Cerner Expands Use of BlueCat Solutions to Improve Automation, Reliability and Security
TORONTO & KANSAS CITY – July 12, 2016 – BlueCat, a leading provider of DNS, DHCP and IP address management (DDI), today announced that Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, has expanded its use of BlueCat DDI solutions to manage its data centers.
Key takeawaysThis key takeaway was generated through LLMs crawling the page and coming up with an overview of the content.BlueCat announced that Cerner has expanded use of BlueCat DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) solutions to manage its data centers, addressing the need for scalable, programmable, and secure multi-tenant network infrastructure in a regulated e-health environment. The collaboration targets automation and faster operational response to new business requirements while preserving e-health data security, governance, and regulatory compliance across Cerner’s global footprint. After rigorous testing of competitors, Cerner selected BlueCat for its DDI technology, innovative culture, and focus on current and emerging technologies to support Cerner’s evolving business and emerging-technology initiatives.
Why did Cerner choose BlueCat for data center DDI management?
Cerner selected BlueCat after a rigorous review and testing of competitive offerings. The decision was based on BlueCat’s DDI technology capabilities, a service-oriented and scalable infrastructure with robust programmability, and an innovative development focus on current and emerging technologies. Cerner prioritized solutions that would enable automation and speed in a multi-tenant network environment while ensuring e-health data security, governance, and regulatory compliance, which BlueCat addressed.
What operational benefits does the BlueCat and Cerner collaboration aim to deliver?
The collaboration is intended to enable automation and increased speed in Cerner’s multi-tenant network environment, improving the ability to respond rapidly to new business requirements. By providing a scalable, service-oriented infrastructure with robust programmability, BlueCat’s DDI solution supports operational scalability and flexibility. Additionally, the partnership emphasizes maintaining e-health data security, governance, and regulatory compliance as Cerner expands and adopts emerging technologies.
How does the partnership align with Cerner’s mission and global operations?
Cerner’s mission is to improve health care delivery and community health, and its technologies connect people, information, and systems across more than 20,000 facilities worldwide. The expanded use of BlueCat DDI supports Cerner’s global operations by strengthening infrastructure reliability, security, and scalability so Cerner can continue to innovate and support clinicians and organizations. By choosing a partner focused on automation and emerging technologies, Cerner aims to sustain its innovation and ability to manage clinical, financial, and operational needs across its client base.
TORONTO & KANSAS CITY – July 12, 2016 – BlueCat, a leading provider of DNS, DHCP and IP address management (DDI), today announced that Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, has expanded its use of BlueCat DDI solutions to manage its data centers. Cerner solutions and services are used in more than 20,000 facilities in 30 countries.
BlueCat provides a scalable service oriented infrastructures with robust programmability. The collaboration will enable automation and speed into a multi-tenant network environment, while ensuring e-health data security, governance and regulatory compliance.
“It’s critical that we keep our e-health data and infrastructure secure, reliable and scalable so we can respond rapidly to new business requirements,” said Jon Macy, a principal architect at Cerner. “As a result, we teamed with BlueCat to proactively strengthen our infrastructure to support our evolving and expanding business as well as innovations in emerging technologies.”
After rigorous review and testing of competitive offerings, Cerner chose BlueCat for its DDI technology, innovative culture, and development focus on current and emerging technologies.
Andrew Wertkin, CTO, BlueCat, adds, “We are thrilled to be working with Cerner, an organization that is known for their innovation and adoption of emerging technologies. We look forward to continuing to build upon our relationship as we collaborate to support their business goals.”
About Cerner
Cerner’s health information technologies connect people, information and systems at more than 20,000 facilities worldwide. Recognized for innovation, Cerner solutions assist clinicians in making care decisions and enable organizations to manage the health of populations. The company also offers an integrated clinical and financial system to help health care organizations manage revenue, as well as a wide range of services to support clients’ clinical, financial and operational needs. Cerner’s mission is to contribute to the systemic improvement of health care delivery and the health of communities. For more information about Cerner, visit cerner.com, read our blog at cerner.com/blog, connect with us on Twitter at x.com/cerner and on Facebook at facebook.com/cerner. Our website, blog, Twitter account and Facebook page contain a significant amount of information about Cerner, including financial and other information for investors.
About BlueCat
BlueCat delivers software-based DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management (DDI) solutions that enable our customers to build and manage their most complex network infrastructure to meet the rapid pace of change of their business. With offices around the globe, leading enterprises trust BlueCat. For more information visit bluecatnetworks.com.
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