Northampton General Hospital selects Fujitsu Siemens Computers and Tracline

Corporate IT Update, June 4, 2008

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Fujitsu Siemens Computers, a European IT provider, and its partner Tracline, a supplier of computer hardware and services to the healthcare industry, announced on Tuesday (30 May) that they have been chosen by Northampton General Hospital (NGH), in the UK, to deliver a comprehensive data centre solution.

According to the company, Tracline will provide a solution based on Fujitsu Siemens Computers PRIMERGY servers, NetApp storage and VMware as part of a project to reduce energy consumption and improve productivity.

NGH expects that rationalizing and consolidating its 75 servers, storage and backup strategy will save approximately GBP435,000 over a three year period. Currently the time spent on routine IT tasks such as back-ups and administration stands at around two hours per day, which will reportedly be reduced to less than 30 minutes with the new servers and services.

In addition, by virtualising and consolidating multiple units of older hardware onto the Fujitsu Siemens Computers PRIMERGY units, the hospital will reduce its power consumption and carbon footprint.

No other financial details were disclosed.

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