Contract Win

 
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Contract Win 
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                                                                                         28 April 2010 
 
                                             ANS GROUP PLC 
                                                (PLUS) 
                                    ("ANS Group" or the "Company") 
 
                                             CONTRACT WIN 
 
ANS  Group has won a major contract to engage with Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to implement 
its  state-of-the-art converged IT infrastructure at its hospital site. The implementation is part  of 
the hospital's 'Health Investment in Tameside' (HIT) project that will see the largest ever investment 
and most extensive site improvement of the Trust. 
 
Based  on  the ANS Infrastructure 3.0 architecture, the contract, won through the new Buying Solutions 
Commoditised IT Hardware & Software framework, which commenced in March, will rapidly propel  Tameside 
Hospital  into  the  vanguard of next generation green data centre technology.  Tameside  Hospital  is 
leading  the  way  by  being the first English-based NHS site to embrace the new  Cisco  UCS  (Unified 
Computing  System)  and Cisco Nexus technology that is set to transform its computer  network  into  a 
unified intelligent data centre infrastructure. 
 
With  further  technology  including NetApp data storage and VMware Vsphere this  will  allow  further 
consolidation and virtualisation of the data centre, ensuring Tameside Hospital will achieve  improved 
service  with  less  hardware. The cost savings to be gained from the 3.0 infrastructure  architecture 
will ensure Tameside Hospital can invest this money back into the Trust and focus on delivering better 
patient care. 
 
Staff  will be able to achieve streamlined access to network data such as patient records in a secure, 
fast  and  reliable  manner.  Infrastructure 3.0 will introduce a level  of  resilience  and  business 
continuity  to ensure that network failures do not jeopardise the Trusts operations. Applications  can 
now  be  seamlessly implemented onto the network with minimal effect to staff, saving time and service 
disruption. 
 
By  unifying each network component, Tameside Hospital will gain higher density computing  with  Cisco 
UCS, increased resilience and business continuity with Vmware vSphere and lower their carbon footprint 
with  unified  storage from NetApp. This foundation allows the Trust to cut costs  in  power  cooling, 
hardware,  cabling  and  administration across the data centre resulting in a lower  carbon  footprint 
friendly architecture. 
 
Tony  Mellor,  Chief  Information Officer at the Trust commented: "We are very excited  about  the  IT 
implementation  phase  of our major hospital redevelopment as it will truly  benefit  both  staff  and 
patients.  We  were looking for a solution that would build the foundation for the hospital's  current 
and  future  needs  in respect of network access, data storage and virtualisation,  as  the  Trust  is 
committed to making significant improvements through technology-enabled change in the years to come. 
 
ANS  Group's  extensive knowledge and understanding of the healthcare sector was  evident  during  the 
tender  process,  making  them  the  obvious  choice as a strategic  partner.  The  architecture  will 
significantly  update  and simplify the Trust's IT infrastructure, delivering  maximum  efficiency  at 
minimum  cost,  and the savings generated will allow the Trust to invest further in improving  patient 
care." 
 
Paul  Sweeney,  Managing Director of ANS Group, commented: "This is a fantastic  opportunity  for  ANS 
Group  to  work  with  such  a forward thinking Trust that is investing in all  areas  of  its  future 
development. It's great to see that Tameside Hospital is leading the way in public sector by deploying 
a high density efficient infrastructure to enable environmentally friendly, cost effective technology. 
Andy  Barrow,  Technical  Director of ANS Group added: "We are gaining tremendous  traction  with  our 
Infrastructure 3.0 architecture which has been validated by the vendors VCN Strategy, VMware, Cisco  & 
NetApp" 
 
View Infrastructure 3.0 video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNMwlE2DXkk 
 
The Directors of ANS Group Plc are responsible for the contents of this announcement. 
 
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