maintaining communications in the disasters and network failures. It offers hubs, network accelerators, and remote satellite routers, as well as provides Network Management System, a suite of tools for monitoring, configuring, and controlling satellite networks from one central place. The company also offers iDS Software that integrates technology to maximize flexibility for traffic and bandwidth management; and iDX Software that enables broadband networks to have bandwidth efficiency, flexibility, and performance. iDirect Technologies serves oil and gas, maritime, retail, media entertainment, healthcare, financial, and educational industries, as well as carriers, corporations, and government. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. It also has offices in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. As of November 18, 2005, iDirect Technologies, Inc. is a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Electronics, Inc.