Umass Medical School Improves Performance and Security of Critical Services for Researchers and Clinicians With Enterasys Secure Network
Enterasys Solutions Ensure Security, Compliance and Connectivity for the Teaching Medical School
ANDOVER, MA--(Marketwire - September 24, 2007) - Enterasys Networks Inc., the Secure Networks
Company™, today announced that the University of Massachusetts Medical
School is leveraging an Enterasys wired, wireless and security software
infrastructure to reliably deliver information for thousands of its
research scientists, clinicians, students and staff. As the medical school
prepares for growth and enhanced, next-generation services across its 16
locations, a layered approach to security is protecting video and data
communications.
"The Enterasys infrastructure is invisible to our end-users, they just plug
in and it works," said Charles Desourdy, associate CIO for the Umass
Medical School. "Enterasys has helped us scale our network cost-effectively
with technology that lasts."
The University of Massachusetts Medical School (www.Umassmed.edu) is home
to one of the 2006 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine, Dr. Craig
C. Mello. As one of the fastest-growing academic health centers in the
country, this world-class research institution has one of the highest
growth rates of funded research in the country. The Medical School
consistently ranks in U.S.News & World Report's top 10 percent for the
quality and reputation of its education of primary care physicians and is
the academic partner of Umass Memorial Health Care, the largest health care
provider in Central New England.
As the organization grows to support medical simulation and experiential
learning tools with immersive audio and video-on-demand, the Umass Medical
Center's 6,000-plus users are connected through a communications
infrastructure built using Enterasys advanced security applications,
centralized visibility and control software, and security-enabled
infrastructure components. The network core is composed of multiple Gigabit
and 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections.
Leveraging the advanced features embedded in Enterasys solutions enables
Umass Medical School to provide reliable network access for their users
across 16 locations with only a 6-person network operations team. "With
such a wide array of users, applications and hardware running across our
system, we needed a solution that provided the appropriate blend of
performance, management automation and open interoperability," said
Desourdy. "We value Enterasys' knowledge of our environment as we enter
this next phase of growth."
The medical school clinicians and researchers are not the only Umass users
who depend on the Enterasys network. PeopleSoft HR, Finance and Student
applications are hosted here for multiple UMass campuses, along with the
Umass Online infrastructure, which allows non-traditional students to
access the University System's distance learning program around the clock.
"Ensuring a high performance computing infrastructure to support daily
workloads of researchers and educators is vital at Umass Medical School,"
said Desourdy. "The open architecture of the Enterasys solution has
integrated well with our existing firewall, load-balancing, VPN and WAN
optimization solutions from Checkpoint, F5, Juniper, Nokia and Packeteer.
The Enterasys commitment to backwards compatibility also ensures our
technology investments pay dividends for many years to come."
The high performance computing infrastructure supports daily workloads of
the Medical School's clinicians. The School's new AECPC building will meet
the needs of the expanding institution and have an entire floor dedicated
to experiential learning. Enterasys technology will support the immersive
audio and video needs of this simulation technology.
"The support staff at Enterasys is knowledgeable about our network
environment -- and that is a huge benefit. Overall, the price performance,
invisible infrastructure, and time-tested technology make Enterasys a
winning combination for Umass Medical," states Desourdy.
About Enterasys Networks
Enterasys Networks -- the Secure Networks Company -- is owned by a private
investor group led by The Gores Group, LLC and Tennenbaum Capital Partners,
LLC. Enterasys' unique Secure Networks solutions secure any network to
ensure the confidentiality, integrity, availability and performance of IT
services and the business users that rely on them. Thousands of leading
companies, government agencies and educational institutions in more than 70
countries rely on Secure Networks solutions to maintain business continuity
and protect vital information. The company's culture is centered on the
principle "There is nothing more important than our customers." Delivering
on that commitment, Secure Networks provides granular, policy-based command
and control of individual user, application, device, port and flow
performance, and security. Enterasys' architectural approach to network
security offers a long technology lifecycle and significant operational and
business benefits, while reducing total cost of ownership. Information
about Enterasys' award-winning policy-enabled switches, routers, wireless
products, security software, and services is available at
www.enterasys.com.
About The Gores Group
Founded in 1987, The Gores Group is a private equity firm focused on
acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can
benefit from the firm's operating experience and flexible capital base. The
firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence
capabilities of a strategic buyer with the seasoned M&A team of a
traditional financial buyer. The Gores Group has become a leading investor,
primarily in the technology and telecommunications sectors, having
demonstrated over time a reliable track record of creating substantial
value in its portfolio companies alongside management. Headquartered in Los
Angeles, California, The Gores Group maintains offices in Boulder, Colorado
and London. For more information, please visit www.gores.com.
About Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC
Tennenbaum Capital Partners is a Santa Monica, California-based private
investment firm managing over $3.8 billion in assets through private funds.
The firm's investment strategy is grounded in a long-term, value approach,
and it assists -- both financially and operationally -- transitional
middle-market companies in such industries as technology, healthcare,
energy, aerospace, business services, retail and general manufacturing.
Tennenbaum's core strengths include its in-depth knowledge of equity and
debt-financing vehicles in the public and private markets, as well as a
thorough understanding of special situations. For more information, please
visit www.tennenbaumcapital.com.