The giant HIMSS16 healthcare IT conference opens in Las Vegas in less than a week and NCS Technologies will be there at Booth #11118. NCS is a leader in providing hardware solutions that secure healthcare data. Our virtualized endpoints have revolutionized the traditional thin client-zero client space. Today NCS Cirrus secure endpoint solutions can be seen at work in hospital medical carts (Cirrus DT WiFi), at nurse's stations (Cirrus LT laptop), at a physician's desktop (Cirrus TZ Desktop) - literally anywhere within a medical facility where data security is paramount.

NCS Appliance & Server Engineering at HIMSS16

In addition, NCS is also a leader in another hardware security market - as a designer and manufacturer of appliances and servers. NCS Appliance & Server Engineering provides the platform that many leading Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) use to go to market. NCS designs and builds the appliances that serve as robust platforms for their end customers.

 In particular, we are well known for designing and building high quality cyber security appliances. And our hardware solutions are perfect for software companies building secure solutions for healthcare.

Many ISVs and cyber security software companies will be attending HIMSS16 to showcase their healthcare security solutions and to investigate new market opportunities. We invite these companies to explore with us the many ways that NCS Appliance & Server Engineering can assist your in better serving your healthcare customers through superior hardware solutions.

Healthcare Data Theft - Getting Worse, Not Better

When it comes to protecting healthcare data - patient health records and other personal secrets like Social Security numbers - this is indeed the best of times and the worst of times. It's the best of times because strong privacy regulation is in place and great technology exists to protect patient data. It is the worst of times because, well, data theft seems to be getting worse.

You need only to read the headlines. Like a recent NBC News story that says, "Hacking of Health Care Records Skyrockets". Then there is the story about Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center actually paying ransom to free up its hacked computer systems. Finally, RedSpin just released their 2015 Breach Report which shows that health information hacks are up, up, up!

And just in time, the annual HIMSS conference, the mega healthcare IT show,  kicks off in Las Vegas next week. More than 40,000 attendees will be able to evaluate solutions from hundreds of IT vendors. The point is that powerful data security solutions exist today to protect healthcare providers and customers from breaches and theft. But these solutions must be implemented.

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When it comes to locking down data, computer virtualization is a very powerful tool. IT managers are beginning to implement virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) because it decreases IT complexity and lowers costs - while delivering strong security. 

When it comes to IT in healthcare, the HIMSS conference is the gold standard for healthcare trade shows. This year, HIMSS16 will be held February 29- March 4 in Las Vegas at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, and will be hosting over 40,000 attendees, including clinicians, speakers, and vendors. HIMSS16 boasts more than 300 educational programs and will showcase cutting-edge technology available to the healthcare sector.  NCS Technologies will be at HIMSS16, and will have experts ready to discuss all IT healthcare security concerns at Booth #11118.

When the need arises, war fighters, first responders and industry may leverage existing organizational VDI infrastructure and expertise to meet any challenge, anywhere. NCS Technologies allows for the rapid deployment of IT infrastructure into the field without the weight and footprint of traditional solutions. NCS offers hyper-converged back-end solutions and end points intelligently integrated into rugged transit cases. These cases are capable of supporting large numbers of clients in the field without losing centralized control while simultaneously delivering ease of maintenance. This approach also simplifies the IT aspects of the reset process that must occur upon returning from deployments. Our three solutions are:

Get Work Done Away From the Office - Securely

Using the power of VDI and innovative zero client laptops from NCS, you can securely get work done even when you're away from the office. It's January and the latest winter megastorm is affecting more than 70 million people, or a third of the U.S. population. Millions of workers away from their office desks are grabbing their laptops whereever they are and using the power of virtualization to get work done securely. IT managers love virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) because it can decrease IT complexity and lower costs. But one of the most important benefits of VDI is strong security. 

With the New Year, journalists will soon begin to publish lists of the biggest data breaches of 2015. As the headlines will attest, every industry and sector is vulnerable and all continue to be hacked.

It is estimated that nearly every American had personal data stolen over the past 24 months.

IT administrators in healthcare tell us they are are focused on making computing more secure, more reliable, less complex and more cost effective - goals that make sense to everyone. 

Healthcare workers rely on computers and networking in nearly every aspect of their jobs. Patient records and scheduling need to be kept up to date and secure. Imagery such as MRIs and X-rays need to be available and accessed from distant servers. Doctors and nurses are constantly on the move and frequently use carts to bring mobile computing - and the latest patient information - directly into each patient area.

NCS Appliance & Server Engineering designs and builds products that serve as robust platforms for customers. We work with Independent Software Vendors, Original Equipment Manufacturers, Systems Integrators and smaller software companies in segments such as cyber security, high frequency trading, and IoT. Often our customers are satisfied with off-the-shelf platforms. But many are better served with a custom solution. 

Simply stated, when does a Custom Platform Solution make sense? 

NCS Engineering Services works with many leading Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and Systems Integrators (SIs), to design and build servers and appliances that serve as robust platforms for their end customers. We also work with smaller software companies, in segments such as cyber security, high frequency trading, and IoT, who are trying to grow and scale their products. Often they are struggling with hardware issues that are holding them back.

In talking to customers, we find that each company comes to us with unique needs. Often there is not an overriding issue to address, but several smaller ones that aggregate, leading to poor or unexpected outcomes.

As enterprises expand their use of VDI, IT administrators seek to improve reliability and network performance, and reduce complexity and costs.