The View From NCS Technologies

NCS Servers Deliver Value & Innovation

Posted by Katie Callahan on Sep 6, 2018 9:54:10 AM

Servers, Rugged Servers, Appliance & Services

NCS Technologies provides servers, rugged servers, appliances and engineering services solutions to businesses and government agencies. For more than 20 years NCS has exceeded customer expectations in commercial markets, banking and finance, the software industry, all levels of government and the military. 

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Topics: Servers & Appliances, U.S. Government, rugged, military, software

NCS and Aruba Networks Work Together

Posted by Mike Turicchi on Sep 6, 2018 9:47:53 AM

Partner on Wireless Networking for Government

NCS Technologies is working with Aruba Networks to implement WiFi deployments in the federal government.
 
In November 2017, the DoD CIO Office released DoD Instruction 8420.01 for deploying commercial wireless LAN solutions in Government agencies. We see increased federal government deployment of enterprise-wide wireless connectivity and NCS and Aruba are working together to make this happen.
 
Aruba's leadership in government solutions demonstrates the commitment to enabling new capabilities for agencies to be more efficient, responsive and mobile while maintaining the necessary level of security required to protect access to sensitive data. Many government agencies, such as the IRS, U.S. Air Force, DISA and the Pentagon are already making the transition to wireless for mobile environments. Aruba offers best in class switches, controllers and access points to meet your most demanding networking needs.
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Topics: Financial Sector, WiFi, hpenterprise, HPE

VMworld 2018 Focuses on Security & Manageability

Posted by Katie Callahan on Aug 29, 2018 2:42:04 PM

Busy Closing Day at NCS Booth #1047

The VMworld 2018 Conference enters the final day with keynotes and many breakout sessions focusing on improving security and reducing administrative complexity. At the booth, NCS is promoting its leading portfolio of desktop virtualization solutions.

NCS is the world leader in PCoIP zero client technology products.  NCS zero clients are widely installed in many government and commercial settings. Our customers are sold on demonstrated manageability improvements, lower cost of ownership and improved security.

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Topics: VDI, PCoIP, virtualization, vmware, vmworld

Security is a Leading Topic at VMworld

Posted by Katie Callahan on Aug 28, 2018 3:31:29 PM

See You at NCS Booth #1047

The VMworld 2018 Conference enters Day Two with one of its largest virtualization-focused events to date. More than 21,000 visitors were in attendance yesterday, coming from 85 countries. Held again this year at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas, the event has keynotes and many breakout sessions focusing on improving security and reducing administrative complexity.

Sunday night, Monday and today, NCS Booth #1047 has seen a steady stream of visitors eager to learn more about how our leading desktop virtualization solution addresses these key issues. At the booth, NCS is also promoting rugged server and storage solutions that fit into a larger VDI implementation.

NCS is the world leader in productizing PCoIP zero client technology. On the booth are Matt Cooke, Mike Turicchi and John Callahan, who are demonstrating laptop zero clients along with a variety of desktop implementations. NCS zero clients are widely installed in many government and commercial settings. Our customers are sold on our solutions and our ability to improve manageability, drive down cost of ownership and improving security.

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Topics: VDI, PCoIP, virtualization, vmware, vmworld

Day 2 at Air Force IT Conference

Posted by Katie Callahan on Aug 28, 2018 3:00:27 PM

NCS & Partner Solutions at Booth 226

NCS is exhibiting at the Air Force Information Technology & Cyberpower Conference, Montgomery, AL, through Wednesday. This is a premier cyber security and IT event for the Air Force. NCS is featuring its virtualization solutions, as well as key products from partners Lenovo and Getac. The personal computing and rugged hardware solutions are known to the Air Force community through the CCS2 contract for Air Force equipment.

NCS is featuring the Lenovo L480 (QEB 2018B Office Notebook and Agency - Office Notebook), Lenovo P920 (QEB 2018B High Performance Workstation) and the Getac F110 (QEB 2018B Rugged Slate Pad)

As we mentioned in yesterday's blog, very popular at the booth is a unique implementation of SecureView - a secure virtualization solution created specifically for the federal government. This demo at the show is running on very high end, water cooled Intel workstation with memory, GPUs and solid state storage capable of hosting up to 9 VMs all operating on different secure government networks.  Of course this one is for show since in a typical DoD environment we don't have fancy boxes with neon lights and glass side panels.  We wanted to show off what's under the hood of this beast of a machine.

More on SecureView

Government and military workers often use virtualization tools at the endpoint to best access multi-level computing. The preferred virtualization tool for government is, as mentioned, SecureView, developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) supported on hardware provided by NCS.  NCS hardware platforms approved for use with SecureView include the Stratus MT and Stratus DT desktops and the Vortex MT and Vortex MDT workstations.

SecureView runs multiple secure networks on one PC or workstation, with hardware-enforced security. This increasingly popular security solution is the result of extensive and continuing development work by AFRL, the open source community, Assured Information Security and NCS Technologies. 

 

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Topics: rugged, military, U.S. Air Force

NCS Showcases IT Solutions at Air Force Conference

Posted by Katie Callahan on Aug 27, 2018 8:24:22 PM

NCS & Partner Solutions at Booth 226

NCS is a key exhibitor at the Air Force Information Technology & Cyberpower Conference, Montgomery, AL, through Thursday. This is a premier cyber security and IT event for the Air Force. NCS is featuring its virtualization solutions, as well as key products from partners Lenovo and Getac. The personal computing and rugged hardware solutions are known to the Air Force community through the CCS2 contract for Air Force equipment.

