Is UPMC’s $402M Deal With IBM Paying Off?

In 2005, a $6 billion health-care organization took a dose of on-demand computing, virtualization and ITIL and set out to transform itself, vendor-customer relationships and the national health-care system. How far has the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center come?

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Also in This Feature:

  • Working Together: How UPMC and IBM are delivering technology change.
  • Base Technologies: Relying on an On Demand computing environment.
  • Who’s Who: A CIO opts against gradual change.
  • Doing More With Less: How virtualization helps avoid costs.
  • Realigning Budgets: A look at infrastructure investments.
  • At a Glance: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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