Customer Case Study
Nationwide Children's Hospital
8/12/2009
Research Institute Speeds Cancer Research with High-Performance Computing System
Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) wanted to maximize the speed at which it could conduct scientific research in its Linux-based infrastructure. To better manage its Linux servers, NCH worked with the Ohio Supercomputer Center to deploy the Windows® HPC Server 2008 operating system. The hospital has experienced improved performance and enhanced researcher productivity due to the Microsoft solution.
Industry: Hospitals
Size: Large, 6000 employees
Country: US  US

Customer Profile
http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/
Nationwide Children's Hospital, based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest children's hospitals in the United States.
Business Situation
Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) needed a faster computing resource to handle its medical imaging digitization needs.
Solution
The Hospital worked with the Ohio Supercomputer Center to implement the Windows® HPC Server 2008 operating system.
Benefit
  • NCH realized heightened researcher productivity, increased systems performance, and easier deployment and systems management from the Microsoft solution.
Software
  • Windows HPC Server
Quote
"We certainly considered Linux, but most tools that we use are designed for a Windows environment, and we felt that our researchers would be more effective in that environment."
Bill Beyer, Senior Software Developer for the Research Informatics Core at Nationwide Children's Hospital