| 4/17/08 - Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, Korea has deployed Aruba's adaptive wireless LAN and identity-based security solutions throughout the hospital and Cancer Center. The Aruba network provides secure voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN), nurse call, and data access to the staff of 4,700 throughout the 60,000 square meter facility.
Constructed in 1994, the Samsung Medical Center has 1,278 beds, 100 specialized clinics, and 8 specialty care centers including the Cancer Center, which is among the largest in Asia. The legacy wireless network was unable to support the medical center's security, IP PBX, or wireless nurse call requirements, and after an extensive technical review Aruba was selected because of its robust wireless LAN, high throughput, and scalability. "Aruba's wireless network allows us to transfer data and voice calls between patients, nurses and doctors without any capacity constraints," said Choi Jong-Soo, Samsung Medical Center's the Department Chief of Information Strategy. "Besides being more cost effective than the system we used previously, the Aruba network is faster and provides pervasive coverage throughout the facility." Nurses at the facility now manage medical charts and patient prescriptions from portable carts equipped with laptop computers. The pictorial archival communication systems (PACS) and electronic medical records may also be accessed wirelessly, allowing the staff to enter and access data from anywhere within the facility. The VoWLAN communication system, the first in Korea, automatically alerts staff in the event of a patient problem including irregular telemetry readings. "Aruba was selected for this project on the basis of its technical performance and security, and the medical center has leveraged these capabilities in its telemetry, voice, and nurse call applications," said Kim Young-Ho, country manager for Aruba Networks Korea. "Business-critical applications require a robust solution on which customers can depend, and we're very pleased that the Samsung Medical Center has joined our community of more than 300 customers in Korea."
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