ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- By Light Professional IT Services, Inc. (By Light), a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, announced it was awarded a prime contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Omaha Regional Medical Center. By Light and team members World Wide Technology (WWT) and Ekahau will implement an Ekahau Real-Time Location Tracking System (RTLS) Sensor platform over a Cisco 802.11 Wireless network to automatically monitor and manage environmentally sensitive medications, supplies, foods, and other items in the VA Nebraska - Western Iowa Health Care System. The facilities covered by the award include the Omaha Nebraska VA Medical Center and seven Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) in Nebraska: Bellevue, Grand Island, Holdrege, Lincoln, Norfolk, North Platte, O’Neill, and one in Shenandoah, Iowa.

“It is increasingly clear that technology enables companies to thrive and provide the most efficient service to its customers,” said Bob Donahue, President of By Light. “As a veteran, I understand the need to better serve our nation’s veterans, and our team is committed to supporting the VA and Secretary Shinseki’s 16 initiatives. We are proud to continue to serve the VA with this opportunity.”

The team will implement Ekahau’s wireless temperature sensors to monitor refrigerators, freezers, warming units and temperature controlled areas used for laboratory work and patient care. The Ekahau sensors communicate via a Cisco Wireless 802.11 network to a centralized server that monitors all temperature and humidity levels 24x7. Any temperature breaches affecting the proper storage of pharmaceuticals, tissues, organs, blood, food and other items will issue an alert the VA staff before the contents are affected -- keeping the patient safe and protecting the life-saving contents within these units.

Committed to providing technology solutions that are tightly aligned with the VA Nebraska - Western Iowa Health Care System leadership’s clinical and business goals while bringing them the best value, the team’s design is in alignment with the VA’s national enterprise wireless goals and seamlessly integrates ‘best-in-class’ temperature monitoring and sensor management technologies, forging new ground for wireless and mobile clinical care innovation.

About By Light: By Light Professional IT Services is an ISO 9001:2008 registered and certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in network design and implementation; systems engineering; project management; and software development. Headquartered in Arlington, VA, By Light was founded in 2002 by industry and DoD professionals with extensive knowledge and experience in the Federal Healthcare vertical. By Light serves civilian, defense, and commercial customers worldwide. For additional information, visit our website at www.bylight.com.

About WWT: World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) is a leading Systems Integrator providing technology products, services and supply chain solutions to customers around the globe. Founded in 1990, WWT has grown from a small startup business to an organization generating $3.3 billion revenue in 2010, employing more than 1,500 highly trained employees. For more information, please visit www.wwt.com.

About Ekahau Inc.

Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi-based RTLS solutions. Ekahau's customers, including several Fortune 500 companies worldwide, are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi based location services and innovative Wi-Fi network planning and optimization tools. Ekahau’s solutions are being used in more than 300 hospitals around the world, as well as by manufacturing, retail and industrial companies, government agencies and the military. Ekahau partners include wireless software developers, leading system integrators and international OEM partners, who develop and market wireless enterprise applications. Ekahau is a U.S.-based corporation, with headquarters in Reston, Va., and other offices in Saratoga, Calif.; Helsinki, Finland; Tokyo; and Hong Kong. For more information about Ekahau, please visit www.ekahau.com.

CONTACT:

By Light Professional IT Services, Inc.
Kristen Byrne, 703-224-1000 x304
kristen.byrne@bylight.com

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