IBM sucks SUN's NZ blood business dry

Tue, 8th Feb 2011

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IBM has drained the New Zealand Blood Service management system from SUN servers to its own Power 750 systems.

Out of the deal the New Zealand Blood Service got better computing performance and a major software upgrade which its says will help streamline blood collection and transfusion processes across the country.

IBM partner Datacom installed three virtualised IBM Power 750 servers which it says offers improved disaster recovery facilities.

“We chose POWER7 servers after a competitive evaluation based on our need to improve resiliency and redundancy, while also meeting criteria for capacity, scalability and pricing,” said NZ Blood Upgrade Project Manager John Cox. “IBM’s experience advising the Netherlands’ national blood service gave us the additional benefit of relevant international expertise.”

Andrew Fox, Systems & Technology Group Manager, IBM New Zealand, added, “Ensuring safety and security of blood supply is mission critical for New Zealand Blood Service and this significant upgrade enhances the disaster recovery facilities available."

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