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DIGITAL FUTURES.DELIVERED TOGETHER.

WHY NOW IS THE TIMEFOR HYPERCONVERGEDINFRASTRUCTURE

Solving the problems associated with traditional infrastructure requires significant investment, continually buying new shelves and drives, which is not only costly but risky, resource intensive and time consuming.

Existing health and care infrastructure was bought and built based on the requirements at the time, not foreseeing the explosion of servers, connected devices and applications that today’s digital health system needs.

Infrastructure is the top current IT project of today’s NHS IT Leaders. A rise of 23% in the last 12 months, from 40% to 63%

Growing cyber security threat

Current IT infrastructure real estate not fit for purpose

A need to deliver advanced clinical software like ePrescribing and emerging tech such as AI, genomics and PHM

FUTURE-PROOFED INFRASTRUCTURE

HCI unifies computing, storage, networking and software into a single system making IT infrastructure easier to procure, deploy, manage, and scale. 

Environment with Traditional Enterprise SAN

Hyperconverged InfrastructureOne Tool. One Team

Up to

less time for storage tasks*

DEPLOY HEALTH AND CARE INNOVATIONS FASTER

Hyperconverged Infrastructure enables rapid applicationdeployment with workload-centric, policy-based management allowing you to be more responsive to rapidly changing clinical needs.

The drive for digitalisation in the NHS is well documented: From websites and apps that make care and advice easy to access, to connected computer systems that give staff the test results, history and evidence they need to make the best decisions for patients, the aim is to use technology to work smarter and provide better care than ever before.

provision full-stack infrastructure from one console in a few clicks

Easily tailor infrastructure to suit the needs of the workloads

Hyperconverged Infrastructure lowers costs by combining commodity hardware with a

simple operational model.

Take advantage of commodity server economics, with no dependency on proprietary hardware.

Run latest hardware, at higherutilisation rates, while avoidingover-provisioning.

Avoid tech silos and simplify workload deployments.

* Reported by Baystate Health. Source: https://www.itcentralstation.com/product_reviews/vmware-vsan-review-34882-by-mike-feld

We‘ve partnered with VMWare to deliver our HCI solution as we believe they offer the most streamlined deployment experience, with the broadest set of consumption options.

Hyper-converged solutions running VMWare vSAN

accounted for 33% of HCI market revenue, making VMWare the largest HCI

software vendor in the market.

VMware has once again been positioned as a Leader in the

latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged

Infrastructure.

vSAN is the only vSphere-embedded,

flash-optimised storage for virtual machines and containers that reduces TCO by as much as

50%.

WHY BLOCK?

Block is an IT innovation business, offering expert consultancy, business transformation and managed services that help healthcare organisations to define and achieve their digital aspirations.

We combine our deep vertical insight with proven technical expertise, and work in partnership with our clients to deliver impactful, measurable and sustainable business change through technology.

Visit block.co.uk/hci to find out more

INCREASING DEMAND ON NHS IT INFRASTRUCTURE

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LOWER COSTS

THE MOST TRUSTED HYPERCONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTION

The best way to find out if Hyperconverged Infrastructure is something that your health or care organisation would benefit from is to speak to one of

our advisors who can guide you through an assessment.

Most importantly however, we listen. By taking the time to truly understand the challenges you’re facing, we’re able to make sure investment priorities are always lined up to the strategic outcomes desired.

Our consultancy, support and solution services help clients across enterprise, commercial and public sectors to increase productivity, accelerate growth and deliver outstanding user experiences.

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Electra House,Crewe Business Park,Crewe, Cheshire,CW1 6GL

+44 (0)84 4967 1646

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