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Höegh Autoliners Sselects Marlink-Managed IT Services to Meet Future IT

Compliance Regulations

Marlink announced that it has signed a new agreement with change. Tore Morten Olsen, President Maritime, Marlink said:
Höegh Autoliners to supply the international transport and “Our comprehensive, integrated ITLink portfolio of IT solutions is
logistics company’s 38 car and truck carriers with the industry- a bespoke means of enabling an efficient, cost-effective vessel
leading maritime-optimized IT solution, KeepUp@Sea, which ICT environment that requires less human interaction on board
is part of Marlink’s new ITLink portfolio. Marlink will provide and by the customer’s IT team. We are confident that Höegh
managed services designed to ensure the resilience and Autoliners will see significant value of moving towards a maritime
compliance of the vessel IT networks on Höegh vessels. Onboard IT environment optimized for ‘floating offices’ including over-
implementation of the service is estimated to start in September, the-air file deployment, software updates or changes, to stay
after hardware delivery and shore tests have been completed. As fully compliant towards both regulatory bodies and industry best
an integral platform within Marlink’s advanced ITLink portfolio practice.”
of IT solutions, KeepUp@Sea has been specifically designed to
efficiently deploy and manage IT infrastructure and software
across an entire fleet of vessels. Through standardization,
automation and remote network management, KeepUp@Sea will
enable Höegh to keep its IT systems always available, updated
and secured, and to achieve material cost savings in operations.
Over-the-air (OTA) applications and file distribution will limit
the risk of human error, and dramatically reduce the resources
and time required for updating software and antivirus manually.
By replacing the outdated process of using physical media to
upgrade onboard networks, Marlink is also assisting Höegh
Autoliners to improve IT compliance, ensuring readiness for new
regulations and guidelines, including the IMO 2021 Cyber Security
section. Marlink’s ITLink solutions portfolio is also future-proofed
to accommodate fleet expansion and processes of controlled

Hughes Network Systems Announces Partnership with Axesat

Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the global provides coverage across 96% of the to make the most of their networks.”
leader in broadband satellite networks population of Colombia. “At Axesat, we Along with Hughes satellite connectivity,
and services, today announced that focus on serving companies in locations Axesat offers enterprise customers a
Axesat, a leader in satellite connectivity where terrestrial infrastructure is not suite of managed network services to
and telecommunications in Latin America, available,” said Mauricio Segovia, chief make the most of their multisite networks.
has chosen to offer Hughes satellite executive officer, Axesat. “With Hughes Ka- “Axesat’s choice of offering Hughes
connectivity to enterprise customers band service, we will offer these customers satellite service to its customers enables
throughout Colombia. The Ka-band better performance, pricing and flexibility them to be more competitive in their
service will be delivered using capacity to go with the Axesat managed services market,” said Hugo Frega, senior director,
on the Hughes 63 West satellite, which that today’s distributed businesses need International Division, Hughes. “We value
our relationship with Axesat and the
trust they place in Hughes to help their
customers throughout Colombia transform
their networks and make the most of the
cloud-based applications that businesses
depend on.” In addition to selling enterprise
service plans from Hughes in Colombia,
Axesat is also an authorized reseller of
HughesNet® satellite Internet service
for consumers and small businesses in
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.

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