2008 News Coverage
“The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), the largest not-for-profit home healthcare organization in the U.S., has been providing home healthcare to patients in New York City since 1893...Over the years, VNSNY has worked to become a leader in using technology to improve the efficiency and accuracy of its services, as well as improve communications...The technology worked well. However, over time, the I.T. team began to notice spikes in data traffic…These spikes in data transmission eventually began to cause a slowdown in access to the servers. This, in turn, threatened the productivity improvements that VNSNY had realized... the increased access to information created new challenges for the I.T. team...each new technology tended to add layers of complexity...Another increasing concern for the I.T. team was ensuring data security...The team considered three solutions, and ended up selecting Mobility XE mobile VPN from NetMotion Wireless...The other options required a lot more infrastructure in terms of additional software and hardware. In sum, they would have required too much work and effort to install. ‘Mobility XE was easy to implement, because we built it into the standard image,’ says Randy Cleghorne, VNSNY Director of I.T. / Chief Technology Officer. ‘Every time we order a tablet, they press the image, so it comes already installed. No one here has to do any other configurations of the software.’ The I.T. team has installed Mobility XE on the tablet PCs of its nearly 3,000 clinicians…’The most important benefit is ease of use,’ says Cleghorne. ‘In fact, the clinicians report how easy this is to use.’ In addition, the clinicians' application sessions can now seamlessly roam across different networks without user intervention.” Read the full story here
Mobile Enterprise Magazine, Healthcare Newsletter (July 24, 2008)
Wireless Aircards with VPN Help Secure Patient Information
Consider purchasing wireless aircards, protected by virtual private networks, to safely transfer patient information from point-of-care devices back to the agency's main computer. Such aircards, which access the Internet from anywhere a cell phone would work, have provided St. Francis Health Services with an alternative to landlines…That's important as more households are prieschewing traditional landlines, which many systems need to transfer information…No matter what kind of Internet connection you use to sync point-of-care devices - landline, DSL or wireless -virtual vate networks (VPN) offer a solution to securing data transfers from your agency to point-of-care devices, says John Knopf, director of product management for NetMotion Wireless, a Seattle-based software vendor that recently set up a mobile VPN for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York…VPNs provide a secure telecom infrastructure for transmitting patient information from remote offices, such as the patients' homes…Beyond just securing data, NetMotion is a "mobile" VPN, which minimizes interruptions that occur when you lose a wireless signal and improves productivity, Knopf says. More than half of NetMotion's customers say that their mobile VPN increased productivity by 20%.
Home Health Line (June 30, 2008)
"B2M Solutions, a mobile enterprise management company, and NetMotion Wireless, a provider of mobile productivity software, have teamed up to offer their products to each other's customers. Under the alliance partnership agreement signed by the two companies, the customers of NetMotion can integrate B2M's mobile device management system mprodigy with NetMotion's mobile virtual private network software Mobility XE. Similarly, B2M's customers can use Mobility XE as part of an mprodigy installation. B2M's mprodigy suite of services deals with the day-to-day management of mobile devices. It enables users to update the software on their devices, without having to bring them back to base… Mobility XE provides remote access to network resources and applications from mobile devices over any wired or wireless IP-based network. It enables organizations to maximize the productivity and management of their worldwide mobile workforces, and safeguard the security of their data and networks." Click here to read more.
CBR Online (May 22, 2008)
“B2M Solutions, specialists in managing the mobile enterprise, has entered an Alliance Partnership with NetMotion Wireless, a leading provider of mobile productivity and management software. The relationship allows both companies to collaborate on software development to provide customers with a fully managed mobile enterprise where the wireless communications are both secure and stable. NetMotion’s extensive customer base now has access to the B2M mprodigy™ mobile management system, with the peace-of-mind that it will work seamlessly with NetMotion’s Mobility XE™... In turn, B2M’s customers can use Mobility XE™ as part of an mprodigy™ installation to ensure a highly secure communications path between mobile devices and company servers. ..Julie Purves, Managing Director of B2M Solutions...‘Both B2M and NetMotion have designed their solutions from the ground-up to be used in a mobile environment and we have a mutual advantage over systems built on legacy fixed networks and office based systems...makes for a perfect partnership where we can offer a very secure end-to-end solution.‘” Find the full article here.
