| Bahrain
Defence Force Hospital selects Oracle
Posted: 13 April 2003
Greater Functionality And Cost Savings Convinces Hospital
To Migrate From Microsoft Exchange To Oracle Technology
Dubai, UAE — Oracle Corporation, the world's
largest enterprise software company, today announced that Bahrain
Defense Force (BDF) hospital, the Kingdom's second largest hospital,
will be using Oracle Collaboration Suite as part of its continuing
mission to provide exceptional service with the most effective technology.
The hospital, which provides primary, secondary and tertiary health
care for entitled patients in peace time and operates as the main
military hospital in times of conflict, will use the Oracle Collaboration
Suite as a key tool for communication and knowledge-sharing.
The decision to install Oracle Collaboration Suite was made following
a full review of the hospital's current technology.
Realising the benefits that a fully-integrated, consolidated communications
platform could bring to their organisation, executives at the BDF
hospital decided to migrate from Microsoft Exchange to Oracle technology.
One of the key incentives behind the project was the capability
of the Oracle Collaboration Suite to consolidate BDF's system around
a single server, thereby reducing costs and lessening the impact
on network bandwidth.
"To achieve BDF's objective of realising cost benefits and
efficiencies from an integrated IT infrastructure platform, our
migration to the Oracle Collaboration Suite was the most logical
move," said Dr. Mukhtar S.A. Al-Hashimi, head of BDF hospital's
computer department. "Security was also a paramount consideration.
As a military institution, we have to be able to trust the integrity
of BDF hospital's infrastructure, and we felt that Oracle would
be more than capable of delivering that peace-of-mind."
"Oracle understands that one of the key challenges for organisations
is providing the information that professionals need in the time
they need it," said Husam Dajani, Vice President for Oracle
Middle East. "Oracle Collaboration Suite provides BDF hospital
with the right infrastructure to achieve this, while reducing the
number of mail and file servers that the hospital needs to operate.
It's a solution that provides both cost efficiencies and enhanced
productivity."
Oracle Collaboration Suite is designed to manage all of a company's
messaging and collaboration needs, delivering voice, wireless, Web
and desktop access to all communications including email, voicemail,
fax, files and calendar on an enterprise-class, scalable, reliable,
available and secure infrastructure.
About The Bahrain Defence Force Hospital
The Bahrain Defense Force Hospital services inpatient, outpatient
and emergency patients and ranks as the second largest hospital
in Bahrain.
The main mission of the BDF hospital is to provide health care
services for the Military and Interior forces, emergency services
for the public, and specialised medical services for referral patients
and government VIPs.
All Bahrain residents and non-residents are entitled to free health
care services and treatment.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
Information supplied by companies
or PR agencies who are responsible for content. Send press releases
to info@pipelinedubai.com |
