Techniscan Medical Systems, Inc. is a medical company that develops "a revolutionary ultrasound imaging system, SvaraTM, that uses a process called Warm Bath Ultrasound (WBUTM) to provide automated, 3D, high quality ultrasound images of the human breast." This device is being used by doctors to try to detect breast cancer in a patient, among other uses. While Techniscan has the technology, it is unable to efficiently use the device without proper software for it to share, store, analyze, etc. This is where Sun Microsystems, Inc. comes in. With twenty plus years of experience in assisting the medical industry with integration methods, TechniScan chose Sun Microsystems to assist them with implementing and integrating their product with Sun's software as to create the fastest, most reliable and most efficient breast examining tool around.
TechniScan's SVARA imaging system requires an advanced databases to maintain all of the complex data collected from breast scans. Sun's CAPS (Composite Application Platform Suite) will maintain and control all of that data and send it wherever it needs to be sent seamlessly. "'Sun Java CAPS will enable TechniScan to connect all of its systems to a central datacenter so it can provide integrated and quality health care services to operators, image reviewers, insurers and physicians through a Web-based architecture,'" says Rick Farnell, director of worldwide services, Sun Microsystems. Sun is also teaming up with LCN Technologies for help with further integrating Sun's software with the SVARA. LCN will be able to identify exactly how and where the software and product can be integrated, what requirements must be met and solutions to be implemented, providing TechniScan with the best possible software-integrated product.
This corporate tag-team is a perfect example of IT integration with an important product, or service. One company has the product, one has the software, and the other perfectly combines the two. Sun's software will help bring TechniScan's SVARA to market faster, it will make for better patient care, and above all, it very well may be "potentially improving the way breast cancer is diagnosed and treated."
This article is essential to our understanding of IT solutions in that it really drives home how software-to-product integration is executed, what it means for all companies involved, and what is does for consumers, or in this case patients, using the product. This integration creates ease-of-business, consumer peace of mind, and efficient user-to-user communication. The article also exemplifies how all industries rely on IT to properly maintain efficiency. Industries need to operate fast and properly in order to see profit and to best serve their customers. In TechniScan's case, "Sun's software, storage, systems and services help deliver secure health information exchange, data management compliance, and caregiver mobility solutions that reduce costs and medical errors, while improving efficiency and patient care." That is exactly why IT integration is essential to any company looking to stand out in their industry.
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