Monday, June 29, 2020

Hyperconvergence models are here to stay in the Health vertical

To sustain the digital transformation in this segment, the investment in infrastructure goes towards hyperconverged models (Hyper-converged infrastructure –HCI-), which combine the virtualization of storage, computing (virtual machines and containers) and security (firewalls, for example).

In terms of technological infrastructure for the Health sector, there is a fragmented picture, which is being tested today with the Covid-19 pandemic: on the one hand, highly affected segments, such as doctor's offices, scheduled care centers and worrying exams, which saw their activity interrupted and they had not ventured into digital transformation; on the other, health centers - mostly private - that had been previously prepared and were able to react more quickly to the need for flexibility required by the health emergency.

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