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Verizon Adds To Health & Wellness Network |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Thursday, 16 August 2007 |
Healthe, a leading service provider of health and wellness
services, has contracted Verizon Business to implement a global voice and data
network to link its Singapore
headquarters with its primary business locations in Asia-Pacific, Europe, the
Middle East and the United
States.
Under the three-year contract,
to consolidate its network operations with Verizon Business, the health and wellness provider will look to improve its overall network performance, as well as develop a platform
for future business-critical applications and advanced IP communications tools.
To support its expanding operations, Healthe
needed a colocation partner that also could provide global network
infrastructure and fully managed services. After an extensive evaluation,
Healthe selected Verizon Business for its combination of global expertise and
secure and private network infrastructure strength, says as company statement.
Verizon Business will provide a fully managed Private IP network along with
Data Centre Colocation and Managed Security services.
Alan Payne, CIO of Healthe, said: "A secure and reliable health
care-centric network infrastructure is absolutely critical for us as we
continue to link multiple health care applications around the world. With
Verizon Business underpinning our systems, they can be scaled to support 1
million-plus users, and having Verizon Business fully manage the network means
that we can focus on our customers rather than on building a network. Verizon
Business essentially offers us an efficient, world-class network infrastructure
and people with the expertise to meet our specific operational requirements."
Andrew Dobbins, regional vice president Asia Pacific, Verizon Business
said: "Organisations today need a robust infrastructure that can
easily scale to meet their ongoing business needs. Verizon Business'
expansive global IP network and Managed Services support are backed by
stringent network service level agreements (SLAs). Healthe can
therefore rest
assured that we will continue to provide the infrastructure and the
expertise
to support its expanding business requirements."
Founded in 2002, Healthe provides a broad range
of health services and solutions to help people manage and improve their health
and well-being. The company operates the largest
privately owned, private-hospital network in Australia, state-of-the-art
sports performance database systems, and an online health and wellness portal
with a personal health record at the core.
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