CHICAGO – Global Capacity, a telecommunications information and logistics company, will partner with Cerner Corporation, a global health care IT company focused on optimizing care delivery for health care organizations around the world, to deploy Cerner Skybox Connect, a private network for the health care industry.
Cerner Skybox Connect is the first exclusive private network to support the demanding needs of the health care industry. The solution offers a network infrastructure and procurement service that provides access to HIPAA-compliant health care technologies efficiently, reliably and securely.
The network design and architecture for Cerner Skybox Connect is inspired by Global Capacity’s One Marketplace Access Exchange – an automated pricing and procurement platform for global access network solutions.
“When Global Capacity presented its recommendation for a scalable, private, high speed network, with redundancy and accessibility for our community, we were intrigued,” said Tony Linville, vice president, infrastructure services for Cerner Corporation. “When the Global Capacity team illustrated how they would migrate us from our existing ATM/frame infrastructure and add value to our network and clients by decreasing operating expenses, increasing productivity and allowing us to present a competitive offering to the marketplace, we were sold. The reduction in network latency and reliability has exceeded our expectations, delivering superior service to our clients.”
Global Capacity’s Vice Chairman Patrick Shutt added, “Cerner Skybox Connect aims to transform the way health care organizations do business; it is a comprehensive IT infrastructure platform that helps companies fulfill overall network requirements efficiently and dynamically. Global Capacity presented a new network design that lowers operating costs while providing Cerner clients access to a more cost-effective and efficient communications network that enables the way hospitals, health care professionals, and service providers work together.”
Company President Jack Lodge said, “Global Capacity’s network solution allows Cerner to run any protocol it requires while increasing capacity, improving quality of service, and lowering infrastructure management costs. This is a win-win for Cerner and its clients. Health care facilities can more confidently outsource their networks knowing they gain access to competitive local access rates, utilizing a redundant and secure private network, powered by a team of committed and experienced network engineers.”
The Cerner Skybox Connect Network, a multi-phase project, is expected to be complete by the end of the year, and it will provide a multi-point private network with more than 1,500 local access connections throughout the United States.
The service will provide automated pricing, provisioning and ordering of tail circuits. In addition to providing network connectivity to CernerWorksSM managed service clients, Cerner Skybox Connect will enable Cerner to deliver the entire Cerner SkyboxSM suite of cloud-based services such as messaging, remote desktop, storage, and protection.
To learn more about Skybox Connect visit www.cerner.com/skybox . For more information about One Marketplace Access Exchange, visit www.globalcapacity.com
