Marshall Medical Center

“Working with DSA was very easy. They understood the challenges we faced and came up with an innovative solution that has been in operation for a year now. By virtualizing almost everything, we now have the capacity to meet our ever growing demands without sacrificing performance.”

-Mike Jones IT Director, Marshall Medical

Marshall Medical Center is an independent, nonprofit community healthcare provider located in the heart of the Sierra Foothills between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe. With 150 physicians and 1300 employees, Marshall Medical’s 10 facilities serve the 140,000 residents of El Dorado County in California.

With a growing client population and a 88,000 square foot expansion on the way, Marshall’s IT staff was facing several challenge. How could they continue to provide excellent customer service while maintaining HIPAA compliance inside a datacenter that was getting hotter by the day? How could they lower the overall costs of managing their environment while taking on the responsibilities of their new acute patient center? And how could they free up staff time that would be needed to deploy a new Electronic Medical Records system?

Working together with DSA Technologies, Marshall formed a plan of action. It was clear that they could benefit from the efficiencies of VMware, but there were questions on how much of their infrastructure could and should be virtualized.

After completing a full review of dozens of application systems, DSA Technologies and Marshall IT staff committed to a new vision for the environment.

The project was completed in a short period of time and the results were immediate. Dozens of servers and storage systems were retired, the temperature inside the data center was no longer a concern, and the IT staff was able to focus on a growing number of future projects.

The virtualization of their environment was so successful that management has approved a new initiative to leverage their investment in VMware. A new project to migrate 150 users to View is currently underway and is expected to be finished Spring 2010.