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| Cisco, Nighthawk Radiology Services To Showcase Use Of Cisco Unified Computing System For Healthcare Industry Data Centers | |
| Live IPTV Broadcast to Spotlight NightHawk Radiology Services Deployment of Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus and Virtualization in Support of NightHawk's Mission-Critical Patient Care SAN JOSE, Calif. - July 23, 2010 - Cisco will host a live Internet TV broadcast and Q&A session featuring NightHawk Radiology Services, which provides high-quality, cost-effective services to approximately1,600 healthcare sites, including 26 percent of all hospitals throughout the United States. NightHawk Radiology Services has selected the Cisco Unified Computing System® as a highly available and scalable platform for the company's new main data center, helping to ensure that patients receive timely service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Special guests for this show include: Ken Brande, vice president, information technology at NightHawk Radiology Services, who will discuss the changing IT requirements of healthcare service providers and next-generation data center architectures needed to house and manage radiology data. Brande will provide insight into how the IT department at NightHawk Radiology Services helps manage 3 million radiology studies per year globally, and will address how IT management can integrate new data center technologies to provide valuable return for enterprise organizations. Christopher Smith, manager of data center infrastructure at NightHawk Radiology Services, will detail how NightHawk Radiology Services planned and deployed a highly available and scalable data center to better support patient-care needs and growing business requirements, while providing cost savings to the company. Smith will detail his organization's use and results of Cisco data center technologies, including the Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Nexus® data center switches and Cisco MDS storage solutions. David Harrison, technical lead for the Cisco UCS practice for World Wide Technology, will discuss the NightHawk Cisco Unified Computing System and Cisco data center portfolio deployment, including planning and execution. He will also address data center industry trends such as unified fabric and unified computing that result in business opportunities for IT industry resellers and partners. When: Tuesday, July 27, 10-11 a.m. PDT Where: The broadcast can be accessed at the URL below. No registration required. Go to this URL just prior to 10 a.m. PDT and select "Play" to launch the live presentation: http://tools.cisco.com/cmn/jsp/index.jsp?id=102347 Technical Assistance: Attendees experiencing difficulty connecting to or viewing the Cisco broadcast can call phone support, available 15 minutes prior to and during the TV broadcast. In the United States call for support at: 408-525-1000. In other countries, contact support at the phone number listed below that is closest to your location: International Support Contact Numbers: Australia 61.2.8446.5500 China 86.10.8507.7300 France 33.15.804.3400 Germany 49.811.554.3400 Japan 81.3.5324.4400 Netherlands 31.20.357.3400 Singapore 65.-.6317.5400 UK 44.20.8824.3500 Interviews: To schedule press interviews after the broadcast, please e-mail Lee Davis at leedavis@cisco.com, or dial (650) 868-3036. To schedule analyst interviews after the broadcast, please contact Jesse Freund at jefreund@cisco.com. About Cisco Systems Cisco, (NASDAQ: CSCO), is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com. Cisco, the Cisco logo, Cisco Systems, Cisco Nexus and Cisco Unified Computing System are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. This document is Cisco Public Information. Contact Information: Press Contact(s) Sandra Livinghouse, Cisco Systems, Inc. (408) 358-4709 slivingh@cisco.com Industry Analyst Relations Jesse Freund Cisco Systems, Inc. (510) 332-1028 jefreund@cisco.com |
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