APPENDIX VIII-7


7.    Telecom Infrastructure Systems Design

A.    Hyperdynamics Corporation

B.    EcoSage and SkyStream



A.    Hyperdynamics Corporation

 

Hyperdynamics Corporation

9700 Bissonnet Suite 1700

Houston, TX 77036

713-353-9400:W

281-723-8283:C

713-353-9421:F

mailto:bhill@hypd.com

http://www.hypd.com/

Version 1 HYPD Profile (project oriented)

HyperDynamics provides technology/voice/data delivery models into a single customized, project-directed model - the Hyperdynamics Integrated Technology Service Provider or ITSP™ solutions. Hyperdynamics offerings are as follows:

In order to provide a more complete and superior solution, HyperDynamics views any project's overall IT challenge as having four primary domains and addresses each projects' work scope in this manner:

HyperDynamics provides these services from the HyperDynamics' Integrated Technology Center (ITC) located in Houston Texas. The ITC possesses OC48 bandwidth capabilities for the delivery of its services and the facility serves as the "backbone" for all of HyperDynamics offerings.

Version 2 HYPD Profile (corporate oriented)

Over the last several years Hyperdynamics has evolved its mission to be the premier Integrated Technology Service Provider (ITSP)(TM). It has refined and continues to develop the best cost/benefit IT solutions.

Conventional IT Services are provided on a highly flexible basis to help entities with existing IT infrastructures to plan, design, implement, and manage their own telecommunications, wide area networking, server and workstation systems, operating systems, and integrated software applications.

eBusiness Enterprise Systems and Migration Services are provided to specifically address the evolution of our clients IT systems to support the new ways of doing business such as business to business and business to consumer e-Commerce and Internet marketing. Hyperdynamics Corporation designs and implement transaction based, mission critical eCommerce systems for its clients on a global scale.

Hypersource (SM) IT Hosting Services are provided to handle a company's complete end-to-end IT requirements and become an extension of or literally become our clients' IT department by contract. The Company is continuing to develop its IT hosting infrastructure to allow it to professionally manage our clients centralized servers in a true data center environment with its Integrated Technology Centers (ITCs). The level of service provided through its ITCs are defined by its Hypersource services.

Hyperserve (TM) products are being developed by Hyperdynamics as remote server appliances that cost effectively connect our customers to our regionally dispersed ITC's. These "Appliances" will facilitate a tight end-to-end integrated technology service offering to our clients.

Technology has paved the way for the convergence of voice, video, and data. The information technology infrastructures and management required to benefit from this technology must be made affordable. Hyperdynamics bridges the gap for emerging growth to medium sized companies that may not have the individual capacity to take advantage of powerful new converged applications. As a derivative, Hyperdynamics' 1st ITC has come online this past March 2001. HyperDynamics plans to establish 43 ITCs strategically placed around the country and the world to execute its ITSP(TM) business model.

Robert Hill personal profile

Robert J. Hill is Senior Vice President and co-founder of Hyperdynamics. Before joining the Company, Mr. Hill served for two years as executive vice president of Hudson-Trinity Incorporated, a privately held Internet service provider and network engineering company. Hudson Trinity also provided senior network security design engineering expertise to Loral Space Systems, Inc., the principal civilian contractor for the design, development and installation of NASA's Johnson Space Center's new manned space flight control center. Previously, Mr. Hill served for three years as the Acquisition Manager for Loral Space Systems, Inc. in Houston Texas. Prior to Loral, Mr. Hill worked for the General Electric Company for fourteen years and held a variety of cross-functional and project management positions throughout company. Mr. Hill has earned an MBA degree from Southeastern Institute of Technology with concentrations in project and contract management and a BA degree from the State University of New York at Potsdam.


B. EcoSage and SkyStream

EcoSage and SkyStream

154 Brook Rd.

Auburn Ca. 95603

530-885-9639

916-316-4492 Cell

mailto:rygrabau@wizwire.com

http://www.ecosage.com/

http://www.skystream.com/

EcoSage Corporation was founded by Allan Baer and Ron Swenson in January 1998, to develop solar energy education initiatives. The intent was to build upon our previous experience in hands-on, experiential learning centered on community service. Earlier projects that served as a foundation for our new venture included:

Baggins End, student-built housing at UC Davis in 1972

Tonatiuh, Mexican solar race car, 1992-1996

EcoSage staff can be seen at:  http://www.ecosage.com/staff/

Micro-Solar Distance Learning Initiative

In collaboration with the White House Millenium Council and public and private sector partners from the United States, the United Kingdom and Bolivia, EcoSage Corporation established a micro-solar distance learning program in the deep-rural community of Porvenir, Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia in October 2000. The program provides technical assistance to build human capacity in education, health care, governance, and commerce through a variety of learning activities focusing on sustainable economic development. Learning resources for the program are accessible primarily through the Internet. In-country program partners, including Friends of Nature Foundation, NUR University, Radio IRFA, and National Florida High School, visit Porvenir periodically to provide training and support. Long-distance learning resources include a Spanish language pen pal program with the Bluffsview Elementary School in Ohio (USA) and technical assistance and training from EcoSage Corporation. The on-line SolarQuest® Village Schoolhouse provided by EcoSage facilitates long distance learning.

