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Nortel Network Case Study: Academic Medical Center (AMC)

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Overview The Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam is a large, cutting-edge hospital. It wanted to empower this leading academic hospital with a resilient, highly secure and technically innovative network enabling advanced patient care. A highly resilient network based on Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600s at the core. Nortel Ethernet Switch 470s deliver connectivity to the network edge and the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 portfolio offers Gigabit Ethernet to the business-critical servers. Highly secure remote access to the hospital research library is enabled by the Nortel VPN Gateway 3050. The Nortel WLAN 2300 series will empower mobile physician applications.

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Publisher	Nortel Networks	File Format	PDF
Date Published	July 2007	Downloads	3
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Switching, VPNs, Gateways - Hubs

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