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HDS wins $9.8m Vic Govt shared storage solution tender |
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by Stan Beer
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Wednesday, 01 November 2006 |
The Victorian Department of Human Services (DHS) has selected Hitachi Data Systems to provide a storage contract valued at $9.8 million over five years, as part of DHS’ four year $324 million HealthSMART technology program.
HealthSMART is a $324 million program that will
modernize and replace existing Victorian public health information
communications and technology infrastructure with proven, off-the-shelf
applications.
The Hitachi Data Systems storage solution will enable the delivery of a
wide range of HealthSMART applications to participating public health
agencies, including the Financial Management Information, Patient &
Client Management and Clinical Systems. During the tendering process
one of the Department’s key requirements was that the solution be able
to accommodate varying service levels in a shared environment whilst
being able to scale to accommodate projected growth over a five year
period.
“Putting every application on premium storage is not viable for
organisations who need to cost effectively manage large scale growth
and varying data requirements,” said Mark Kay, managing director -
Australia and New Zealand, Hitachi Data Systems. “Our enterprise level
storage solution will enable the DHS to strategically align business
applications and storage infrastructure that help reduce cost whilst
boosting performance, availability and functionality.”
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