LINKOPING, Sweden, Sept. 26, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra, has widened its product offering by releasing a true, high availability Windows(r)-based enterprise PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) for large hospitals and hospital chains.
Sectra PACS Enterprise Edition(tm) is now being released on the Microsoft Windows(r) platform. The enterprise edition of Sectra PACS(tm), now available on both Unix(r) and Windows(r), is designed for large hospitals and distributed environments where a high level of uptime is required. The enterprise edition supports high availability clustering in all its components and, as such, has no single point of failure.
"Sectra installed the first Unix(r)-based true high availability PACS back in 1996 and we have sites that have been running since 1997 with uptimes of 99.997%," says Anders Brodin, Product Manager at Sectra Imtec AB. "In year 2001, we released Sectra PACS Clinical Edition(tm), a Windows(r)- based system for the smaller enterprise. By now taking the step to full Windows(r) support also for the enterprise edition customers, we are able to offer our customers a flexible, cost effective solution with a freedom of choice in terms of hardware options," he continues.
Sectra enterprise solution for Windows(r) has been installed and successfully used in clinical operation at pilot sites, among which is Vastmanland County in Sweden, where it was installed in April 2003. Vastmanland County comprises four hospitals and one private clinic connected in an enterprise. "Sectra PACS fully meets our expectations on a High Availability system", says Peter Palmgren, Technical Manager at Vastmanland County and responsible for the system and installation project. "The Sectra Windows(r)-based solution has been running smoothly and without any downtime since the installation nearly six months ago, he continues.
Sectra is one of today's major diagnostic imaging providers with more than 400 installations worldwide. Sectra's core business is to deliver top-of-the-line, high-availability, robust enterprise diagnostic imaging for 24/7 operation. In Scandinavia Sectra is the market leader with more than 50 percent of all film-free installations. The company also has a large number of systems installed in most major countries in Europe, the Far East and North America, in co-operation with partners. For more information, visit www.sectra.com.
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Sectra's operations Sectra has its roots in Linkoping Institute of Technology and is one of Sweden's fastest growing high-tech companies in IT. Since the mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of advanced medical IT and telecommunications products. Today, the business includes products in medical systems, secure communication systems and wireless information systems.
Sectra's medical business is conducted in Sectra Imtec AB, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sectra AB. Internationally, Sectra PACS is marketed and sold through different partners.
Business is conducted in eight countries with a total of 280 employees. Sales for the fiscal year 2002/03 reached SEK 503 million. Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the Stockholm Exchange.
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