SourceWire (May 21, 2008)
"NetMotion Wireless recently launched Mobility XE 8.0, the latest version of its mobile VPN software. New features include added security controls and support for real-time applications such as VoIP and streaming video. The mobile VPN enables road warriors to maintain secure connections to corporate applications as they move through wireless coverage gaps and across various networks, the company says. Mobility XE8.0 is available for Microsoft Windows-based laptops and mobile devices." Read more here.
ChannelWeb (May 15, 2008)
“Packet prioritization and a proxy architecture built into a new version of NetMotion Wireless' mobile virtual private network software promise to ease enterprise efforts to extend VoIP, IP video and other real-time productivity applications to mobile workers…the Mobility XE version 8.0 software platform overcomes packet loss challenges associated with accessing VoIP and video via bandwidth-constrained mobile networks…John Knopf, director of product management for NetMotion Wireless explains that the Mobility XE platform manages mobile data sessions at a proxy server as if the sessions were remote procedure calls, executing them at the proxy server on behalf of client. ‘Even if the mobile device loses contact, the proxy allows the application to think the client is still there.’ The new software also implements packet loss recovery techniques to ensure rapid recovery of data where loss occurs…Mobility XE can maintain call quality even with up to 70 percent packet loss in areas of degraded wireless coverage…The same applies to video streaming, another real-time application that NetMotion says it can support with the same combination of packet prioritization and the use of the proxy gateway to maintain call state and recover lost data.” Go here to read more.
ScreenPlays Magazine (May 13, 2008)
"A new version of Mobility XE has been released. Version 8 of the virtual private network software from NetMotion Wireless has new security control and can even be used for VoIP applications…Mobility XE Version 8 improves the performance, reliability and quality of VoIP and streaming video…In addition to Mobile NAC features, Mobility XE, now for the first time, also dramatically improves the performance, reliability and quality of real-time applications such as Voice over IP (VoIP) and video streaming over wireless networks." Find the full article here.
VoIP News (May 12, 2008)
"NetMotion Wireless released version 8.0 of Mobility XE, the mobile VPN software...Mobility XE version 8.0 was designed to meet the unique security and connectivity needs of highly mobile field personnel. It allows devices to connect to the enterprise network only after meeting specified security policies, but gives administrators greater control and flexibility over how and when to administer remediation policies...The intelligent Mobile Network Access Control (NAC) features of Mobility XE are compatible with many leading security products, allowing administrators to automatically check compliance for required software including antivirus and antispyware... Mobile NAC integrates with Mobility XE's Policy Management module, giving administrators flexibility and control." Click here for the full story.
Transmisson and Distribution World (May 8, 2008)
“The home care industry has been in existence since the 1880s. And while the field witnessed a great deal of change during its first century or so, perhaps the most significant transitions have occurred in recent memory as technology has assumed a more predominant role in the delivery of care…one way to do this is to maximize the potential of wireless technologies in facilitating improved communications between mobile workers and those based in hospitals or other care centers and enabling care to be delivered and documented in real time…The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) deployed Mobility XE, a mobile virtual private network solution from Seattle-based NetMotion Wireless, in order to maintain a reliable connection for its traveling workforce…’We did not want to burden our nurses with the manual process of switching between WiFi and broadband networks using our secure VPN software,’ says CTO Randy Cleghorne. ‘One of the reasons why we went with NetMotion was that they can maintain persistence for the application.’” Read the full article here.
Healthcare Informatics (May 2008)
"NetMotion Wireless released version 8.0 of Mobility XE, the mobile VPN software. This latest version provides new security controls that intelligently extend corporate security policies to mobile devices without needlessly impacting mobile worker productivity. In addition, enterprise customers can now use the software to reliably deploy real-time applications like VoIP and streaming video while maintaining high quality, even over wireless networks prone to high packet loss. Mobility XE version 8.0 was specifically designed to meet the unique security and connectivity needs of highly mobile field personnel. It allows devices to connect to the enterprise network only after meeting specified security policies, but gives administrators greater control and flexibility over how and when to administer remediation policies." Read more here.
