[Satellite TODAY 03-12-13] Xiplink has announced the release of XipOS Software Version 4.0, which will be available to all customers on support programs at no additional charge starting on March 29th. The upgrade includes additions to XipLink’s high performance compression and caching algorithms, and more tools for service providers to manage increasing bandwidth requirements on multiple wide-area networks. 

   XipOS Version 4.0 allows for bandwidth reductions of up to 80 percent with byte catching at the network layer for repeating patterns found in content such as viral videos, common web pages, software updates and office documents. It also features Advanced 

Cellular Compression (ACC), which helps Cellular Service Providers in controlling the explosion of voice and data traffic over satellite or wireless access connections.  

   Additionally, the upgrade includes Intelligent Link Balancing and Bonding, giving service providers with multiple VSAT, MSS or Cellular Links the ability to spread multiple TCP sessions over two links to gain more effective capacity, enable instantaneous cutover without session interruption, and to allow policy-based decisions for bandwidth use.