Do you support the equivalent of Excel's Iterative calculations?

Not yet, but we can add it if customers want it.

There is a standards track RFC that defines SCTP over UDP. RFC 6951 "UDP Encapsulation of Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Packets for End-Host to End-Host Communication".

Sure. But it's still not real SCTP if the IP header's Protocol field doesn't say 0x84 :D

Indeed "The Idea Factory" is a very good book recommendation. In the conclusion of the book the author argues that the Howard Hughes Medical Institute[1] may be the closest existing research organization to Bell Labs. While much smaller in size than Bell Labs it shares a focus on basic research and is well funded for the long haul.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes_Medical_Institute