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University General Hospital Systems Signs Exclusive Agreement With Calence, LLC

Posted on: Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 09:23 CDT

HOUSTON, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Houston-based University General Hospital Systems today announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Tempe, AZ-based Calence, LLC for network consulting services and managed services. The University General Hospital flagship facility in Houston features five-star luxury and the latest advances in medical technology. Calence is currently expanding and refining the Hospital's advanced network technologies, allowing it to be the blueprint for future projects. University General Hospital Systems currently has plans to break ground on another physician-owned hospital in Houston's Chinatown area and has multiple other markets planned for the near future such as Dallas, Denver, and Phoenix.

"As a fast growing hospital system that provides true state-of-the-art technology in everything we do, we wanted to partner with Calence," said Kelly Riedel, Chief Information Officer for University General Hospital Systems. "We need a networking partner with disciplined methodologies, scalable processes, and a proven track record for taking large Business Process Outsourcing projects from strategy and design to implementation and management. Calence was the obvious choice."

"University General Hospital Systems provides an unimaginable level of luxury, medical excellence and customer service. We are excited to be working with such an organization," said Bill McCarthy, Executive Vice President of Management Services for Calence, LLC. "I am confident we can deliver the advanced network technologies and unparalleled management services necessary for University General Hospital Systems to remain the industry leader."

About University General Hospital Systems

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, University General Hospital Systems is a national for-profit healthcare system that provides the highest quality and cost effective medical services available within a five-star environment. By partnering with leading vendors, world-renowned physicians, and top professionals in the healthcare industry, University General Hospital Systems will be placing additional five-star, physician-owned acute-care facilities in key markets across the United States. Further information about University General Hospital Systems may be found online at http://www.universitygeneralhospitalsystems.com/.

About Calence, LLC

Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, Calence is one of the largest pure-play network solutions providers in the U.S. Calence helps organizations plan, build, provision, and operate their network, security and unified communications infrastructures. Calence works with many of the world's most prominent organizations to leverage network technologies to reduce costs, improve operations, and increase productivity. Calence has more than 20 markets throughout the United States and a broad client base in over 45 countries worldwide. Calence is a Cisco Gold Partner; Cisco Master Specialized in Unified Communications and Security; Cisco Specialized in Unified Communications (VoIP), Security, and Wireless; and a Cisco Advanced Technology Partner for Contact Center Enterprise, TelePresence, Wireless Mesh, Rich Media Communications and 3200-Mobile Access Router. Its professionals have over 455 Cisco certifications and use a proprietary methodology to consistently deliver the highest levels of customer satisfaction. In 2006, Calence received the prestigious Cisco Global Partner of the Year -- US/Canada award for 2005. http://www.calence.com/

Calence, LLC

CONTACT: Laura Comer, Vice President, Strategic Implementation ofUniversity General Hospital Systems, +1-281-768-6015, lcomer@uhsys.net, orBrenda Thoren, Director, Marketing Communications of Calence, LLC,+1-815-947-2356, brenda.thoren@calence.com

Web site: http://www.calence.com/http://www.universitygeneralhospitalsystems.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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