Polson, Montana - S&K Global Solutions’ Communications Group received the Mitel Channel Partner Award for “Rookie Partner of the Year” in the United States. Selection is based on performance by new dealers and rates their volume of sales and number and level of applications included in those sales, like VMWare, and NuPoint Unified Messaging.

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MISSOULA, Montana, 28 October 2010 -- TerraEchos Inc., a leading provider of covert intelligence and surveillance sensor systems, has won the ‘IBM CTO Innovation Award’ for its Adelos S4™ fiber-optic sensor solution. TerraEchos received the award this week at the 2010 IBM Information On Demand Conference in Las Vegas.

The Adelos S4 system integrates IBM InfoSphere Streams, advanced sensor fusion and geospatial situational awareness technologies to identify threats detected by buried or submerged fiber-optic sensor arrays. TerraEchos developed the system for use in border security and critical infrastructure protection.

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MISSOULA, Montana, -- TerraEchos Inc., a leading provider of covert intelligence and surveillance sensor systems, is honored to receive Frost & Sullivan's 2010 North American New Product Innovation of the Year Award in the category of Fiber Optic Sensors for Border Security.

TerraEchos received the honor for its Adelos S4™ fiber-optic sensor solution, which was singled out for its innovative nature, use of leading-edge technology, and value to the customer.

"Frost & Sullivan has been recognizing the innovations of high-tech organizations for 50 years, and TerraEchos is honored to be included among these elite award recipients," said Dr. Alex Philp, President and CEO of TerraEchos Inc. "This award highlights the value of Adelos S4 as a solution to protect and monitor critical infrastructure and secure borders."

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Source: Missoulian

The U.S. Senate on Saturday approved a defense appropriations bill that will provide $2.8 million for research at one Missoula business and $1.6 million at another.

TerraEchos, a high-tech business founded by Missoula entrepreneur Alex Philip, specializes in surveillance systems that use lasers for remote sensing and detection.

The company, which is now partly owned by S&K Technologies, has created a system called Adelos, which "provides state-of-the-art covert surveillance and intelligence sensor capabilities within a distributed situational awareness environment."

The $2.8 million in money approved Saturday is for defense research and will "improve site security at many of the nation's sensitive military locations," according to a press statement issued by Sen. Jon Tester's office.

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Saint Ignatius, MT – S&K Technologies, Inc. (S&K) purchased controlling shares of TerraEchos, Inc., in an effort to diversify capabilities in the area of security. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. TerraEchos, Inc., is a Montana-based company providing the Adelos™ sensor system, an advanced covert intelligence and surveillance sensor system protecting high value critical infrastructure, monitoring sensitive perimeters and securing vulnerable borders. TerraEchos is a pre-eminent leader in intelligence, surveillance, and intrusion detection and monitoring technology. The company is commercializing this technology to meet growing government and private sector security demands in various sectors.

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