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Forward-Thinking Hospital Boosts Productivity and Potential Through Fixed and Wireless Technology

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Overview Hospital de Sao Sebastiao wanted to enable a large hospital to improve patient care through future-ready fixed and wireless LAN technologies. A highly available network core based upon an actively resilient configuration of the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. High-speed connectivity - vital for accessing and exchanging medical data extends across the Hospital campus, through the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 portfolio. The Nortel WLAN 2300 Series enables mobile access to this data, whilst underpinning a variety of new applications.

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Publisher	Nortel Networks	File Format	PDF
Date Published	July 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Ethernet, Switching, Wireless LAN

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