Datalink Chosen by Cook County Health and Hospitals System

Datalink Corporation, provider of data center infrastructure and services, has
completed the deployment of a new, nearly $3M unified virtual data center
infrastructure for the Cook County
Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS) of Cook County, Illinois.

Servicing the operational needs of nearly two dozen CCHHS facilities across the
Chicagoland area, the private cloud solution speeds up access to patient care
data for thousands of clinicians and staff personnel while giving the CCHHS a
data center infrastructure that is ready for future growth.

Serving more than 500,000 patients each year, the Cook County Health
& Hospitals System is an integrated system of healthcare facilities
throughout Chicago and suburban Cook County. The John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, Provident
Hospital, and Cook County Department
of Public Health are among the many entities in the CCHHS.

Datalink served as advisor on the project, as well as
designed and deployed compute, network, and storage components into a single,
unified architecture, FlexPod. Based on a Datalink-validated reference
architecture, it features technologies from NetApp, Cisco,
and VMware and is designed to deliver performance, HA, and secure access to data. Datalink leveraged the
capabilities of the virtual data center infrastructure and also deployed reliable site-to-site and
failover DR capabilities.

In addition, Datalink upgraded CCCHS’ backup
operations with infrastructure and software from Quantum and Symantec. Datalink
design and deployment practices were based on notable virtual data center
certifications, including: VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX), VMware
Certified Professional (VCP), Cisco Data Center Storage Networking (DCSN) and
Networking Infrastructure (DCNI), Cisco Data Center Architecture (DCA), and
NetApp Virtualization and Data Center Specializations.

"Datalink provided the
right-sized solution that fit our operational and financial needs,"
said Marlon Burns, CTO of Cook County Health and Hospitals System. "Datalink demonstrated the expertise and
experience to seamlessly and effectively implement our virtual data center. The
private cloud solution delivers measurable data center efficiencies and enables
our staff to quickly access the data they need to care for our patients."

Datalink will be meeting CCHHS’ ongoing support needs through its
OneCallSM unified support services. Its unified support services
supplement OEM support programs and provide
streamlined solution-level assessment and resolution. Leveraging the support
services teams, best practices, and data center expertise of OneCall, Datalink
will assume ownership of each reported incident, conduct initial triages, and
resolve issues. Should incidents be escalated to OEMs, Datalink will shepherd
all incidents until a resolution is achieved.

"The CCHHS deployment is
a prototypical example of how a unified solution covering architecture,
delivery and support, aligned with business goals, can drive real value for
customers," noted Paul Lidsky, president and CEO, Datalink. "This integrated program provides Cook County
Health and Hospitals System with an infrastructure that delivers performance
today and a migration path for the future."

The revenue of the project was recognized in the third quarter of
2011.