Company Overview

Embedded Systems Solutions Overview

ESSI was established in 1994 to provide consulting and professional services to service providers and fiber optics equipment makers in the US and Canada. Since then the company evolved into developing technology solutions and integrating voice and data applications into wire line and wireless networks.

ESSI has built in its portfolio a suite of innovative products and services that meet the needs of small and medium enterprises. These products are currently deployed in customers networks, in particular satellite-based networks.

ESSIs mission is to continue to expand on its current product and services suite while excelling in customer service and solutions support.

The success of ESSI comes from our dedication to developing products that are reliable, easy to integrate and provide total protection for your data and vital systems. Backed by a team of telecommunications experts, ESSI will remain at the forefront of developing new products and the effective commercialization of telecom products and services. Our management team has a depth of understanding the needs of small network operators and Internet users at every level. History

In 1994, ESSI was engaged in the development of SONET/SDH add drop multiplexers. The ESSI team of 50 engineers succeeded in producing a product prototype in less than 12 months. The product evolved rapidly and eventually, its intellectual property was transferred to a major networking equipment provider in the US.

In 1995, ESSI was contracted by Westinghouse Electric Corporation to manage the system verification and the acceptance testing of the MSAT communications ground segment. Over a period of eighteen months, ESSI succeeded in completing the acceptance testing for both the voice and packet data networks. Thereafter, ESSI was retained to provide 24/7 technical support to TMI Communications software engineers and network operations. ESSI also aided TMI communications in setting up their software development environment (VAX/VMS based) and help the Network Operations team in setting up day-to-day operations processes.

ESSI participated in the Iridium Network operations planning. Our engineers designed, implemented, and tested the Iridium gateway management system that controlled and managed all Iridium gateways from a central location in the Washington, DC area. The project was completed at a fraction of the cost that was anticipated. ESSIs personnel had a major involvement in the development and execution of Gateway operational readiness scenarios. In fact, ESSIs engineers trained gateway operators in Russia, Italy, India, and Chandler, AZ.

The ESSI team has been in the high capacity, digital radio business in North America since 1977, with experience in 8 GHz, 90 Mb/s QPRS modulation, 64 QAM 4/6/11 GHz 140 Mb/s (6-38) GHz, 4E1/DS1 to STM-1/OC-3 radio and (4-7) GHz 512QAM 622 Mb/s STM- 4/OC-12 digital microwave system. Our team has engineered and project managed more than 140 microwave routes in Canada, US, Africa, Asia, South America and Europe. The ESSI team of Systems Engineers have extensive network planning experience and have worked with many network operators in providing network plans to optimize transmission networks, both fiber and microwave and combinations.

Professional Services ESSI draws from the vast experience of its technical specialists to give clients a complete solution ranging from custom designs through successful network planning and implementation. Our experts, with a long track record of excellence in the telecom industry, provide consulting and professional services as a value-add to our technology solutions to our customers. These services include:

Network analysis and design Network architecture development Network planning Project management Implementation service for telephony transmissions, data, and IP networks Web-based applications Client/Server applications Database development Assistance in vendor selection Custom technology training Competitive assessment ESSI Satellite Services provides a wide range of consulting services; from the development of the economic rationale for launching a business venture to the development of a blue print for building and operating a network successfully. These consulting services include:

• Technology and Architecture Evaluation identifies new

and emerging technology, assesses the economic and performance advantages of deploying it, and then makes specific recommendations designed to give you a competitive advantage.

• Service Definition evaluates various market

characteristics such as service thresholds, economic indicators, target population, projected rate of growth, geopolitical issues, price-to-traffic ratio, then uses these findings to help you determine resource requirements and pricing strategies.

• Service Modeling identifies bandwidth requirements,

specifies the appropriate grade and quality of service, and provides statistical models and parameters for individual services.

• Network Grade of Service Evaluation uses operational

measurements and/or analytical techniques and simulation to assess network performance and then recommends ways to improve it so you can enhance your competitive edge.

• Satellite Network and Service Planning helps you

determine the most cost-effective architecture for your network, identifies market opportunities for emerging services, and estimate potential traffic so that you can maximize your network resources and investment.

• Network Economics identifies opportunities to optimize

your network while reducing the costs of switching, and transport and also recommends additional services to enhance revenue potentials.

Products and Solutions Today, ESSI offers a totally integrated solution for two-way, IP- based satellite communication. This turnkey solution, which is currently deployed in numerous networks in Canada in the Oil and Gas industry, enhances the traditional two-way Internet access with a voice, Fax, Point-of-Sale, and remote video surveillance offering. A Global Management System (GMS) augments this product offering, whereas broadband satellite access routers, deployed in the field, can be remotely monitored via a web-based GMS Client application. This offers network administrators and IT managers the ability to manage and control the multi-port satellite router, remotely transparently to any user intervention. In fact, statistics and events collected by the GMS system can be used to troubleshoot and take corrective and preventive actions prior to problem occurrence.

SolutionDescriptionBenefits Voice Telephony over Cable, DSL, and Satellite. Operates in either a proprietary or H.323 mode. Reduces telephony charges within your corporate network. Fax Store and forward, and real-time Fax service. Offers flexibility in fax transmission and delivery. GMS Web-based solution for managing network assets and services over Cable, DSL or satellite transport medium. Simplified network management solution for SMEs where assets are remotely located. SME Router Provides IP routing capabilities and connectivity of multiple workstations to the network/Internet. Low cost, field-proven solution that enables multiple applications at a single access point. Video Surveillance Provides for the monitoring and control of a CCTV operation over the high-speed access link. Ideal solution for unattended operation with integrated hard alarms and recording capability. Point-of-SaleIntegrates your point-of-sale terminal into your IP network. Eliminates the need for a telephone line for transaction processing. Virtual IT SupportESSI Operator assisted troubleshooting and maintenance. Offers a one-stop shop for supporting your PC-based and network applications.

