By partnering with Thuraya, SoftBank Mobile aims to provide reliable and easily deployable emergency mobile telecommunication services during times of disaster recovery operations.

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AeroVironment hopes to generate sales not just from services like the Army and Air Force, but also from the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Homeland Security (for help with border control) and weather services (for storm tracking and disaster recovery).

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In a traditional physical environment, a typical approach would involve signing multiple years worth of contracts that are locked in with traditional IT vendors covering managed services, co-location facilities, or even building new data centers for disaster recovery.

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