Xiotech Demonstrates Storage Solutions for Healthcare Organizations at Microsoft Healthcare Users Group.EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Xiotech(R) Corporation today announced that it will demonstrate its Magnitude 3D(R) family of storage solutions at the Microsoft(R) Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG MS-HUG Microsoft Healthcare Users Group ) Fall Tech Forum. Xiotech is a Microsoft Gold Partner and is a leading provider of storage solutions for healthcare organizations, with more than 140 hospitals, medical schools, clinics and health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract organizations using its products. "With other SAN options, we would have to purchase more storage than we need now, or face the prospect of having inadequate storage resources in the future," said Jim Dahl, director of information systems at Fort Healthcare. "Magnitude 3D is extremely cost-effective because we buy just what we need, when we need it. With HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, and PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. , we will need the ability to add raw space beyond anything we can plan for now. Magnitude 3D gives us that ability." Healthcare organizations are struggling with the conflicting trends of tighter budgets and exponential data growth, fueled by Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) applications and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when (HIPAA). Magnitude 3D eases these burdens by integrating simplicity of management, the ability to easily increase storage capacity without downtime, enterprise-class resilience, and the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. The company's Magnitude 3D family of storage area networks (SANs) is certified for use with PACS and other healthcare information technology systems from Kodak, Intersystems, Misys, Siemens, TeraMedica, eMed, Agfa, A4, ACUO ACUO Association of College and University Offices ACUO Animal Care and Use Office (University of Maryland) , ALI-McKesseon and Epic, among others. Xiotech's numerous healthcare customers include: St. Vincent Hospital, Fort HealthCare, Primary Children's Medical Center The Primary Children's Medical Center is a children's hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. History The Primary Children's Center had its beginnings in the efforts of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to provide adequate medical care to citizens of , Washington University Medical Center, Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Ontario Regional Cancer Centre The Regional Cancer Centre(RCC), was established in 1981 by the Government of Kerala and Government of India at Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum), the capital of Kerala. The RCC deals with the treatment of Cancer in the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. , University of Kansas The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. The main campus resides atop Mount Oread. Medical Center and many others. About Xiotech Xiotech(R) makes information storage easy to manage. Since 1996 nearly 1,400 small-to-medium enterprises have taken advantage of Xiotech's easy-to-use and highly resilient storage management solutions. The company's products include Magnitude 3D(R) 3000, Magnitude 3D 1000e, and TimeScale(TM) Rapid Restore. Current customers include Merrill Lynch, Bechtel, Lucent, Hibernia Bank, and St. Vincent Hospital. Xiotech also partners with industry leaders such as Brocade, Cisco, McDATA, Microsoft, and Novell. In 2004 Xiotech achieved record 25% revenue growth, and was named the fastest growing technology company in Minnesota by Deloitte & Touche in 2003. Xiotech is based in Eden Prairie, Minn. For more information, visit www.xiotech.com, email info@Xiotech.com, or call toll free 1.866.472.6764. Xiotech, Magnitude, Magnitude 3D, REDI Software, Zero Server Footprint, Dimensional Storage Cluster, SAN in a BOX, TimeScale, DataScale, as simple as possible and GEORAID are trademarks or registered trademarks of Xiotech Corporation. All other trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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