IBM Case Studies Medicat: Maintaining market leadership with college healthcare solutions that never fail to deliver

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Medicat: Maintaining market leadership with college healthcare solutions that never fail to deliver

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries	Education Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Medicat, a leading provider of healthcare information technology (HIT) to colleges and universities, was facing a rapidly growing client community and needed to move fast as it reached the limits of its current IT infrastructure in order to maintain its market leadership. With storage requirements doubling year-on-year, Medicat looked for a solution that would offer easily managed scalability to support ongoing expansion. The company needed a solution that would not only meet its current needs but also be able to scale with its growth. Read More
About Customer	Medicat is the leading provider of healthcare information technology (HIT) to colleges and universities in support of student health, counseling, and sports medicine. The company serves customers in 46 states and three countries, delivering highly available, secure, and compliant cloud services. After 20 years in the business, Medicat has the largest share of the U.S. college and university student health center HIT market. The company is known for its commitment to delivering consistently excellent service quality and has a reputation for innovation and client support. Read More
Solution	Medicat selected VersaStack to support its SaaS solutions, teaming with IBM Premier Business Partner Dynamix Group to deploy the solution in just six weeks. The solution combines IBM storage and Cisco server, networking, and software components within a pre-engineered, tested, and supported package. The solution offers Medicat built-in automation and data compression capabilities, enabling optimal performance together with low management requirements. With VersaStack, Medicat's team can focus more on innovation and client support over administration. The VersaStack solution is bringing a host of performance improvements to Medicat, helping it to retain its leading position in the market. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services

Applicable Industries

Education

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Medicat, a leading provider of healthcare information technology (HIT) to colleges and universities, was facing a rapidly growing client community and needed to move fast as it reached the limits of its current IT infrastructure in order to maintain its market leadership. With storage requirements doubling year-on-year, Medicat looked for a solution that would offer easily managed scalability to support ongoing expansion. The company needed a solution that would not only meet its current needs but also be able to scale with its growth.

About Customer

Medicat is the leading provider of healthcare information technology (HIT) to colleges and universities in support of student health, counseling, and sports medicine. The company serves customers in 46 states and three countries, delivering highly available, secure, and compliant cloud services. After 20 years in the business, Medicat has the largest share of the U.S. college and university student health center HIT market. The company is known for its commitment to delivering consistently excellent service quality and has a reputation for innovation and client support.

Solution

Medicat selected VersaStack to support its SaaS solutions, teaming with IBM Premier Business Partner Dynamix Group to deploy the solution in just six weeks. The solution combines IBM storage and Cisco server, networking, and software components within a pre-engineered, tested, and supported package. The solution offers Medicat built-in automation and data compression capabilities, enabling optimal performance together with low management requirements. With VersaStack, Medicat's team can focus more on innovation and client support over administration. The VersaStack solution is bringing a host of performance improvements to Medicat, helping it to retain its leading position in the market.

Impact #1	Provisioning of new virtual machines is now six times faster, reducing software delivery times.
Impact #2	VersaStack cuts average response times from 300 ms to 1 ms, a decrease of 99.67 percent.
Impact #3	The platform within Medicat's 2N architecture has exceeded expectations for stability, enabling the company to deliver a 99.99 percent SLA for its clients.

Impact #1

Provisioning of new virtual machines is now six times faster, reducing software delivery times.

Impact #2

VersaStack cuts average response times from 300 ms to 1 ms, a decrease of 99.67 percent.

Impact #3

The platform within Medicat's 2N architecture has exceeded expectations for stability, enabling the company to deliver a 99.99 percent SLA for its clients.

Benefit #1	Provisioning of new virtual machines is now six times faster.
Benefit #2	Average response times have been reduced by 99.67 percent.
Benefit #3	The company can now deliver a 99.99 percent SLA for its clients.

Benefit #1

Provisioning of new virtual machines is now six times faster.

Benefit #2

Average response times have been reduced by 99.67 percent.

Benefit #3

The company can now deliver a 99.99 percent SLA for its clients.

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Medicat: Maintaining market leadership with college healthcare solutions that never fail to deliver

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