
Oh, one last note! If you’d like to learn more about IPC and Trantor, the recordings from the recent ConsensusLab Summit are now available, and cover these and other projects in detail. Please reach out if you’d like to get involved, be it by operating a node, deploying an application, building tooling, or anything else! Development discussions take place on #spacenet ( Filecoin Slack). If you need funds, head to the Spacenet faucet. SpaceX's first aim was to build rockets that could autonomously land back on Earth and be re-used. A new company, Gilat-To-Home, was established to deliver the broadband two-way satellite service and Microsoft took an initial 26 percent stake in the company with an investment of US50 million. It was set up by eccentric billionaire Elon Musk in 2002 and is based in Hawthorne, California. The satellite service delivered Internet connections at speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps and did not require a second telephone line. We invite you to visit the newly launched Scaling Filecoin website ( fil.space) and the Spacenet repository. Spacenet was headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia in the United States.12 Acquired by SageNet in 2014, Spacenet, Inc. SpaceX is a cash-flushed rocket company that wants to take man to Mars. Spacenet is a new test network for IPC, which will initially provide a platform for builders to experiment with Trantor consensus.įVM support is expected in the coming weeks, unleashing the potential for novel applications and use cases that require lower latency than provided by Filecoin mainnet consensus, and support for subnets will be added next year, enabling elastic capacity and paving the road for deployment in the main network. We are pleased to announce that, as of Monday, the first phase of the Interplanetary Consensus (IPC) project is available for public testing, with the launch of the Filecoin Spacenet. Spacenet designs, develops and manages wireline and wireless broadband networks. He is an Electrical Engineer by trade and spent the earlier part of his career as an Engineer with both ScientificĪtlantic and Digital Transmission Systems.For all of the past year, our team at ConsensusLab has been hard at work pushing the boundaries of Filecoin scalability and devising a framework for horizontal scaling that allows for the seamless spawning of interoperable subnets, as well as a reference implementation of a consensus algorithm suitable for running said subnets. Spacenet, Inc.s Profile, Revenue and Employees. in roles of increasing responsibility in product development, operations and customer service. During his tenure at Starband he also served as CIO and Vice President of Sales at StarBand, responsible for the day-to-day operations.īefore StarBand, Glenn spent ten years with Gilat Satellite Networks, LTD. Glenn led a successful merger with Spacenet Inc. In 2005, as the Interim President and CEO of Starband Inc. While serving as President and COO from 2005 through 2011, Glenn oversaw sales, marketing, product management, engineering, IT and operations for the company.


The Company offers managed services and payment card industry. In 2013, he led the successful sale of Spacenet to Sagenet LLC fulfilling the organization’s vision of becoming a premier North American broadband Managed Network Service Company. designs, develops, and manages wireline and wireless broadband networks. in McLean, Virginia, leading and executing the strategic direction of Spacenet’s Managed Network Services in the Enterprise, Government and Energy markets. designs, develops, and manages wireline and wireless broadband networks. Prior to joining Comcast, Glenn served as President and CEO for Spacenet, Inc.

Glenn leads the Enterprise Solutions organization that sells and delivers Managed Enterprise Solutions to Large Fortune 1000 Enterprise Customers nationwide.

Glenn Katz serves as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Solutions for Comcast Business, a leader in communication services to the SMB and the Enterprise marketplace.
