Virtualization: Healthcare's Cure for the Common Cost? Part 2

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Health Industry Insights Opinion
• In This Report
• Situation Overview
  • About UPMC
  • IT at UPMC
  • Figure: UPMC Servers and Staff, 2000-2005
  • ITSTP Project Scope
  • Anticipated Benefits of ITSTP
  • Overview of Benchmarking Project Methodology
    • Benchmark Metrics Definitions
  • Findings
    • Unix Server Virtualization
    • Figure: UPMC Actual and Estimated Unix Physical Servers, 1Q05, 3Q05, 2Q06, 4Q06, and 1Q07
    • Figure: UPMC Unix Server CPUs and OS Instances, 1Q05, 3Q05, 2Q06, 4Q06, and 1Q07
    • Figure: UPMC Concurrent Cerner Users, November 2004-August 2007
    • Table: UPMC Three-Year Cost Savings: Unix Servers ($)
    • Wintel Server Virtualization
    • Figure: UPMC Actual and Estimated Wintel Physical Servers, 1Q05, 3Q05, 2Q06, 4Q06, and 1Q07
    • Table: UPMC Three-Year Cost Savings: Wintel Servers
    • Storage Virtualization and Migration to an All-SAN Environment
    • Figure: UPMC SAN and DAS Storage Capacity, 1Q05, 1Q06, and 1Q07
    • Staffing Metrics
    • Figure: UPMC ISD Staff, FY05-FY07
    • Figure: Wintel Support Staff and OS Instances, 1Q05, 1Q06, and 1Q07
    • Figure: Unix Support Staff and OS Instances, 1Q05, 1Q06, and 1Q07
    • Figure: DBA Staff and Database Instances, 1Q05, 1Q06, and 1Q07
    • Figure: IT Operating Budget Share of Enterprise Revenue, 1Q07
• Future Outlook
• Essential Guidance
  • Actions to Consider
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • Synopsis