CUSTOM

DESIGN/BUILD
APPLIANCES

YOUR SOFTWARE, At NextComputing, we custom design/build

hardware system solutions for software
YOUR CONCEPT,
developers (ISVs) and service providers with
OUR DESIGN/BUILD TEAM — optimized performance and fast time to market.
YOUR PERFECT FIT SOLUTION
We have years of experience in designing,
deploying and managing under configuration
control complete custom appliances to turn
your software solution into a performance
optimized, purpose built appliance or product
family offering some or all of the following
services depending on your needs.

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SOFTWARE BINARY PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION SERVICES

Your software binary, your solution or your service, and our tuning for the
best possible use case results. NextComputing has years of experience
helping software publishers, developers, and open source integrators obtain
better application and workflow performance through our optimization
services to maximize workflow performance results within a configuration
managed purpose built appliance running your binary software application.

How does this work?

• We discuss and review the systems requirements as PCI Express I-O, network I-O, BIOS, and operating
you have defined them for your application including system utilization based on Linux, Windows
the operating system. Then we discuss what you or OVAs/virtualization. We then implement an
believe may be the bottlenecks. improved solution.

• We review and discuss what type of purpose • We will recommend, implement, and test these
build appliance form factor you may want from configuration controlled optimizations, settings and
our portfolio of portable systems, deployable hardware tuning to maximize the performance of
short depth rack system, small form factor Edge your application and provide recommendations.
workstations, or an off-the-shelf rack server chassis
• As part of an ongoing relationship, our team will
such as SuperMicro. We then help select the
work at regular intervals with your software team
system components equivalent but better from a
to suggest code or configuration modifications, as
performance perspective to replicate a purpose
well as hardware component roadmap updates, as
built version for your requirements within the form
part of your continuous performance improvement
factor(s) your case demands.
and cost optimization while managing this under
• Our OS, system and software team experts then configuration control.
analyze your binary applications, how they perform
• Additionally, we offer ISO imaging services that
under your workflow and requirements on your
include functional verification of ongoing driver and
current system configuration, and evaluate how
OS patch release versions to ensure interoperability
we can maximize its performance. We do this
with your application and I-O cards as part of the
by identifying system bottlenecks from memory
design-build-deliver process of your application-
bandwidth, processor utilization, GPU co-
driven, purpose-built appliance.
processing, RAID settings/optimizations, disk I-O,

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DESIGN YOUR CUSTOM CHASSIS OR INTEGRATE

AN OFF-THE-SHELF CHASSIS

• Our mechanical design and 3D modeling capabilities, including injection

mold plastic parts, enable a collaborative, custom designed chassis.

• We have a strong expertise in professional-grade, small form-factor

appliances for audio, video, and data recording and processing.

• If a custom designed chassis is not the best fit due to business case
or volume, we can help select the best off-the-shelf chassis such as an
Intel NUC or a SuperMicro rack. We would then implement, integrate,
test and modify or add to create the best fit solution including branding
and additional bezels.

• We also will integrate some of our modular standard product

lines (such as Nucleus short depth racks) along with off-the-shelf
components into a custom deployable mobile rack with optional
customized I-O and mounting. In particular, we specialize in 360VR,
audio visual recording/streaming use cases in the AV industry, event
production, and government deployment with a focus on reducing size
and weight.

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SERVICES

• Combined with our software performance optimization services,

our systems engineering team will help determine the best possible
processors (Intel or AMD), chipsets, motherboard form factors,
memory, GPU cards, RAID controllers, SSDs and other I-O to ensure you
have optimal performance and a cost-reduced system architecture.

• Our specialty is performance optimized I-O (video and network data),

recording/streaming, high performance processing and co-processing
in small packages

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ROADMAP AND EOL MANAGEMENT

• All of your appliances will be managed under configuration control

(form, fit and function)

• Configuration management updates collaboratively

• EOL management and roadmap replacement and updates.

• Every serial number tracked by configuration control revision, options

and component serial numbers

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES

• To complement our systems engineering services, we will tune the best

combination of thermal profile/cooling with reduced acoustics using
combinations of efficient air cooling and/or customized liquid cooling.

