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McKesson Corporation
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McKesson Corporation dominates the healthcare industry as the largest pharmaceutical distributor in North America and the leading U.S. healthcare services and information technology company. McKesson technologies operate in more than half of the nation’s hospitals with more than 200 beds, helping healthcare providers make patient care safer and reasonably priced. |
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- Increase resources and improve availability for the Oracle® 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) production, development and quality assurance databases
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Solutions overview |
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- Upgraded to HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers
- Deployed HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite for HP-UX 11i v2
- Added HP StorageWorks arrays and tape libraries
- Utilized HP consulting and integration services, as well as hardware support warranty
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- Obtained 75 percent less downtime
- Improved availability, reliability and scalability of computing environment
- Enhanced customer and employee satisfaction
- Estimated $400,000 ROI over a three-year period
- Achieved 50 percent lower maintenance expenses and Oracle licensing costs
- Reduced IT staff overtime
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