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28Maritime Reporter & Engineering News seeks partners that are complementary, not competitive. For example, Globecomms satellite communications equipment and services provides the transport mechanism for all voice, data and video information in situationalawareness and first responder applica- tions at the Morrelly Homeland SecurityCenter. Globecomm also provides a key systems integrator capability that allows the commercial implementation of The Centers solutions, said Paul Scardino, Vice President, Corporate Sales and Mar- keting, Globecomm Systems Inc. Globecomm, headquartered in Haup-pauge, NY, is one of the two large corpo- rate partners serving as foundation for theMorrelly Homeland Security Center, pro- viding the critical satellite communica-tion links that are essential not only forfirst-responders to communication, but for monitoring and surveillance for the duration of an operation. Globecomm, to-gether with Northrop Grumman, make up the two biggest players among the re- search partners in the Morrelly Home-land Security Center. Globecomm was involved in the Mor- relly Homeland Security Center projectfrom its inception, as Globecomms then president and co-founder, Kenneth A. Miller, was intimately involved with nu- merous technology projects in New York, and he worked directly with Ken Mor- relly. Miller never had the opportunity to see the physical manifestation the proj-ect, as he passed away before the center opened, in July 2008, said Scardino.Retlif Testing Laboratories currently has three employees at the Morrelly Homeland Security Center, with a maxi- mum capacity of about seven in its space. The center is designed to create productsto serve homeland security operations: When products are developed, they have to go through competence testing to con-firm that they not only work, but that they work in the environment for which they are intended to be used,? said Retlifs Poggi. Retlifs role is to ensure that the products work in the real-world environ- ment for which they are designed. Thats 2011 YEARBOOKMARITIME SECURITY(Photo Courtesy Applied Science Foundation for Homeland Security) The Morrelly Homeland Security Cen- ter is unique. Its not just the member companies, but it also houses the endusers, the customers.? Frank Otto, President, LIFT and of the Homeland Security Foundation(Image Courtesy Retlif) I remember Ken Morrelly taking us around the building when the only res- idents were a bunch of dead pigeons. But we saw merit in this because ofthe strength of the core tenants.? Walter Poggi , Retlif(Photo Courtesy Globecomm) Globecomms satellite communica- tions equipment and services provides the transport mechanism for all voice, data and video information ... at theMorrelly Homeland Security Center. Paul Scardino, VP, Globecomm Systems Inc.(Photo Courtesy V.C.O.R.E.) (V.C.O.R.E.)brings together Balfour's patented fourDscape technology, a four dimensional browser, and PMC's M.C. Access&trade solution to man-age facilities mission critical infra-structure assets. Eduardo Browne, CEO, V.C.O.R.E.