Backed by Support

We provide round the clock, multi-lingual support. We take pride in our unwavering commitment to keeping your system up and running, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Our team is world-class satellite network engineering professionals who bring years experience to your projects. Whether it's a simple network project within a single office, or a network that spans multiple locations, our team is simply there to support you. The result is a single system that covers your people and your business with top of the line communications that are always on and always secure.

Through our technical assistance and support network, we provide full field response teams when the need arises and provides full engineering and application support all of the time.

Using our unique Global Management System (GMS), your system is monitored constantly to ensure its availability. This is done seamlessly and without intrusion.

Please visit ESSIs website at www. essitek. com for additional information on our products and services.

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Additional Details

Legal Name: Embedded Systems Solutions Inc.

Number of Employees: 10

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Services

• Business Planning

  We provide business consulting services in the following areas:

  Business plans preparation

  Market assessment and analysis

  Product competitive positioning

• Microwave Systems Engineering And Implementation

  ESSI engineers has extensive Network Planning and systems engineering experience and have worked with many network operators in providing network plans to optimize transmission networks, both fiber and microwave and combinations.

  Systems Engineering Highlights:

  Network planning, configuration, optimization and evolution

  Project feasibility studies, frequency coordination, interference analysis, and radio path design including availability trade off analysis & survivability

  Project implementation, site surveys, OEM equipment search & selection, ESSI detailed equipment list, system layouts, drawings, documentation and update of job records

  Factory & field acceptance test plans and execution, support to installation field engineering

• Network Design
• Network Engineering

  Our Network Engineers are seasoned experts who have mastered the engineering of networks, whether these are SP networks or SME's. Over the years, we have gained the expertise to plan, implement, and maintain medium to large scale networks covering the following technologies and protocols:

  Frame Relay (FR)

  Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

  Ethernet and Optical Ethernet Services

  Internet Protocol (IP) and Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

  Internet Routing Protocols

  Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

  Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)

  Packet Voice

  Wireless Internet

  Content Networking and Data Centers

  Two-way high speed satellite networking

• Project Management

  Our mission is to provide high quality project management and other technology services to our clients that will meet their expectations for quality, costs and time. We find ways to develop and deliver consistently high quality solutions on time and under budget while meeting our customer's expectations.

  ESSI can assist you in planning and implementing technology projects in your company using a structured methodology and tools to produce a full set of project deliverables.

  Our involvement can begin from project initiation to close-out.

  Scope the project, define deliverables while focusing on business values and expectations

  Assist in securing approvals at the executive level and from project sponsors

  Develop detailed project plans, WBS, budget estimates, resource requirements

  Perform risk assessment and define mitigation strategies

  Setup all tools required during execution (change control, document control, quality control, risk assessment and mitigation)

  Assist in conducting PM reviews, producing metrics to measure progress

  Communicate outcomes with executives and sponsors at close-out

  Produce final project documentations.

• Satellite Consulting Services

  ESSI Satellite Services provides a wide range of consulting services, form the development of the economic rationale for launching a business venture to the development of a blue print for building and operating a network successfully. These consulting services include:

  Technology and Architecture Evaluation identifies new and emerging technology, assesses the economic and performance advantages of deploying it, and then makes specific recommendations designed to give you a competitive advantage.

  Service Definition evaluates various market characteristics such as service thresholds, economic indicators, target population, projected rate of growth, geopolitical issues, price- to-traffic ratio, then uses these findings to help you determine resource requirements and pricing strategies.

  Service Modeling identifies bandwidth requirements, specifies the appropriate grade and quality of service, and provides statistical models and parameters for individual services.

  Network Grade of Service Evaluation uses operational measurements and/or analytical techniques and simulation to assess network performance and then recommends ways to improve it so you can enhance your competitive edge.

  Satellite Network and Service Planning helps you determine the most cost-effective architecture for your network, identifies market opportunities for emerging services, and estimate potential traffic so that you can maximize your network resources and investment.

  Network Economics identifies opportunities to optimize your network while reducing the costs of switching, and transport and also recommends additional services to enhance revenue potentials

• Training, Technical Service & Support
• Transmission Networks Design & Turnkey Implementations

  Our professional engineers are experts in the design and turnkey implementations of Wireless, Microwave, Millimeter-wave, and Optical transmission networks. These state-of-the-art systems include advanced concentrators, switches, and communications equipment. Our hands-on capabilities includes:

  Design & Implementation of long-haul Microwave and Optical systems.

  Site surveys.

  Path design.

  Equipment Performance Evaluation.

  raining

  Project Management.

  Project Implementation and supervision.

  Versed in North American & International Standards.

  Design of complex system architectures to achieve performance objectives.

  In-depth knowledge of ITU-T, ITU-R, ANSI, and other standards.

  Team knowledge spans digital/analog/high frequencies (into Millimeter-wave) design.

  Designed systems are currently operating in North American and in International locations.

Products

• Broadband Access Router
• Remote Video Surveillance

  Provides for the monitoring and control of a CCTV operation over the high-speed access link.

NAICS Categories

• 517910 Other Telecommunications
• 541330 Engineering Services

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