NCS is featuring the Lenovo L480 (QEB 2018B Office Notebook and Agency - Office Notebook), Lenovo P920 (QEB 2018B High Performance Workstation) and the Getac F110 (QEB 2018B Rugged Slate Pad)

In addition, a big crowd-pleaser at the booth is a unique implementation of SecureView (more on SecureView below) hosted on a very high end, water cooled Intel workstation. (We plan to blog on this Intel workstation implementation tomorrow).

More on SecureView

Government and military workers often use virtualization tools at the endpoint to best access multi-level computing. The preferred virtualization tool is SecureView, developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) supported on hardware provided by NCS Technologies.  NCS hardware platforms approved for use with SecureView include the Stratus MT and Stratus DT desktops and the Vortex MT and Vortex MDT workstations.

SecureView runs multiple secure networks on one PC or workstation, with hardware-enforced security. This increasingly popular security solution is the result of extensive and continuing development work by AFRL, the open source community, Assured Information Security and NCS Technologies. 

 

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Topics: rugged, military, U.S. Air Force

Desktop Virtualization Leading Discussion at VMworld 2018

Posted by Katie Callahan on Aug 27, 2018 5:38:06 PM

VMworld Opens at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

The VMworld conference, held again this year at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Convention Center, has opened with tens of thousands of attendees on site, conference sessions and educational seminars in high gear, and in-depth discussions being held at the many industry exhibits.

NCS Booth #1047 has hosted a brisk stream of visitors eager to learn more about how the industry's leading desktop virtualization solution improves security and reduces IT administrative complexity. NCS is also promoting rugged server and storage solutions that are ideal elements in a total VDI solution.

NCS is the world leader in productizing PCoIP zero client technology and our booth staff is available to contrast the benefits of zero clients against thin client offers. On the booth are Matt Cooke, Mike Turicchi and John Callahan, who can demonstrate laptop zero clients and long with a variety of desktop implementations. NCS zero clients improve manageability, drive down cost of ownership and improving security in desktop with customer installations all over the planet.

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Topics: VDI, PCoIP, virtualization, vmware, vmworld

Desktop Virtualization & VDI Key Elements of VMworld 2018

Posted by Katie Callahan on Aug 23, 2018 2:43:04 PM

VMworld Kicks Off August 27-30 at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

The epicenter of the virtualization ecosystem will be at the VMworld 2018 conference, held again at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Convention Center.

Please stop by NCS Booth #1047 from Sunday evening through Wednesday to learn more about how the industry's leading desktop virtualization solution from NCS can improve security and ease your IT administrative complexity. NCS will also be promoting rugged server and storage solutions that are ideal elements in a total VDI solution.

NCS is the world leader in productizing PCoIP zero client technology and our booth staff is available to contrast the benefits of zero clients against thin client offers. On the booth are Matt Cooke, Mike Turicchi and John Callahan, who can demonstrate laptop zero clients and long with a variety of desktop implementations. NCS zero clients improve manageability, drive down cost of ownership and improving security in desktop with customer installations all over the planet.

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Topics: VDI, PCoIP, virtualization, vmware, vmworld

NCS Is at Air Force IT Conference

Posted by Katie Callahan on Aug 23, 2018 1:22:51 PM

See You at NCS at Booth 226

NCS is a major exhibitor at the Air Force Information Technology & Cyberpower Conference, Montgomery, AL, August 27-29. As the premier cyber security annual event, the Air Force Information Technology & Cyberpower Conference (AFITC) returns to Montgomery. As a critical intersection of Air Force IT experts, prominent IT academics, and some of America's top cyber security companies, the AFITC offers a full slate of events and activities, with three days of speakers, expanded education/training opportunities, and an exhibitor-driven trade show that revolves around the ways we can better defend America from cyber attacks, advanced persistent threats, and proactively lead in this in this increasingly digital world.

The AFITC Conference is the place where Air Force personnel and decision makers, as well as private industry IT and cyber security leaders, convene to not only share and review strategies but also explore the latest in cyber tools, software, and hardware. It is at this conference that experts review the increasingly complex and connected role that cyber plays in both the AF core mission and the private domain.

Theme: Cyber Vision of the Future: Mission Defense and Trusted Information

* Build a more lethal force through gaining and maintaining persistent information advantage for the Joint Force

* Assure AF core missions from threats in, through, and from cyberspace

* Enable effective and efficient integrated awareness derived from rapid processing, exploitation, and dissemination of decision-quality information.

This is the SAF/CIO A6 way of focusing on the National Defense Strategy implementation

At Booth 226 NCS is featuring a variety of technologies, including virtual desktops, rugged and SecureView cybersecurity for government and military.

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Topics: rugged, military, U.S. Air Force

TechNet Augusta Final Day

Posted by Katie Callahan on Aug 23, 2018 12:41:51 PM

3D Printing and Virtual Desktop Solutons

This is the final day of TechNet Augusta 2018 at the the Augusta Marriott Convention Center. The NCS Booth is #612 

NCS is showcasing its own technologies, plus solutions from its partners HP and Getac.

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Topics: rugged, military, U.S. Air Force