Case Study
Novell Appliance provides a cure for NHS Hampshire
The Project Andy Eyles, Associate Director – head of ICT Primary Care for NHS Hampshire, explains: “Every practice has its own clinical system and uses Microsoft Office and other clinical related applications. We wanted to implement the Novell Appliance as part of our strategy to reduce costs, improve service delivery and reduce our carbon footprint. ” The system is directory-oriented and managed centrally. This means that all of the assets on the network can be monitored, upgraded and supported remotely and removes the need for engineers to visit GP practices. NHS Hampshire and HC can see exactly where each PC and server is and what they are running. “We can now deploy new versions of software or a new application very quickly, often overnight” says Andy Eyles. “In the past thes