Case Studies

Pragmatix Facilitates Oncolink Web Hosting

The University of Pennsylvania's Cancer Center established Oncolink in 1994 to help cancer patients; families, health care professionals and the general public obtain accurate cancer information. The Oncolink website, the Internet's first cancer resource, provides comprehensive information on cancer treatments, cancer research advances and continuing medical education.

Business Issue

• Simplify IT hosting and website management
• Lower maintenance and support costs
• Deliver accurate and timely information

Business Results

• Secure web hosting
• Reduced IT costs and maintenance
• Reliable, managed service

When OncoLink went online, it required a secure, dependable and fully managed network environment for their website. UPenn realized a secure hosted solution at an IBM facility managed by Pragmatix including scheduled backups, server management and advanced monitoring. The transition from their former hosting provider was seamless and achieved in less than three weeks.

"Pragmatix Gold is impressive! It is a secure and reliable service... When we've needed support, the Pragmatix team has always been very responsive in resolving our issues quickly. We're extremely happy with Pragmatix and highly recommend them to anyone who values uptime and unprecedented levels of service"

Dr. Metz, Assistant Professor, Dept of Radiation Oncology and Editor-in-Chief, OncoLink, Unniversity of Pennsylvania