Further progress in Big Data deployment

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WANdisco Plc

04 March 2014

 



4 March 2014

WANdisco plc

("WANdisco" or the "Company")

WANdisco announces further progress in Big Data deployment via Hortonworks channel

WANdisco to provide continuous availability to leading U.S. medical facility

London, UK - WANdisco (LSE: WAND), the provider of continuous availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data, is pleased to announce that it has agreed its first Big Data deployment through the Hortonworks channel partnership with the University of California's Irvine Health ("UCI Health").

WANdisco will provide UCI Health with continuous availability of data through its unique Non-Stop technology, initially across a small number of data nodes, as UCI Health takes its first step in implementing Hadoop. Through its deployment, UCI Health will be able digitally to collate, store and analyze all data relating to its patients' conditions in real time, allowing staff to reduce considerably the number of lives lost annually.

The Non-Stop  Hadoop technology will enable UCI Health to process accurate pattern-set recognitions, use algorithms to monitor patient recovery for non-linear complications, and build predictive-modeling systems to minimize deaths caused by medical error, all of which will greatly increase UCI Health's capacity to provide treatment before patients succumb to disease and allow care to be proactive rather than reactive.

UCI Health's current data warehouse technology used to support their Electronic Medical Record ("EMR") applications struggles with availability issues as well as the variety of data it can handle. UCI Health's key consideration in choosing WANdisco and Hortonworks was the continuous availability that WANdisco offers, eliminating downtime, which is unacceptable in medical situations where a patient's condition can change dramatically and quickly.

Early Hadoop implementations are expected to be on a controlled scale. Success with these early live deployments will see customers return and extend their usage of Hadoop in their organisations. Consistent with this, UCI Health's initial deployment is for a 10 node Hadoop cluster.

Charles Boicey, Informatics Solutions Architect, UCI Health, said:

"WANdisco is helping us make a real shift in the medical profession. Rather than just helping people when they are sick, we are now able to identify what can be done to keep people well. The number of people who die from medical errors in the US alone is the equivalent of a major passenger plane dropping out of the sky every three days - being able to cut preventable deaths of this sort is of critical importance for the medical community. We've not found any other technology that could provide us with the uptime we need to offer this level of care - it's like having a nurse and doctor in every hospital room around the clock."

 David Richards, WANdisco Executive Chairman and CEO, said:  

"We are delighted to help UCI Health implement its forward-thinking big data strategies, which we believe represent the future of the sector. This is just one demonstration of how Non-Stop Hadoop can change the world and a clear indication of why the continuous availability of data is critical. UCI Health is just one hospital in the UC medical system but their lead opens up a whole new opportunity for us across the healthcare sector. While initially our technology will be deployed on a relatively small scale, we look forward to working closely with UCI and developing our relationship over the coming months."

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For further information please contact:

WANdisco plc	via FTI Consulting LLP
David Richards, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Paul Harrison, Chief Financial Officer
FTI Consulting  LLP	[phone]
Matt Dixon / Sophie McMillan / Jon Snowball / Roger Newby
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Joint Broker and NOMAD)	[phone]
Fred Walsh / Grishma Patel / Ben Roberts (Investment Banking) Adam Pollock / Charles Leigh-Pemberton (Corporate Broking)
UBS Investment Bank  (Joint Broker)	[phone]
Tim Pratelli / Sandip Dhillon

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Notes to Editors:

About WANdisco

WANdisco (LSE: WAND) is a provider of enterprise-ready, non-stop software solutions that enable globally distributed organizations to meet today's data challenges of secure storage, scalability and availability. WANdisco's products are differentiated by the company's patented, active-active data replication technology, serving crucial high availability (HA) requirements, including Hadoop Big Data and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), including Apache Subversion and Git. Fortune Global 1000 companies, including Juniper Networks, Motorola, Intel and Halliburton, rely on WANdisco for performance, reliability, security and availability. For additional information, please visit www.wandisco.com.

About UC Irvine Health

UC Irvine Health comprises the clinical, medical education and research enterprises of the University of California, Irvine.  UC Irvine Medical Center was listed among America's Best Hospitals for the 13th consecutive year in 2013 by U.S. News & World Report. More than 3,600 trauma patients are treated annually, more than half of all traumas in Orange County. UC Irvine Medical Center is a 411-bed acute care hospital providing tertiary and quaternary care, ambulatory and specialty medical clinics, behavioral health and rehabilitation.

About Hortonworks

Hortonworks provides 100-percent open source software to develop, distribute and support an Apache Hadoop platform explicitly architected, built and tested for enterprise-grade deployments. Developed by the original architects, builders and operators of Hadoop, Hortonworks stewards the core and delivers the critical services required by the enterprise to reliably and effectively run Hadoop at scale. Our distribution, Hortonworks Data Platform, provides an open and stable foundation for enterprises and delivers a modern data architecture with the support of key technology partners. Hortonworks also provides unmatched technical support, training and certification programs. For more information, visit www.hortonworks.com.

 

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