Overview
Healthcare environments are continually evolving to meet the patient needs. New technologies provide administrators the opportunity to improve patient satisfaction and outcomes through connectivity and access to information, while also achieving regulatory compliance and optimal building efficiency.
Infrastructure as a Platform addresses the foundations of patient-centered interoperability and provides agility for budgets, scalability for demand, and flexibility for technology choices. This approach addresses the five key technology areas of risk management, network migration, power optimization, thermal efficiency and DCIM enablement. Not only that, it also integrates innovative solutions to meet your assessment and deployment needs.
Key Takeaways
- Fully understand the Anixter Infrastructure as a Platform approach for an agile, flexible and scalable healthcare infrastructure solution
- Discover a layered approach to risk management in your healthcare facility
- Learn how high performance structured cabling can support network interoperability
- Find out how developing an intelligent power chain results in more efficient and reliable power distribution
Speakers
Andrew Jimenez has over 25 years' experience in the fields of telecommunications testing and product certification. He has held various engineering and management positions with test laboratories specializing in the certification of voice/data communications systems and components. While an engineer at Underwriters Laboratories (UL), he directed the launch of their Category 5 connecting hardware verification program. Currently, his primary responsibilities include the management of the day-to-day operations of Anixter's Infrastructure Solutions Lab and Solutions Briefing Centers, standards development, and product research.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois-Chicago and a Master of Science Degree in Engineering Management from Northwestern University as well as multiple patents utilizing balanced twisted-pair cabling technology. He is an active voting member of the Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.7 cabling and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 LAN/MAN standards committees. Andrew is also a Cisco CCNA with Wireless Specialization. He has given numerous technical presentations at trade shows and symposiums and was the 2015 BICSI Harry J. Pfister Award recipient for Excellence in the Telecommunications Industry.
Steve Anson, has held various business management and marketing positions throughout Asia Pacific and EMEA. Now based in North America as part of the Anixter's global solutions marketing team, Steve draws upon over 28 years of sales, distribution and technical solutions experience in the network and communications industry to define physical layer infrastructure solutions for key growth areas, including data centers, commercial buildings and healthcare.
Steve is currently focused on further developing Anixter's Infrastructure as a Platform (IaaP) - a comprehensive solutions approach that addressees customer technology challenges within different environments and vertical markets.