During the year 2001, technology development for this initiative was advanced through EcoSage's association with Hewlett Packard's World e-Inclusion program. EcoSage designed and installed prototype telecenter systems (see SkyBridge at HP Labs in Palo Alto and SQUIRE Lab in Santa Cruz), focussing on satellite delivery, wireless local loop, data collection, and energy management subsystems.

The Virtual Village Schoolhouse and the iNet News Team

In order to establish this program of international scope, we developed the SolarQuest® online virtual village schoolhouse. To create a mechanism for hands-on experience for youth, we formed the SolarQuest® iNet News team, an extension of the virtual schoolhouse, transforming it into a news medium -- a means for youth to express their observations and accomplishments in environmental matters.

http://www.inetnews.org/

In 1999 at the National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America in Detroit, the iNet News team of 21 high school students delivered news of the event via a mobile satellite connection to the internet provided by co-sponsor EDS, and consequently we became acquainted with Village Power 2000 and the White House Millennium Council's initiative to bring internet connectivity into remote villages around the world, which led us to participate in "Solar Light for the Churches of Africa" in Uganda during the summer of 1999 -- establishing contact via remote telecommunications in Uganda on a temporary basis during the three week tour in which solar systems were installed on 100 schools, orphanages, churches and health clinics.

http://www.villagepower2000.org/uganda/

ABOUT SKYSTREAM NETWORKS

SkyStream Networks is an international networking infrastructure company whose products enable service providers and broadcasters to deliver digital services like content delivery, satellite broadband delivery, corporate communications and enhanced television. SkyStream's media routers and content delivery software allow service providers to deliver media-rich content with a consistently high level of performance and quality to millions of people or multiple locations closer to the user, leveraging the global reach of digital television, satellite and cable networks. SkyStream's customers are satellite, content distribution, Internet and cable companies around the world, including Clear Channel, DotCast, EchoStar Communications Corporation, Europe Online, Gilat, Granite Broadcasting, iBlast, NewSkies Satellites, Pacific Convergence Corporation, SpeedCast and Telefonica. SkyStream Networks' Website can be found on the Internet at http://www.skystream.com/

Challenge: Today's networking technologies fall short of delivering high-quality Internet content simultaneously to millions of people or locations. Multicasting techniques over the land-based Internet have not solved this problem. Broadcast networks such as cable, satellite and digital television networks with their global reach and reliability need to be incorporated into the core of the Internet. A new solution to connect these broadcast networks with broadband ones is needed.

Solution: SkyStream's networking solutions enable service providers to create a converged network that is perfect for delivering rich Internet content like video and web pages to thousands of people or locations such as the network edge simultaneously. Service providers can also use SkyStream's solutions to manage and schedule new services to bring high-quality, reliable content to their service provider, enterprise and consumer customers. The result is reliable, predictable, consistent delivery of personalized rich content to as many people or locations as needed.

Mission To provide networking solutions that enable service providers to deliver revolutionary digital services over converged broadcast and broadband networks.

Vision To connect consumers and businesses to the richest available information and entertainment content.

Implementation System design will be created once a definitive plan for site rollout has been created. Factors such as number of work stations, locations of sites, amount of daily traffic, and which satellite band is best to use (C or KU) all decide system cost.

Biography of Robert Grabau

Mr. Grabau started working in the satellite business in 1999 as a Sales Consultant with Loral CyberStar's satellite division in Rockville, Maryland. When that department was closed in January, 2001, Mr. Grabau moved back to California and started Satellite Sales and Consulting ("SS&C"), a satellite equipment reseller and service provider specializing in Harmonic Data System products. In July, SS&C began working with Hewlett Packard's World e-Inclusion program until it was announced in December that SkyStream satellite systems had won an exclusive contract with HP. At the urging of his contacts both in and outside of HP, Mr. Grabau has become an agent for the SkyStream family of products.

He now brings his experience to EcoSage as the team's satellite systems specialist.

During the 1980's Mr. Grabau was a real estate developer and built homes in Santa Cruz, California. He has worked in international sales for the last fifteen years and has lived in both China and the Philippines. During that time he specialized in foreign carrier sales for several telecommunications companies.