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Isode Military Messaging enhancements open up major opportunities for vendors of Communication Systems using HF Radio and Satellite.

Isode, a leading supplier of military messaging and directory server products, is pleased to announce support for two important military messaging standards (STANAG 4406 Annexe E and ACP 142) within M-Switch X.400, its X.400 military message transfer agent.

(June 22nd, 2006) - Isode, a leading supplier of military messaging and directory server products, is pleased to announce support for two important military messaging standards (STANAG 4406 Annexe E and ACP 142) within M-Switch X.400, its X.400 military message transfer agent.

In operational military deployments, high speed communication channels are not always available, with links using technologies such as HF Radio often restricted to as little as 300 baud. Receivers may also need to maintain radio silence (EMCON) to prevent detection, and so only have one way communication. In these environments specialized messaging applications need to make maximum use of available bandwidth, standards have evolved to deal with these situations.

STANAG 4406 is the NATO standard for formal messaging. Annexe E enhances STANAG 4406 for use with ACP 142, a CCEB (Combined Communications-Electronics Board - AU, CA, NZ, US, UK) standard for multicast messages in constrained bandwidth and delayed acknowledgement environments (known as Emission Control or 'EMCON' – units receiving but not broadcasting messages). This combination may be used with Satellite communication or with HF Radios based on the STANAG 5066 standard.

Isode servers provide the core message transfer infrastructure for a Military messaging system and the clean APIs of the Isode products will lead to opportunities for communication channel vendors who wish to integrate M-Switch X.400 as part of their solution.

These new M-Switch X.400 capabilities are currently in beta with partner Boldon James, who have already used Isode's X.400 Gateway API to integrate M-Switch X.400 and its Annexe E/ACP 142 capabilities with Microsoft Exchange on Windows. Boldon James will be demonstrating this capability at CWID 06 (Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration) as part of the ATLAS Consortium Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) demonstrations this month.

Isode CEO Steve Kille, commented: "NATO nations are going to make increased use of STANAG 4406 Annexe E and ACP 142. We believe that this will lead to significant opportunities for vendors of messaging systems to benefit from Isode server products which have already proven themselves in other industries and have been developed from day one with the core military profiles in mind."

More information on Isode's messaging servers is available from our military solutions page. A recent Isode whitepaper that gives more information on Annexe E/ACP 142 and the scenarios that this combination is intended to address is available from the Isode website. Information on the full range of Isode military products can be found here.

The Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) is a US program with participation by Australia, Canada, NATO Allied Command Transformation(ACT), New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The role of CWID is to demonstrate and evaluate new, evolving and commercially available low risk technologies that improve Joint, Combined or Coalition interoperability, or that enhance information provision through the use of networked communication Information Systems (CIS).

About Isode

Isode occupies a low profile but vital position supplying email and directory server software to some of the world's most security conscious organizations. Working with partners to supply solutions to the intelligence, military, aviation, government and service provider markets, Open Standards and innovation are at the core of the company's continued success.

About Boldon James

Boldon James provide messaging and connectivity software solutions tailored to key vertical markets. The company's messaging and directory solutions are built around commercial off the shelf software, adapted to meet the requirements of high grade and medium grade formal messaging environments such as Defence, Intelligence and Aviation as well as other environments in Government and Commerce. Boldon James success is built on quality staff, excellent support and a passion for customer service that allows the company to understand and anticipate the changing needs of customers.

Contact Information

Isode
Will Sheward
+44 (20) 8783 2973
will.sheward@isode.com

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
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