Istekki Oy specializes in ICT services for public admin and healthcare and offers its services to individual municipalities, joint municipal authorities, health care districts, and private companies.
Hospitals and health care districts have specific requirements for how a network must function. Not only must the network be integratable with “Kanta”, the online service for KELA (Finland’s social insurance institution) but also meet the needs of university hospitals in special responsibility areas (ERVA).
Services must run around the clock, so the network must be very reliable. Maintenance and modification needs must be planned and implemented well in advance to minimize outages.
A close partnership delivers results
Istekki’s nationwide backbone network has been built over a long period of time in collaboration with the experts at Mintly. The backbone is as modern, efficient and scalable as a service platform can possibly be.
Through an ongoing consultancy agreement with Mintly, the network is constantly being developed to meet new customer needs. All the equipment used in the network is duplicated and there are redundancy safeguards to ensure 24/7 reliability. With the help of Mintly, maintenance work is planned and carried out rapidly. Network speed is increased and equipment updated in plenty of time and in a controlled manner.
The people at Mintly are very knowledgeable and there’s a rapid response time when you need help. They understand what the customer needs, and the result not only meets that need, but also takes into account the specificities of the industry.
Aripekka Matikainen
Telecommunications Team Leader
Expertise and technology are the key
For its technological prowess, Istekki has long relied on Juniper Networks. They have the necessary experience and expertise in data centres, routers and software, and Juniper’s products always maintain a high level of security.
In particular, Juniper is a pioneer in router technology and the MX Series routers used in Istekki’s backbone network offer improved manageability through open interfaces, as well as high availability, reliability, and maintenance automation.
Hospital Nova – smart hospital of the new era
Central Finland’s Hospital Nova in Jyväskylä has recently been built using advanced information technology for its operating environment. Mintly’s experts were subcontracted by Istekki to design Nova’s IT network, to automate certain routine tasks, eliminate errors, optimize processes and care targeting, and streamline logistics.
It has been a major project and the network design had to take into account a number of critical systems such as call, shift, positioning and alarm systems, as well as magnetic images, laboratory and patient data, prescriptions, and instructions to different points in the network. In addition, the network is needed for video conferencing to enable remote surgery and for teaching purposes.
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