth to run all their required business applications and often resort to manual distribution of information on CD / DVD.
This distribution is either regular, as in the case of Anti-Virus software updates, or ad hoc for technical / fleet circulars or machinery / equipment supplier manuals and updates.
Placing this data into an Infonic Geo-Replicator environment will:
• Remove the intensive administrative burden of burning and distributing CDs / DVDs
• Reduce the ever increasing onboard administration burden and certainly remove the consideration of an onboard admin’ assistant
• Release valuable bandwidth for the critical business applications.
Satellite bandwidth is a scarce and expensive commodity in the MSS arena. The recent improvements in throughput speeds and availability can only be effectively harnessed by combining data optimisation and quality of service and data prioritisation techniques.
Geo-Replicator software is the first and most important element in providing a satellite reliant enterprise with best throughput and collaboration per $ spent.
Customer success story
Olympic Shipping and Management SA is owned and managed by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. Springfield Shipping Co. Panama S.A. provides support through the technical management of the fleet.
Infonic Geo-Replicator is used to efficiently distribute update files for third party proprietary anti-virus software to its fleet.
The normal updating files of the anti-virus software are processed by Geo-Replicator, which, through the use of Epsilon compression, can reduce their size by up to 99%. The resultant change files are transitted to the vessels, where they are automatically de-compressed and submitted to the onboard anti-virus software package.
The use of Geo-Replicator thus reduces the amount of update data to be transmitted over satellite, and results in a much more regular and reliable process than previously was the case.
For more infomation please contact: maritime@infonic.com or Enquire Online.