Varian Medical Systems1 (Varian), a high-technology company from the United States, has become a global supplier of software and hardware for comprehensive radiation therapy equipment as well as key software and hardware for diagnostic X-ray equipment.2 With 79 locations in North America, Europe, and China, Varian has installed thousands of gas pedals around the world, and provides radiation therapy every day to hundreds of thousands of cancer patients with radiation therapy every day. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company was the first high-tech company to locate in California's Silicon Valley.