Wave Issue 0348 01/30/04 Article 3-01

*** Hughes Network Systems Optimizes IBM Lotus Notes 6.5 Version
for Operation on DIRECWAY Broadband Satellite Network
(January 26)

Hughes Network Systems announced the completion of a program that
optimizes IBM's Lotus Notes 6.5 software performance, operating
over the DIRECWAY broadband satellite network.

The HNS program for Lotus Notes 6.5 includes server to server as
well as client to server replication. When combined with Lotus
Notes 6.5 enhanced replication, HNS testing demonstrated up to
35% faster database replication speeds and up to 70% faster mail
server access times, depending on message sizes.