I wonder how deeply imbedded NTAP is in the medical industry....I would imagine medical and financial are two sectors in which there is need for multiple backup/storage.....and with NTAP's technolgy far more cost effective, in these trying times, I think IT managers are going to take a much closer look at NAS vs SANS
Smart Corporation Chooses Network Appliance Storage Solutions for Electronic Medical Record Storage and Retrieval
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct 9, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Network Appliance(TM), Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP chart, msgs), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, announced today that Smart Corporation, the world's largest health document processor, has selected Network Appliance to provide networked storage solutions to efficiently process and distribute medical information. Network Appliance storage solutions provide Smart Corporation with high performance and availability, enabling rapid, reliable access to medical documents.
Smart Corporation has implemented multiple-terabyte NetApp(R) F840 filers to store and process confidential electronic medical records for more than 6,000 hospitals and medical clinics. The F840 enterprise storage solutions ensure that the company's medical record database is scalable and reliable, enabling high availability and access to database files.
"We've selected Network Appliance solutions and products because of their consistent reliability, minimal downtime, and overall low total cost of ownership," said Glenn Andrews, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Smart Corporation. "Our partnership is a critical component of our rapidly growing electronic medical record storage and retrieval business."
Network Appliance enterprise storage solutions provide maximum server uptime, enabling around-the-clock customer support and service. NetApp filers deliver a faster and more economical way to process and distribute medical information for insurers and healthcare providers.
"Smart Corporation's medical record storage requirements called for a dedicated solution that enabled high performance, simplicity, and scalability coupled with industry leading TCO. Network Appliance was the answer," said Mike Szelong, senior director of verticals marketing at Network Appliance. "Our NetApp F840 enterprise storage solutions will help Smart Corporation handle the large volume of medical records it stores and processes today and will easily scale to handle its medical data as its business continues to grow in the future."
About Smart Corporation
For more than 25 years, Smart Corporation (www.smartcorp.net) has worked with healthcare facilities to make copying and distributing health information more efficient. Based in Alpharetta, Georgia, Smart services more than 6,000 members nationwide. From 1987 to 1990, Smart Corp. was named in INC. Magazine's "500 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in America" to become the world's largest document processor. More information available at smartcorp.net.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, Inc., a leader in network file storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions.
The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetApp storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache(R) appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This Center-to-Edge(TM) solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably. The Network Appliance product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX(R) and Windows(R) environments.
Note to Editors: NetApp and NetCache are registered trademarks and Network Appliance, Center-to-Edge, and Data ONTAP are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.
Contact:
Arenson Communications (for Network Appliance, Inc.)
Scott Arenson, 425/564-0402
scott@arenson.net
or
Smart Corporation
Amber Godfrey, 770/360-1723
agodfrey@smartcorp.net |