Help Net Security (May 7, 2008)
“NetMotion, Inc. has established a place for itself in the wireless world by giving users the ability to move through multiple network connections (from Wi-Fi to wide-area cellular, for example) without risk of interruption to their data stream. With the release this month of version 8.0 of its Mobility XE product, the company claims the ability to deliver real-time applications, including VoIP, reliably across diverse network connections…For most VoIP users, continuity through multiple network connections cannot be taken for granted…On the data side, NetMotion has already proven its ability to overcome such issues…With its latest version the company tackles not just voice but other real-time media including streaming video, web conferencing, and instant messaging." Read the full article here.
VoIP Planet (May 7, 2008)
“NetMotion Wireless has released version 8.0 of Mobility XE, its mobile virtual private network (VPN) software, allowing it to be used by enterprises for the deployment of streaming video and VoIP. Mobility XE, which was designed for Windows smartphones, provides mobile workers with secure connections to applications via laptops and mobile devices, even when travelling in areas with no wireless coverage and moving between networks. The updated version provides streaming video and VoIP with no loss of quality, even over wireless networks prone to high packet loss.” Find the story here.
VoIP News (May 6, 2008)
“NetMotion Wireless has updated its smartphone VPN tool with technology that it claims can handle not only ordinary telephone and data transmissions but real-time applications such as VoIP calls and streaming video. Version 8.0, launched on Monday, includes packet-loss recovery and compression features that allow it to handle real-time applications over the VPN, the company said…the software can maintain call quality with up to 70 percent packet loss, and can maintain a VoIP call initiated on a laptop or smartphone even when users roam between Wi-Fi and wide-area networks. The software supports traffic-shaping features that give VoIP traffic priority over other applications, maintaining the necessary bandwidth regardless of the type of wireless network in use, NetMotion said…the company sees it having growing importance for law enforcement, sales teams, training videos and emergency or military services.” Check out the full story here.
Tech World (May 6, 2008)
"NetMotion Wireless is bolstering the Internet voice and streaming video elements of its flagship virtual private network (VPN) offering. The Seattle-based developer this week will release version 8.0 of Mobility XE, a client-server product designed to allow mobile workers to maintain connections to applications as they move through cellular coverage gaps and across networks. The latest offering “dramatically improves” the performance of real-time applications such as VoIP and streaming video, NetMotion said, and provides new security controls that extend corporate security policies." Get the full story here.
RCR Wireless News (May 6, 2008)
“Mobile productivity and management software company NetMotion Wireless has announced the release of its version 8.0 Mobility XE…The upgrade brings new security controls to extend corporate security policies to mobile devices without damaging productivity. It will also enable employers to use the software to deploy real-time applications including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and video streaming…Bob Hunsberger, CEO of NetMotion Wireless, said: ‘In today's mobile economy, it's imperative that we both anticipate and deliver on innovations that enable our customers to maximize productivity and stay competitive…Our latest version of Mobility XE allows IT administrators to build flexible and intelligent security policies…without compromising productivity.’” Click here for the article
Comms-Express.com (May 5, 2008)
"NetMotion Wireless, a provider of mobile productivity and management software, announced version 8.0 of Mobility XE, mobile VPN software. The enhanced security controls intelligently extend corporate security policies to mobile devices without impacting mobile worker productivity…Workers maintain secure connections to applications as they move through wireless coverage gaps and across various networks. Enterprise customers can now use the software to reliably deploy such real-time applications as VoIP and streaming video while maintaining high quality, even over wireless networks prone to high packet loss." Read more here.
Mobile Handset Design Line (May 5, 2008)
"This latest version provides new security controls that extend corporate security policies to mobile devices without impacting mobile worker productivity...Moreover, this new version enables enterprise customers to use the software to deploy applications like Voice over IP (VoIP) and streaming video, also over wireless networks that are known as being prone to high packet loss..."Solutions like NetMotion Wireless' Mobile VPN make it possible for enterprises to optimize their mobile implementations and take advantage of converging trends in VoIP and streaming video as their use extends to multiple wireless environments,” said Nathan Dyer, senior analyst at Yankee Group." Click here to read the article.
TMCnet (May 5, 2008)
"A new version of NetMotion Wireless’ mobile VPN software adds network access control (NAC) and the ability to run real-time software, company officials said. Mobility XE 8.0 is available today exclusively for Windows devices. It’s intended for high-end remote applications including enterprise VoIP and uses a proxy design so that networking commands are executed on the server." Find the full article here.
