Regional healthcare providers standardizing on Bycast’s latest storage software
Chicago, IL - RSNA 2007 Conference, November 28, 2007 - Bycast Inc. the leading provider of grid-powered storage management software, today announced that regional healthcare organizations, such as Orlando Regional Healthcare, are standardizing on StorageGRID 7, which enables them to store and protect their mission critical reference data, while realizing their vision of a true regional archive solution.
The newest features of StorageGRID 7 make it possible to develop a storage infrastructure that is ideal for meeting the needs of the regional healthcare enterprise. StorageGRID 7 simplifies the management and operation of multi-site storage systems and enables broad availability of fixed-content data through a single unified storage management system.
StorageGRID 7 spans multiple heterogeneous tiers of storage across multiple locations connected over wide area networks of varying bandwidth. This storage management solution delivers superior data protection, business continuity and automated disaster recovery while
reducing the total cost of ownership through simplified management and task automation.
"Given the vital nature of patient data, protecting and ensuring the high availability of this data is paramount," said Patricia Wood, Manager of Technical Services at Orlando Regional Healthcare. "The combination of the high availability gateway, inherent data protection and cost-effective long-term storage of massive data volumes over multiple hospital sites drove the adoption of StorageGRID."
The StorageGRID 7 release earlier this year included a new High Availability Gateway Cluster product that delivers automated file system failover to enable continued read and write access even in the presence of storage, network or hardware faults. The High Availability Gateway
Cluster runs on industry-standard servers empowering customers to cost-effectively achieve business continuity without vendor lock-in associated with proprietary hardware.
“I’m pleased that regional healthcare providers are rapidly adopting StorageGRID 7,” said Moe Kermani, President and CEO of Bycast. “Our healthcare customers are focused on the delivery of care to their patients and our objective is to ensure their mission critical information is protected and accessible.”
The explosive growth and long retention periods of fixed-content data is changing the landscape of regional healthcare data storage. Leading healthcare organizations are improving operational effectiveness and reducing IT costs by using StorageGRID 7 for consolidating and
sharing fixed-content data assets across multiple sites rather than managing physically separate silos.
About Bycast
Bycast is the leading provider of grid-powered storage management software that simplifies the management of massive fixed-content storage systems. Hewlett-Packard and IBM have OEM relationships with Bycast to deliver storage systems based on Bycast StorageGRID®. Organizations that use StorageGRID based storage systems are better able to optimize their storage infrastructure and ensure the integrity and availability of their valuable data assets. StorageGRID also enables the formation of regional archives that can scale to petabytes of data across hundreds of sites. Bycast Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Vancouver, BC. To learn more about the company and its solutions, visit www.bycast.com.
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