Computing Innovation

Appliance & Server Engineering Capability Overview

2016

At a Glance

• Founded in 1996

• Headquarters in Gainesville, Virginia (DC Metro area)– Secured & climate controlled 71,000 Sq. Ft. facility

– Engineering Offices in San Jose, Boise, Taipei, and SW Dev in India & Vietnam

• ISO 9001:2008 and 14001:2004 registered for Design & Manufacturing

• Risk tolerant culture that encourages new product ideas

• Competencies: Design, Manufacturing, Integration, Rack Integration, Testing, Logistics, Value Added Reseller

General Capabilities• Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, Software & Systems

Engineering disciplines in house

• Design validation performed in house: Rapid Prototyping, Thermal/Humidity, Shock/Vibe, Acoustic, Packaged drop

• Rack Integration – generally for DoD-oriented SIs, but flexible

• Enterprise IT Solution Stack development & deployment – VDI, HPC Clustering, Storage

• Versatile and adept integration & logistics capabilities to meet varying needs

• Automated but flexible & agile manufacturing facilities

• Serving DOD, Federal Gov’t, and System Integrators, Independent Software Vendors (ISV), & Commercial solution providers

• Accustomed to serving customers with stringent security requirements & exacting standards

Full Lifecycle Services

Product Design

Integration and Testing

Manufacturing

Warehousing

Order Fulfillment

End User Support

OEM Menu of Offerings• Included in system pricing:

• Project Management• Product Design & customization• Engineering Services• Manufacturing/testing• Software Imaging• Domestic & International Fulfilment• Basic Export Processing (hardware only, or OEM Customer

performs screening, reporting, etc)• Customer Portal• Customer Service/RMA Support (return to factory)

• Available at additional cost:• Advanced Replacement• Refurbishment Service (Eval Pool/RMA)• Extended Service Plans, including worldwide onsite• Extended Export Assistance -> ECCN process, screening,

reporting, etc.

Engineering

• Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, Software & Systems Engineering disciplines in house

• ISO9001:2008 registered for design & manufacturing– Establishing ISO-conforming Design Controls ensures a product’s Design

Objectives are met.

– NCS works with you to define the Design Controls for your products to ensure the feature-set & performance requirements are met consistently throughout the lifecycle.

• Balance of in-house and outsource depending on requirement– Architecting including 3D CAD modeling

– Metal fabrication/prototyping performed in US or offshore depending on customer requirement

– Limited Rapid Prototyping capability in house or complete with involvement of local third-party partners

Design Validation Testing• 3D Plastic Printing - Rapid Prototyping of parts to verify

design, fit & impact on thermal performance of solution prior to costly & time-consuming metal prototypes. Ideal for custom bezels & retention mechanisms used to secure & protect expensive or sensitive components such as high performance, specialized PCIe cards

• Thermal/Humidity - able to design systems to meet stringent MIL-STD-810G military standards

• Shock & 3 Axis Vibration – military and ruggedized computer applications

• Packaged Drop Testing & Validation

• Acoustic Test Chamber

Off-Site Testing

• Various MIL-STD-810G environmental testing & Ingress Protection (IPxx rating)

• Ships motion, barge & shock testing

• FIPS-140-2, Common Criteria

• EMI and country-specific EMC/safety testing (UL, CE, CB, etc) via third party labs.

• Volume rack build and integration

• Build to print from specifications or develop specs in concert with customer

• NCS manufactured systems as well as 3rd party products and branding

• Turn key solutions that are ready to “drop in” for rapid deployment to datacenters, ashore or afloat.

Rack Integration

Solution Stack Experience• NASA SEWP V Group A & Group C contract holder -

http://www.sewp.nasa.gov/sewp5public/chp/vendorViews/reqVendor/130/index.html

– http://www.sewp.nasa.gov/documents/NNG15SD51B.pdf - Group A Computer System Class Specifications starts on Page 66

– Demonstrated the capabilities of delivering following:

• High-end cluster with management nodes, services nodes, 480 compute nodes (with GPU & non-GPU), cluster management software and required compiler software.

• Containerized mobile datacenter with 53’ and 40’ containers and fully configured with servers, storage and networking.

• Multi-Petabyte Data Archive solution

• NCS end-to-end Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) appliances utilizing hyper-converged design – Software defined storage platform running on VMware Horizon.

– Solution Brief: http://www.ncst.com/sites/default/files/VDI/VDI%20Brochure.pdf

– Block Diagram: http://www.ncst.com/content/VDI/vdi-block-diagram

– Customers have included DoD & Healthcare customers under NDA

• HPC Clusters for various Gov’t & DoD customers

• Participating in very large scale VDI challenge with 2,200 Users and 7,500 seat capacity for US Navy.

• Open bid for backup solution to back up 2000+ servers worldwide in Hyper-V environment to central location.

• Open bid on multi-PB Enterprise storage solution and professional services for US Gov’t

Uniquely Positioned with Dell

• NCS is one of a select number of companies worldwide, and the only one in the Mid-Atlantic Region, to be a Dell OEM Partner http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/oem/oem-channel-partners?c=us&l=en&s=biz&cs=555

• Dell has recognized they need smaller, more agile partners to provide “last touch” for OEM customers.

• Key points on Dell OEM Program

– Access to Dell supply chain/ manufacturing/ support/ engineering resources of “Big Dell” with dedicated OEM teams focused on OEM customers.

– “OEM XL” program available for programs that require longevity/locked BOM. Provides extended lifecycle and support for up to five years. On select platforms.

• Fills the “Tier 1” requirement for OEM customers

– Meets requirement to match Enterprise level hardware design & data center systems support plans.

– Ideal for “appliance-ized” software/hardware bundle tuned to operate together vs. forcing you to “buy whatever Dell you can get this week” & “making it work” or pointing your customer to do the same

Summary

• NCS delivers a exceptional level of engineering, manufacturing, inventory management, and logistics capabilities.

• Our processes & procedures are controlled yet tailored to meet customer goals.

• Our customers provide the solution concepts, product requirements, and market expertise while we provide the engineering and operational expertise.

• This partnership approach allows our customers to thrive and grow even when competing against lower-cost competitors.