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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Ensures High Reliability for Saint Luke's Health System

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Overview Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, Missouri, is committed to quality processes and performance excellence. The organization's goal was to upgrade the entire network to accommodate a Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS) for radiology imaging, electronic medical records, and other new applications. With greater reliance on electronic capabilities, clinicians need access to data 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the system and Saint Luke's was committed to ensuring highly reliable access. Saint Luke's Hospital deployed Cisco switching solutions, including the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multi-director switches.

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Publisher	Cisco Systems	File Format	PDF
Date Published	December 2005
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Switching, Wireless

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