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HP Enhances Strategic Relationship with Bycast to Deliver Next Generation Storage Solutions for Healthcare

Scaleable Fixed Content Storage Solutions Key to Effective Medical Image Archiving

Chicago, IL: Radiological Society of North America—November 28, 2004

HP and Bycast intend to expand their existing relationship to jointly develop distributed storage solutions for the healthcare industry.

Storing large and rapidly-growing volumes of medical data and imagery requires an effective Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) strategy, especially as health organizations need to keep patient studies over the course of many years. Recent reports from industry analysts have highlighted the continued growth in diagnostic imaging procedures primarily due to a growth in utilization of the more advanced Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technologies. The evolution of these new imaging technologies has resulted in higher quality images and with it, a significant increase in the amount of data that must be managed and stored. As more organizations convert their imaging centers to digital infrastructures, the demand for medical image archives is expected to rapidly increase each year. In order to meet the substantial market need for a cost-effective storage platform for fixed-content data, HP and Bycast have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to deliver solutions targeting medical image storage and archiving. These solutions will be available in the first quarter of 2005.

“HP is pleased to be extending our strategic relationship with Bycast to a new level,” said Jeffrey D. Miller, Vice President of HP’s Worldwide Health Industry Vertical. “This partnership will help healthcare professionals respond to their needs with greater agility, reduce IT-related costs and drive more effective collaboration and process efficiencies, which are the cornerstones of HP's Adaptive Enterprise vision.”

These next-generation fixed content storage solutions will support open-standards, and enable a smoother integration with the applications that make up the digital healthcare enterprise, including Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) and Radiological Information Systems (RIS). These solutions can be deployed to meet the needs of a single department, an entire hospital or a geographically dispersed integrated delivery network (IDN), and address the high availability and data integrity requirements that are critical to healthcare.

“The foundation of this relationship is proven customer success,” said Dr. Moe Kermani, president and chief executive officer of Bycast. “Combining Hewlett- Packard’s world-class products, including HP ProLiant Servers and HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array family, global services and support with leading-edge Bycast software will transform healthcare and improve patient wellness worldwide. We are honored to be working with HP to deliver solutions that will meet the storage needs of digital healthcare organizations.”

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  • Palo Alto, CA 94304
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