UPDATE: ONStor, Inc., the leader in scalable NAS solutions for multi-vendor storage, today announced that the Methodist Medical Center of Illinois has selected the ONStor SF4400 SAN filer to consolidate 21TB of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) information into a single storage environment to ensure immediate access to critical diagnostic information. The ONStor SAN filer system centralizes and simplifies file management to dramatically reduce capital costs and management complexity while ensuring continuous data availability and data protection. The ONStor solution will integrate radiology and cardiology image and information management within a comprehensive storage environment shared by three separate systems: McKesson's Imaging Division, GE Medical's Centricity PACS system, and Heartlab's Encompass Cardiology Network. IBM's Total Storage DS4000 Series disk system will provide best of breed storage for the deployment. Methodist Medical Enhances Quality of Care with Centralized PACS Management "Our commitment at Methodist Medical is to continue to enhance patient quality of care," said Mark Valentine, Methodist Medical project leader for technical services. "ONStor understands that objective and will allow us to seamlessly consolidate and manage information that would otherwise reside in separate storage environments. By combining them into one storage environment, we can enhance data management, boost data availability, and improve our ability to instantaneously access critical information, all of which ultimately translates into improved patient care." Methodist Medical Center is a 346-bed facility with 600 board-certified physicians providing a full spectrum of health care services. Methodist was founded in 1900 with a simple goal: to raise the level of healthcare in central Illinois. Today its commitment to world-class cardiovascular care includes the opening of the new Methodist Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute, the development of cardiology fellowship programs at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, and a partnership with world-pioneer Arizona Heart Institute. In addition to leading-edge offerings in heart care, Methodist features the most comprehensive behavioral health services in the area; state-of-the-art diagnostic services, including one of the world's most advanced PET scanners; and innovative health services for women. The hospital also established the area's first mobile mammography unit in central Illinois and is home to Peoria's largest dedicated emergency Chest Pain Center. PACS imaging information is growing exponentially due to the rapid adoption of digital modalities, and ONStor's scalable solution is ideally suited to the demands of this environment," said Bob Miller, CEO of ONStor. "The healthcare industry is an important market opportunity for ONStor, and we are now demonstrating real value, by helping Methodist innovate new ways to enhance information access, reduce costs, and improve data protection with our shared storage environment." MSI Systems Integrators (MSI) served an integral role in defining the complete storage solution and will be ensuring its successful, rapid implementation. "MSI's strength in storage technology, plus our in-depth knowledge of Methodist's storage environment, allowed us to work with them to develop effective solutions," said Craig Nelson, senior vice president of sales of MSI. "The ONStor approach of consolidating storage is one example of how we leverage our partnerships across the storage industry to uniquely and rapidly address customer requirements." Background: The ONStor SF4400 family of scalable NAS solutions gives IT managers the flexibility of open storage. Like NAS, the ONStor SF4400 serves data to Windows, Linux, and UNIX clients and servers on a local area network. However, the SF4400 SAN filer goes beyond conventional NAS by allowing customers to choose the storage that's right for them. Compatible with storage from a wide range of vendors, including IBM, EMC, Hitachi, Engenio, HP, and 3PAR, the ONStor SF4400 gives IT managers the option of leveraging their existing storage area network (SAN) infrastructure or migrating to the storage that best meets their needs. With the ability to scale to 40 petabytes, performance of up to 140,000 IOPS, multiple levels of redundancy, and data protection features such as SAN-based disk-to-disk data replication, the ONStor SF4400 SAN filer brings enterprise-class capabilities to the file services market. MSI Systems Integrators is a leading integrator of comprehensive information technology solutions that include hardware, software and services. MSI offers comprehensive on demand enterprise solutions in the areas of enterprise security, business integration, content management, business intelligence, business continuity, business protection, enterprise management, output management and infrastructure simplification. From storage, networking, and servers to enterprise software, output management, consulting, data center solutions and information technology enablement services -- MSI enables information technology for business. MSI has deep technical skills and partners with technology leaders such as ONStor, IBM, VMware, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, McDATA, Vanguard, Stonesoft, iTera, F5 Networks, Symantec, BMC, Bowstreet and Captiva to provide world-class business solutions that help companies be more responsive, productive, and resilient. MSI is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska and has offices in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin; and locations in Idaho, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Alaska and Montana. For more information about MSI, please visit www.msiinet.com or call 800-640-4674, extension 2394. ONStor scalable NAS products incorporate innovative software and enterprise-class hardware to consolidate enterprise-wide file services on multi-vendor storage. ONStor SAN filer storage solutions deliver a compelling return on investment by enhancing data availability and data protection while dramatically reducing capital costs and management complexity. Founded by a team of storage and networking veterans, ONStor's corporate office is located in Los Gatos, California. ONStor investors include Foundation Capital, Mayfield, and Worldview Technology Partners. For more information about ONStor, visit www.onstor.com or call 408-963-2400.