• For portable or small form factor and deployable appliances, we have

years of expertise in installing individual elements of the system to
ensure everything remains secure and optionally do vibration and drop
testing

• We design and fabricate shipping boxes and packaging, optional soft

bags, and customized inserts for hard cases.

• We offer safety and emissions certifications, either quoted up front or

amortized over the first run of appliance builds.

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PRODUCTION SERVICES

• Turnkey application builds inclusive of your software install,

configuration and full regression testing

• Optional branding of BIOS screens, OS background screens, and

appliance logos via silkscreen

• Private label packing slips

• Turnkey appliance drop shipment options to your resellers or customers

• Consignment services, build to stock, drop ship to releases the same

day

• Logistics services for service providers to refresh systems returned

from a service engagement, re-image, re-test, update and restock for
the next service release

• Shipment tracking and customs management for international

shipments

CREATIVE BUSINESS MODELS

• We focus on small, medium run volume business cases, generally under

2000 per year and as small as 50 per year.

• We are very effective at fast time-to-market design/build process

• Tooling, certification costs can be amortized over an initial production

run to minimize any up front NRE costs.

• Manage your cash flows and produce profits right from the start –
business models can be structured with no up-front costs, only billable
when we ship your appliances or even extended terms for consignment
hold for credit qualified customers.

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REPAIR AND CUSTOMER ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES

• Customer engineering services to help provide 2nd level support for your
application within the appliance

• US based facility for full appliance service/repair including software

image update and testing

• Our facility can be your virtual repair service facility

SERVICES FOR ALL STANDARD AND CUSTOM

NEXTCOMPUTING PRODUCTS

LOGISTICS AND POOL MANAGEMENT

We offer appliance pool management services for service providers

who rent or do temporary customer engagements as a service, or ISV
and appliance companies who have a demo pool of systems they loan
to customers for POCs or field sales teams for demos. We can help you
reduce costs so you can focus on your customer engagements.

INTEGRATION SERVICES

NextComputing can take on the overhead and complexity of integrating and

delivering your turnkey product, including software installation, integrating
3rd party devices like I/O boards, and appliance testing - replicating your
own procedures to ensure we’re delivering it as exact as you would.
Outsourcing all the integration to us allows you to focus on improving and
sell your product.

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COMMON ARCHITECTURE

We have designed all our products using a modular, enterprise-class

architecture that allows us to easily deploy your application on multiple
types of systems that share common elements. With our modular design
approach you can avoid time-consuming re-testing on new hardware
platforms, letting you quickly introduce new products to market.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

Our configuration management services enable us to track every detail of

your configuration. From the exact BIOS revision, to the models of hard
drives, expansion board locations, even software image loads; you can feel
confident that your product is delivered consistently to your customers.
This also allows us to manage the longevity of your products by keeping up
to date with the latest technology changes.

BRANDING

Present your brand by designing a unique look for each of your systems.
Custom paint colors, silkscreen logos, and stitched carrying cases are just
the beginning. We are always open to working with you on new ideas for
differentiating your brand. We also offer these services in lower volume
than most companies, allowing you to put your best foot forward without
breaking the bank.

PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION

When you work with NextComputing, you’re not confined to the hardware
and configurations you see on our website. Whether it involves new
components, a modified chassis, or something else entirely, bring all your
ideas to the table and we can work together to create just what you need.

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APPLICATION SUPPORT

We know complex interactions between custom software and hardware

can be a time consuming, expensive use of your valuable resources.
Working with NextComputing you have a true partner to help you with
optimizing and troubleshooting your appliance. This starts with your first
prototype system and can extend for years to come as you deploy systems
to customers and update your software and hardware.

TESTING

As a provider of unique hardware, we understand your customers may need

them in unique environments. Whatever your needs, we have the means
to test your solution to make sure it meets your standards for operating
temperature, shock and vibration, or performance benchmarking.

CERTIFICATION

As your hardware provider, we also handle the certifications you need

in order to ship your product worldwide. Because we understand our
hardware, we can accelerate the certification process, whether it’s safety,
emissions, or other standards, passing on that savings to you.

NextComputing • Phone: 1 (603) 886-3874 • Fax: 1 (603) 886-1736

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