HEALTHCARE

CLIENT NEED

A renowned children’s hospital in Virginia – the facility of choice for pediatric care in the Southeast - found that through many years of decentralized technology purchasing decisions, they were equipped with four “core” applications stored on different hardware platforms with various operating systems. Each storage platform had its own stovepipe, including direct attached storage on several Intel systems, and there was no centralized backup or functional data recovery plan. This Virginia pediatric care facility wanted to consolidate their storage platform and create data transfer and backup processes.

DATALINE CONSULTING SERVICES INVOLVEMENT

Dataline Consulting Services provided the client with recommendations for the best way to move as many systems to a consolidated storage platform as possible. The client’s original storage platforms included IBM I Series (OS400), DEC Alpha (VMS and Unix), and IBM P Services (Unix), as well as Intel operating systems. We identified RISC, Intel, and UNIX as potential candidates, and then worked with the hospital IT staff to plan and implement the new systems and handle data migration.

BENEFITS ACHIEVED

Through the work of Dataline, the hospital now has a consolidated data storage system and comprehensive data recovery plan using a state-of-the art replication product. The overhaul of the client’s systems has resulted in:

Improved performance

Reduced management costs and headaches

Increased staff effectiveness without growth

Reduced training costs

Improved quality of life for staff

Growth potential for storage environment