Clinical Computer Systems Selects Zetera Storage over IP Technology for Affordable and Simple Perinatal Data System.

Optical Disk Archives Replaced With Hammer Z-Series [R] Solutions for Consolidated Storage

ELGIN, Ill. & IRVINE, Calif. -- When you are in the business of developing technology systems to assist medical personnel in providing perinatal healthcare to expectant mothers and unborn children, you continually seek out new technologies that can make a difference.

Clinical Computer Systems Incorporated (CCSI) is the manufacturer of Obix[TM] Perinatal Data System, a central surveillance and archiving platform that collects, processes, and stores vital statistics on mother and child before, during, and after childbirth. To store necessary data, the Obix system uses internal drives for primary and secondary storage and until recently utilized optical laser drives for archived data. However, optical disk archiving has proven to be labor intensive and cumbersome, and with clients ranging from small medical offices and clinics to 200+ bed hospitals, CCSI sought a new approach that would provide quick and easy access to patient data.

"Recently, our customers have begun demanding more efficient, less cumbersome storage than our optical disk system, so there was a pressing need for a solution that was easy to integrate, and provided scalability and value," said Randy Paul, VP of marketing for CCSI.

CCSI was in the process of evaluating storage products when it became aware that Zetera's Z-SAN[R] technology might be more in line with its required price-performance characteristics. As a full-service solution provider, CCSI's storage needs place an inherent emphasis on a system's serviceability and end-of-life management. The business model is further complicated because most clinics have a limited IT staff, meaning that almost every system glitch requires a service call to CCSI. "Other systems met our performance and capacity needs, but they were not user-friendly and had pricing structures that would have caused customer dissatisfaction," said Paul.

"We're excited to serve as the preferred archive technology for the Obix line," said Ryan Malone, Zetera's vice president of partner and channel development. "Zetera's Z-SAN[R] technology and the Hammer[TM] Z-Series deliver CCSI's customers greater peace of mind at a more economical price point."

The Z-SAN technology solution provides consolidated storage to servers via the customer's existing network and delivers impressive performance. Scalability and the system's user friendly Personal Storage Manager (PSM) application are features that round out the solution. "We struggled to find a cost effective solution while not compromising quality. Bell Microproducts' Hammer Z-Series line, based on Zetera's Z-SAN technology, delivers great performance and features, while the system's capacity can be scaled easily to serve the needs of Labor and Delivery units from 2 beds to 200," added Paul.

A recent installation in Hawaii was a true testament to the product's ease of use and resiliency. A CCSI technician was able to configure the system and bring it up in production in under an hour and, due to the fact that the company doesn't have a service office in Hawaii, it hasn't been touched since. "A huge benefit in archiving to the Hammer Z-Series is that the doctors, nurses and our own service technicians don't have to flip the very fragile optical disks, improving customer satisfaction and data protection," continued Paul.

Hammer Z-Series products are now certified as the preferred archive solution for the Obix line and will be shipped with all Obix installations that include archiving. Labor and Delivery units benefit from enhanced data protection and reduced maintenance headaches, while the cost of a Z-SAN solution is actually lower than the optical disk product. "We are extremely pleased with the results of pairing Z-SAN technology with the Obix line. Hammer Z-Series is the perfect replacement for optical disk archiving. It is stable, scalable, easy to implement and value priced," noted Paul.

About Zetera Corporation

Zetera Corporation is the developer of Z-SAN[TM], a SoIP (Storage over Internetworking Protocol) technology that enables networked storage to be realized at unprecedented price-performance levels. The technology was invented by the creators of the IDE and ATAPI disk drive standards, which have shipped in billions of disk drives. Leveraging the latest IP advances, Zetera has created a new class of network storage technology that is superior in performance, cost, scalability and compatibility to all other types of network storage. Based in Irvine, California, Zetera licenses its technology to leading storage, computer, peripheral and device manufacturers worldwide, including NETGEAR and Bell Microproducts. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.zetera.com.

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