In the past decade, the federal government has become increasingly dependent on communication systems that must be reliable in a disaster. The COVID crisis has stress-tested many of these solutions. Shaden Sorrosh states that from March to October of 2020, Windstream saw a 50% increase in voice traffic and a 30% increase in data traffic.

We have all seen movies where “failure is not an option” is a fictional theme. However, for military and some civilian applications, this phrase does apply. How rare is failure?

Rob Sears from NOAA has seen many fiber cuts in the past ten years. As a result, key federal agencies are advised to partner with organizations that can provide true redundancy.

Rob goes on to detail the N-Wave system at NOAA – it gives security, visibility, and bandwidth on demand. One of the key components for providing high availability and redundancy is the concept of carrier diversity.

This discussion examines the concept of carrier diversity from many angles. Some solutions require end-to-end physical equipment. Some applications include multiple paths of failure and may include protecting sites in several different ways.

The COVID crisis has caused many federal organizations to increase the flexibility of their systems. With 80% now working from home, new approaches to resilience must be considered. One way to look at this approach is bringing the network to the people instead of the people to the network.

To view this webinar: The Role of Carrier Diversity in Disaster Recovery.

Featured Speakers:

  • Rob Sears, Director, Enterprise Network Program, NOAA
  • John Leon, President & CTO, ORock Technologies
  • Danielle Marcella, Director of Strategy & Product Line Management, Public Safety & Professional Communications, L3Harris Technologies
  • Jim Westdorp, Chief Technologist, Ciena Government Solutions
  • Shaden Shorrosh, Sales Engineer, Windstream Enterprise

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