CenTrak Joins Cisco Developer Network
CenTrak, a leading healthcare Real-Time Location Systems provider, has joined the Cisco Developer Network as a Registered Developer in Wireless/Mobility, with its Gen2IR™ solution successfully passing interoperability testing with Cisco’s Mobility Services Engine, enabling faster deployment of Cisco-compatible business applications and enhancing network capabilities for joint customers.
(Newtown, PA – February 22, 2012) CenTrak, a leading provider of Real-Time Location Systems for healthcare, announced that it has joined the Cisco Developer Network as a Registered Developer within the Wireless/Mobility technology category. In addition, CenTrak’s Gen2IR™ solution has successfully completed interoperability testing with Cisco’s Mobility Services Engine (MSE).
The Cisco Developer Network unites Cisco with third-party developers of hardware and software to deliver tested interoperable solutions to joint customers. As a Registered Developer, CenTrak offers a complementary product offering and has started to collaborate with Cisco to meet the needs of joint customers. With offerings such as Gen2IR, customers can more quickly deploy a broad range of Cisco Compatible business applications, devices, or services that can enhance the capabilities, performance, and management of their Cisco network. For more information on Gen2IR interoperability with Cisco’s Mobility Services Engine (MSE), visit the Cisco Developer Network.
“We are thrilled to be in position to offer a smarter, future-proof RTLS. Our partners’ valuable and often ground breaking RTLS-based solutions can now be easily extended. We feel privileged to be part of our partners’ solutions and to provide hospitals with a world-class platform in terms of scalability, accuracy and performance,” said Dr. Ari Naim, President and CEO of CenTrak.
About CenTrak
CenTrak is a leading provider of precise, versatile, and cost-effective location solutions for healthcare. CenTrak’s Clinical-Grade Visibility™ platform delivers unmatched accuracy, speed, performance and power-efficiency, making it a smarter technology investment. CenTrak’s Gen2IR™ technology delivers certainty-based location data, a requirement for workflow and other key healthcare management applications. CenTrak is currently deployed at hundreds of world-class healthcare facilities in the US, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Clinical-Grade Locating™, Clinical-Grade RTLS™, and CenTrak® are registered trademarks of CenTrak Inc.
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