Wireless Week (May 5, 2008)
“The advent of wireless technology has made it possible for mobile health care professionals to access patient records, test results and other critical information from the field…a growing number of clinicians are travelling to patient’s homes, which requires remote connectivity to improve communications and keep patients records up to date. The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) has unique and very challenging mobile technology requirements and NetMotion’s mobile VPN, Mobility XE, is able to weave together computing hardware, supporting medical applications and the security mandated by HIPAA. VNSNY found that the NetMotion mobile VPN solution closed the connectivity gap allowing clinicians to roam across multiple networks without user intervention or calls to IT.” Read the full story here.
Health Care's Most Wired Online (April 23, 2008)
"Cox (Communications) wanted to enhance the productivity of its field workers, who handle approximately 6 million work orders annually...The company has since migrated to a solution (Michael) Kovash (senior IT project manager) says meets all its requirements...Other components of the solution include NetMotion Wireless mobile VPN (virtual private network) software for session persistence and seamless network roaming...Kovash says rapid, wireless access to multiple applications (e.g. customer information, billing, and diagnostics), coupled with streamlined communication of work orders and real-time assignment changes, has added about 45 minutes to 1 hour of productive work time to the employees' day." Click here to read the full article.
Integrated Solutions (April 2008)
Best Practices in Mobile Data Communication
"ln the case of OCSD (Orange County Sheriff's Department), we found the best option to solve our wireless and connectivity challenges was to install specialized mobile virtual private network (VPN ) software on our officers laptops and our back-end servers. In our case, we chose Mobility XE Mobile VPN software from NetMotion Wireless because its solution is widely used by hundreds of law enforcement and public safety agencies around the country. With this software, if an officer's laptop should lose wireless network connectivity, the mobile VPN server software manages and maintains the applications and connections on the back end, with the client software holding the applications in place on the device until a network connection can be restored. Once restored, the client and server software resume the application sessions."
Law Enforcement Technology (March 2008)
"Recently, new types of VPNs have been emerging. 'One area gaining attention recently is mobile VPNs,' noted John Girard, vice president at Gartner. In some cases, IPsec and SSL do not work well with mobile devices, such as cell phones and PDAs. Consequently, vendors, such as NetMotion, have designed mobile VPNs that try to address issues found on wireless networks, such as goverage gaps, roaming and performance problems." Check out the full story.
TechNewsWorld (March 24, 2008)
"Randy Cleghorne, CTO for the VNSNY, set out in search of a solution that would provide ubiquitous connectivity, maintain HIPAA compliant security and, as large as VNSNY is, accommodate a limited budget. Most IT experts, including some on her own staff, said Ms. Cleghorne should settle for two out of those three.Not the type to settle, she embarked on a nationwide search until she found Seattle-based NetMotion Wireless, with a mobile VPN product it has dubbed Mobility XE(tm). The technology company had been addressing the problems of environments like VNSNY's and come up with a way, not to prevent connectivity crashes but to enable databases to survive them." Read the full article here.
Home Care Automation Report (March 19, 2008)
"As more hospitals turn to wireless networking technology to improve productivity and patient care, IT administrators are faced with the dual challenge of ensuring these networks are robust enough to support critical applications, and secure enough to protect patient information. St. Luke's Episcopal Health System in Houston has addressed both of these issues with a mobile virtual private network (VPN) solution from Seattle-based NetMotion Wireless that provides staff with ubiquitous, secure access to clinical systems as they move throughout the hospital complex." Get the full story here.
Healthcare Informatics (February 28, 2008)
"NetMotion Wireless, a provider of mobile productivity and management software, announced that its Mobile Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution has been selected by the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY). The VPN will provide VNSNY's home health care workforce with real-tie access to critical data and applications at the point of care, according to NetMotion Wireless. VNSNY is the largest not-for-profit home health care agency in the nation with nearly 10,000 care providers that make more than 2.2 million home visits per year throughout New York City and Westchester and Nassau counties to an average of over 30,000 patients each day." Get the full article here.
ADVANCE for Healthcare Information Executives (February 28, 2008)
Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) has chosen Seattle-based NetMotion Wireless, a provider of mobile productivity and management software, for its Mobility XE, mobile virtual private network (VPN) solution. VNSNY nurses, therapists and clinicians spend the majority of their day providing in-home healthcare to patients. These clinicians rely on continuous, reliable connectivity to clinical records, applications and e-mail via tablet PCs or laptops, NetMotion says. And according to the company, VPN will provide VNSNY’s home healthcare workforce with real-time access to critical data and applications at the point of care." Read the full article.
