The Bochum IT service provider VISUS looks back on a successful year 2007, as Joerg Holstein, CEO, says, "All in all we were able to win 90 new customers for our solutions and to increase our return by almost 40%. Germany will always be our main market however internationalizing is taking up a more and more influential role."

 

Internationalization goes forward

Therefore, together with a partner, the joint venture VISUS USA was founded at the beginning of this year. It started with the Radiology Associates in Lethbridge, Alberta as customers and since then is successfully working on the North American market.

 

On the strategically important future market of the Middle East VISUS has also won a first project, "The Bahrain Defense Force Hospital will set up the Enterprise PACS JiveX clinic wide. The military hospital in the capital Manama with its 400 beds is he second largest clinic in the country and is equipped with more than 13 specialty departments. At present we are planning to enlarge the sales area in this region", Mr. Holstein says. Still, sales are locally taken on by a partner.

 

Business in the European countries is continually developing, especially in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and the Benelux Countries. In 2007 new customers in Southern Europe and Turkey joined.

 

According to Mr. Holstein the high interest in these markets was also reflected during several fairs. "We were highly content with our participation at the Arab Health, the RSNA and the European Radiology Congress. Aside from looking after our customers and partners we were able to make most useful contacts and to present our products in new markets. "

 

PACS for varied applications

But also with its other solutions VISUS is well positioned. This can in particular be seen in mammogram screening where by now the company provides nearly 30% of the German screening units, entirely with its solutions for image logistic and findings.

 

Currently JiveX evolves far beyond radiology and - with corresponding special functions - also covers the fields of endoscopy for DICOM video acquisition and image and video documentation as well as cardiology for integration of angiography and ECG images.

 

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VISUS profile

VISUS is a leading provider of complex image management solutions in medicine. The range of products goes from mere image examination to Enterprise PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) to hospital - wide or across sites image communication platform.

VISUS also provides image logistics systems for mammogram screenings and large tele-radiological networks. The international DICOM standard as well as up to date Java technologies are the essential modules of the product family called JiveX. Being a spin off of the University Witten/Herdecke VISUS has available a remarkable Know how about DICOM due to numerous reference projects for the Committee for the Advancement of DICOM in the US.

 

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