Bycast, Inc.

At the surface, the term “advanced visualization” seems nebulous at best. Medical imaging technology continues to develop and advance at a rapid rate, so determining what qualifies as advanced remains a moving target as well. In general, however, the current cutting edge of imaging centers around 3-D/4-D viewing and mobile technology, with different specialties implementing them in unique ways. 

Data capacities are doubling every month at hospitals, radiology centers and radiation oncology clinics. Traditional business applications are not sufficient to support the explosion of digital data in a multimedia environment, and providers end up spending large portions of their budgets on maintaining data.

Bycast Inc.’s StorageGRID 8 is now available. This release aims to set a new standard for large-scale long-term digital archives by delivering an open platform that virtualizes information retention and access over a spectrum of storage devices ranging from high-performance disk to archival media, distributed over multiple sites.

Bycast’s new StorageGRID 7 reportedly enables broad availability of fixed-content data and improves the core ...