Microsoft solutions are too complex. |
Windows Embedded solutions for healthcare often require less customization to integrate with your existing infrastructure, helping to reduce complexity and improve time-to-market. |
Open source software is more secure. |
Microsoft works closely with device manufacturers to improve security for industrial devices worldwide. |
Open source solutions are more cost-effective. |
Windows Embedded solutions can be easier to deploy, secure, manage, and update, helping lower the total cost of ownership. |
The Linux community makes it easy to find support for Linux embedded solutions. |
With no single vendor responsible for Linux distributions, future support is uncertain and reliant on a fragmented ecosystem. |
Apple devices deliver a superior user experience. |
What makes a great experience for consumers may not work for enterprise organizations, especially in challenging industrial environments. |
Microsoft is not innovative. |
Microsoft solutions are designed for the needs of the healthcare industry, with enterprise-grade features and capabilities that can help improve manageability, security, and long-term compatibility. |
Apple gives me access to more apps. |
Publicly available apps for consumer devices may not meet the same security requirements. |
Google is more innovative than Microsoft. |
Microsoft has a 15-year history of innovation in the healthcare embedded device space, and provides a customized enterprise-grade device specifically suited for the healthcare industry. |
If I use Android, I get to use apps on my devices. |
Publicly available applications for consumer devices may not meet the same security requirements or enterprise service levels as purpose-built apps and services. |
Microsoft solutions are too complex. |
Windows Embedded solutions for healthcare often require less customization to integrate with your existing infrastructure, helping to reduce complexity and improve time-to-market. |
Open source software is more secure. |
Microsoft works closely with device manufacturers to help improve security for healthcare devices worldwide. |
Android is supported by Google, so I can trust that it will be around and supported for a long time. |
Google does not have any focus on mobile and embedded healthcare solutions, leaving future support uncertain. |
Solutions using open source software are more cost-effective. |
Windows Embedded solutions can be easier to deploy, secure, manage, and update, helping to lower the total cost of ownership. |