GERMANTOWN, Md., March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AmeriPride grew
from a push cart business more than a century ago in Lincoln, Nebraska, to a multi-national uniform
rental service and linen supply company by taking nothing to
chance. It's a key reason why the company recently selected the
Hughes Access Continuity Service over broadband satellite from
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) to protect its service centers
across North America from network
outages.
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Hughes, the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and
services, and a leading provider of managed network services, is
providing a reliable and ubiquitous satellite backup network
service to AmeriPride service centers in the U.S. and Canada. The Hughes solution backs up
AmeriPride's MPLS network, ensuring continuity of network services
in case of landline outages.
Reliable, high-speed network backup is critical to AmeriPride's
operations since more than 150,000 businesses rely on the company
to deliver garments weekly. The company's state-of-the-art RFID and
bar-code system tracks exactly where garments are at all times to
ensure prompt delivery and great service.
According to Jack Clemons,
AmeriPride's Manager of Infrastructure and Information Security
Officer, the company needed a path diverse satellite-based backup
solution since even terrestrial backup networks are vulnerable to
the same outages that affect the primary network. The company
considered 3G wireless, but quickly ruled it out because of
performance and reliability issues.
"Our business and reputation requires on-time deliveries and
quick response times. Should a storm, backhoe or other calamity
take down our primary network, chances are we'd lose our dial-up
backup network as well. Hughes has already proven its mettle by
protecting us during several network outages. Hughes not only gives
us an always-on backup network service that covers even our most
remote service centers, the company was also able to fine-tune
network performance to make our garment-tracking applications run
at peak performance when the backup failover kicks in," he
said.
"Terrestrial network outages are a fact of life. Companies
cannot afford to lose revenue from a location when the primary
network connection goes down," said Mike
Cook, senior vice president, Hughes. "Hughes Access
Continuity Service can quickly bring sites on line and protect
companies like AmeriPride against significant revenue losses due to
network outages."
About AmeriPride
AmeriPride Services was founded in 1889 in Lincoln, Nebraska and today is still owned and
actively managed by the founding family. AmeriPride as grown into a
multi-national organization operating over 150 production
facilities and service centers throughout the United States and Canada. Over 150,000 customers receive
AmeriPride service every week. AmeriPride is recognized as one of
the five largest uniform rental and linen supply companies in
North America. For additional
information, please visit www.ameripride.com.
About Hughes Network Systems
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) is the world's leading
provider of satellite broadband for home and office, delivering
innovative network technologies, managed services, and solutions
for enterprises and governments globally. HughesNet® is the #1
high-speed satellite Internet service in the marketplace, with
offerings to suit every budget. To date, Hughes has shipped more
than 2.5 million systems to customers in over 100 countries,
representing over 50 percent market share. Its products employ
global standards approved by TIA, ETSI, and ITU organizations,
including IPoS/DVB-S2, RSM-A, and GMR-1.
Headquartered outside Washington,
D.C., in Germantown,
Maryland, USA, Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) operates
sales and support offices worldwide, and is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Hughes Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: HUGH). For more
information, please visit www.hughes.com.
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