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American College of Radiology Chooses Egenera System to Power the National Oncologic PET Registry; Egenera Chosen Over Legacy Platforms for Performance, Flexibility

Posted on: Thursday, 27 April 2006, 12:01 CDT

Egenera Inc., a global leader in utility computing, today announced that the American College of Radiology (ACR) is using the Egenera(R) system to run the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR), which will officially launch Monday, May 8, 2006. A joint development effort of the ACR, the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) and the Academy of Molecular Imaging, the NOPR is a national, Internet-based, audited data repository designed to gather PET data from beneficiaries and providers, and report on that data to third-party payers including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

An Egenera customer since 2004, the ACR chose the Egenera system for the NOPR based on its proven performance and flexibility. The application is running on Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003 powered by Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processors with Intel EM64T technology.

"The Egenera system is contributing significantly to a program that impacts every American with Medicare," said Steve Giddens, chief information officer for the ACR. "Going forward, third-party payer decisions on whether PET scans are covered for various cancers, and at what level, will be determined based on NOPR data. Combining the latest Windows release and 64-bit Intel technology with Egenera's unique architecture means superior application performance for the thousands of healthcare professionals who will depend on the system."

The Egenera architecture also had a positive impact on time to market for the NOPR application, according to Giddens. "Shifting requirements during development meant we needed the flexibility to routinely toggle between 32-bit and 64-bit environments. While this would have been labor-intensive and time-consuming, if even possible, with legacy systems, Egenera's virtualized design made it easy."

"For nearly a century, the ACR has devoted its resources to making imaging effective, safe and accessible to those who need it," noted Bob Dutkowsky, chairman, president and CEO, Egenera. "We are gratified that the performance and responsiveness of the Egenera system made it the ACR's only choice for the NOPR, and welcome them to our growing roster of customers in the health care industry."

Based on the success of the NOPR deployment, the ACR plans to host several additional registries on its Egenera systems as part of the National Radiological Data Repository, an even larger initiative.

PET (Positron Emission Tomography) is a diagnostic imaging procedure that has the ability to differentiate cancer from normal tissue, and may add important information beyond conventional imaging studies in diagnosing and staging cancer and in monitoring a patient's progress during treatment.

About Egenera Inc.

Egenera is a global leader in delivering computing solutions that simplify datacenter operations and infrastructure. The Egenera product family simplifies the datacenter with an innovative server architecture specifically designed to reduce complexity and enable IT to respond rapidly to business requirements. Market-leading enterprises around the world trust the Egenera system to run their most important business applications and achieve higher resource utilization, faster application time to market and lower total cost of ownership. Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., Egenera has offices worldwide. For more information visit www.egenera.com, call 508-858-2600 or send email to info@egenera.com.

About the ACR

The ACR is a national, professional organization serving more than 32,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of radiology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.

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Source: Business Wire

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