International Technology Solution Provider to
Resell Leading Enterprise Data Management Software
Bloomfield Hills, MI – October 22, 2008 –
Logicalis, an international provider of high-performance
technology, has announced a strategic partnership with BridgeHead
Software, an Enterprise Data Management (EDM) specialist, to
provide the expertise and technology necessary to support today’s
critical healthcare information technology (IT) environments. IT
professionals at healthcare organizations worldwide must maintain a
high level of data availability to assure patient care, while
dealing with exponential growth of electronic patient medical
records and high-resolution medical imaging. The two companies will
provide a consultative resource and a software platform to support
these requirements, as well as addressing the growing requirements
related to retaining, securing and protecting patient records in
compliance with rapidly changing national and regional regulation
trends, such as HIPAA in the US, European Directive on Personal
Data and Electronic Communications, privacy acts in the UK,
Australia, Canada and proposed privacy bills in Brazil and Latin
America.
Both companies have significant experience in healthcare, with
BridgeHead listing over 400 healthcare customer installations for
its suite of EDM products including BH FileStore for the archiving
and management of unstructured file data, BH PACStore for archiving
PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) medical image
data and HT Backup for data backup and recovery within healthcare
settings. Logicalis has over 6,500 customers including many of the
world's leading healthcare companies. Under the terms of the
agreement, Logicalis will resell BridgeHead’s complete suite of EDM
products.
“This partnership makes perfect sense for us because BridgeHead
offers healthcare customers proven data management solutions
deployed on virtually any storage hardware platform,” said Karen
Burton, Healthcare Business Development Manager, Logicalis. “We're
taking our experience and knowledge of infrastructure, storage,
high availability, virtualization, business continuity, and our
extensive services practices and applying them to the healthcare
arena. Together we can offer a complete solution of IT
infrastructure – SANs, switches, networks – along with software
from BridgeHead – and our implementation and support services. And
BridgeHead is continually working to develop new healthcare
solutions.”
Ryan Witt, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing for
BridgeHead Software emphasized why the relationship is an important
strategic initiative for BridgeHead: “Partnering with Logicalis
will give us a significant edge in our goal of capturing an even
bigger slice of the current healthcare opportunity. Success in
healthcare, more than any other, depends on having an intimate
understanding of specific customer needs and preferences and how
the market functions. Logicalis has nurtured this market knowledge
through a dedicated, highly trained division that sells into the
sector and combines this with significant international reach and
resources.”
About BridgeHead
Software
BridgeHead Software is a leading developer of Enterprise Data
Management (EDM) software for healthcare institutions. EDM combines
backup, archive and recovery capabilities in one integrated
solution to optimize the backup process, reduce storage costs,
improve data access and fully protect data. EDM provides seamless
integration into many healthcare specialized systems and
applications, including HCIS from MEDITECH, and PACS systems from
multiple vendors, Microsoft applications and other storage systems.
BridgeHead Software is storage and vendor agnostic, enabling EDM to
tie into customers’ current and future mix of storage
platforms.
BridgeHead Software has strong relationships with key storage and
application technology vendors, and leading systems integrators
enabling it to deliver fully integrated solutions exclusively
through Value Added Reseller partners. Support, training, and
consulting services are extended to customers and partners through
the company’s operations in USA and UK. For more information, visit
http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/.
About
Logicalis
Logicalis is a global provider of
high-performance technology solutions. With over 1,500 people
worldwide, Logicalis delivers smart solutions based on specific
needs, not the latest IT trend. Logicalis provides options,
direction and support to more than 6,500 corporate and public
sector customers. The company attributes its success to the
everyday positive experiences with its customers and strategic
partners such as IBM, HP, and Cisco.
Logicalis has annualized revenues in excess of $1 billion, from
operations in the UK, US, Germany and Latin America. Logicalis is a
division of Datatec Limited (LSE/JSE:DTC), a $4 billion
multi-national organization listed on the AIM market of the LSE and
the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With over 30 offices in the United
States, the company’s U.S. headquarters are in Bloomfield Hills,
MI. For more information about the Logicalis experience, visit
http://www.us.logicalis.com/.