WEST KINGSTON, R.I. -- American Power Conversion (NASDAQ:APCC) (APC), one of the world's largest providers of equipment for network-critical physical infrastructure (NCPI), today announced that Greenwich Hospital, a 174-bed community hospital serving Connecticut's lower Fairfield County, recently selected APC's InfraStruXure(TM) with integrated cooling for the hospital's new data center in Greenwich, Conn. Capable of cooling 20kW (kilowatts) per rack, InfraStruXure with integrated cooling will serve as the physical infrastructure for the hospital's core IT applications. The hospital's physicians, nurses and patients depend on the availability of these IT applications such as integrated clinical and financial information, electronic document imaging and enterprise-wide performance management dashboard for urgent care delivery as well as high quality patient care 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
While the majority of the healthcare industry is still in the early stages of digitizing patient-facing applications such as multi-disciplinary clinical documentation and secure electronic medical records, Greenwich Hospital already has successfully implemented Fuji Synapse (PACS), Meditech (CPOE/POM), McKesson Horizon Patient Folder (EMR) and Health Vision MDLink.
APC's InfraStruXure architecture, which integrates power, cooling, racks, management and services, allows the selection of standardized components to create a scalable solution through modular and mobile configurations. This scalability takes much of the guesswork, over planning, delays and risk out of installing critical applications, and is optimized for today's high-density computing installations.
The integrated cooling system consists of APC's NetworkAir(TM) In-Row air conditioner and a Hot Aisle Containment System. The InfraStruXure system improves availability by placing the cooling system within the IT row and specifically addresses high density IT technologies such as power-dense servers. In addition, InfraStruXure provides a lower total cost of ownership and enhanced data center adaptability.
With each of the hospital's installed server racks generating 10kW of heat load, APC's InfraStruXure with integrated cooling proved to be one of the only solutions capable of meeting the hospital's cooling requirements for these racks. Capable of cooling 20kW per rack, the InfraStruXure solution provides up to ten times the cooling potential of traditional cooling approaches, which range from 2-3kW per rack.
According to James Weeks, chief information officer for Greenwich Hospital, "One of our local resellers, Available Power of Branford, Conn., suggested that we look into APC's data center solution for cooling blade servers. We concluded that APC's InfraStruXure system provides us with a well thought-out, turnkey answer for cooling our blade servers that generate tremendous amounts of heat, which, in a data center, is not an ideal scenario. InfraStruXure's modular flexibility also allows us to scale our IT systems to meet future demands. We are confident that this system will help us meet our IT needs, protect us in the event of a power failure, and allow us to continue to provide top quality care to our patients."
"APC is delighted to provide Greenwich Hospital with a start-of-the-art solution to address the hospital's network-critical physical infrastructure needs, including cooling its blade servers," said Dwight Sperry, APC's group general manager, Enterprise Systems and Business Networks.
"Greenwich Hospital and other most-wired hospitals are clearly taking a leadership role within the healthcare industry through their adoption of innovative information technology solutions to improve the quality of patient care, reduce medical errors and lower costs."
For more information on APC's InfraStruXure with integrated cooling and the company's other products, please visit http://www.apc.com/ or call 800-877- 4080.
About APC's InfraStruXure
APC's InfraStruXure is on-demand architecture for network-critical physical infrastructure (NCPI). The InfraStruXure design, which integrates power, cooling, rack, management and services, allows the selection of standardized components to create a solution through modular and mobile configurations. This standardization enables an easily scalable architecture designed to meet changing needs and future expansion. This award-winning, patent-pending approach provides increased availability, improved adaptability and speed of deployment as well as lower total cost of ownership for IT environments -- from wiring closets to computer rooms to data centers.
With integrated management becoming a critical component in the NCPI, APC offers comprehensive management solutions including InfraStruXure Manager. A browser accessible, user-friendly tool, InfraStruXure Manager provides monitoring of power, cooling, and environmental management at the rack or room level. APC also provides professional services that optimize the NCPI over the complete data center life cycle, including planning, installation, operation and end-of-life services.
About Greenwich Hospital
Greenwich Hospital is a 174-bed community hospital, serving lower Fairfield County, Connecticut and Westchester County, New York. It is a major academic affiliate of Yale University School of Medicine and a member of the Yale New Haven Health System. Since opening in 1903, Greenwich Hospital has evolved into a progressive medical center and teaching institution with an internal medicine residency.
The hospital provides all medical specialties and offers a wide range of medical, surgical, diagnostic and wellness programs.
In the fall of 1999, Greenwich Hospital opened a new, 350,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that is serving as a model in advanced healthcare design. The new Greenwich Hospital offers far more comfort and convenience for patients and visitors, and greater efficiency for hospital staff. Greenwich Hospital's Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Pavilion, across the street on Lafayette Place, houses the Bendheim Cancer Center and the Healthy Living Center. Other key hospital services include Home Care and Hospice, and Greenwich Health.
About American Power Conversion
Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion is a leading provider of global, end-to-end solutions for real-time infrastructure. APC's comprehensive products and services offering, designed for both home and corporate environments, improves the availability, manageability and performance of sensitive electronic, network, communication and industrial equipment of all sizes. Headquartered in West Kingston, Rhode Island, APC reported sales of $1.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2004, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company. All trademarks are the property of their owners.
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