Healthcare Informatics (February 28, 2008)
"The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) has chosen NetMotion Wireless' Mobile Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution to provide home healthcare workforce with real time access to critical data and applications at the point of care. The nurses, therapists and clinicians of VNSNY spend the majority of the day providing in-home healthcare to patients and traveling between patient locations. NetMotion Wireless explains that these clinicians require continuous, reliable connectivity to clinical records, applications and email via tablet PCs or laptops. Mobility XE, NetMotion's Mobile VPN software, is used by over 2,500 VNSNY clinicians to improve productivity and connect securely to applications, roam seamlessly between multiple wireless networks, and maintain applications even when users move in and out of wireless coverage areas." Check out the full story.
TMCnet (February 28, 2008)
"NetMotion Wireless' virtual private network (VPN) technology was selected by the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) to provide VNSNY's home healthcare workforce with real time access to critical data and applications at the point of care. VNSNY is the largest not-for-profit home health-care agency in the nation." Read the article here.
Mission Critical Communications/Radio Resource Magazine (February 27, 2008)
"(Visiting Nurse Service of New York) VNSNY nurses, therapists and clinicians spend the majority of their day providing in-home healthcare to patients and traveling between patient locations These clinicians rely on continuous, reliable connectivity to clinical records, applications and email via tablet PCs or laptops. More than 2,500 VNSNY clinicians use Mobility XE (TM), NetMotion's Mobile VPN software, to improve productivity and connect securely to applications, roam seamlessly between multiple wireless networks, and maintain applications even when users move in and out of wireless coverage areas." View the full article.
Communications News (February 27, 2008)
"NetMotion Wireless appointed a number of executives to new positions within the company. The company also announced plans to expand its workforce by 20 percent in 2008." Read the full article here.
Radio Resource Magazine (January 29, 2008)
"NetMotion Wireless, a provider of mobile productivity and management software, has announced a number of new executives appointments. Joe Savarese, formerly chief technical officer, will now assume the role of senior vice president and general manager for the company's flagship product Mobility XE. Tom Johnston, formerly senior vice president of products and marketing, will now assume the role of senior vice president and general manager for an emerging business unit. Andy Willett, senior vice president of sales and business development, will also assume responsibility for Worldwide Marketing. Along with the new appointments, NetMotion has announced that based on record 2007 results, the company plans to expand its workforce by 20% in 2008." Read the other News Briefs here.
Wireless Week (January 29, 2008)
"NetMotion Wireless, a leading provider of mobile productivity and management software, today announced that it has appointed a number of executives to new positions within the company. Additionally, based on record 2007 results, the company announced plans to expand its workforce by 20 percent in 2008...'2007 was a banner year for NetMotion Wireless with revenue up 65 percent,' said Bob Hunsberger, CEO, NetMotion Wireless." Check out the full article.
TMCnet (January 29, 2008)
"St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System has seen an increase in productivity since deploying a virtual private network. St. Luke’s recently expanded the network to support up to 900 laptops with plans to move its EKG equipment over as well. St. Luke’s began its relationship with NetMotion Wireless in 2001 during a time when its hospital workers were experiencing connection losses with their handheld PDAs. The hospital began the deployment of NetMotion’s virtual private network, Mobility XE, throughout its IT departments to maintain and optimize wireless technologies." Read the full story here.
Healthcare IT News (January 1, 2008)
"According to Tom Johnston, senior vice president of products and marketing for NetMotion Wireless, an application such as an electronic medical record system may not be able to handle a loss of network connectivity. As a result, a clinician might have to re-take a patient history that failed to upload...NetMotion's (Mobility XE Mobile VPN) software, installed on a network server and on individual devices such as laptops and PDAs, works as a mobile VPN. 'In the event of a gap, the software tells the computer that network coverage is still there — it's just really slow,' Johnston explained. Johnston noted that more than 95 percent of the company's customers realize at least a 5 percent improvement in productivity; 50 percent of customers see at least a 20 percent improvement." Read the full article online.
ADVANCE for Health Information Executives (January 1, 2008)
