Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – September 8, 2009 – Sunway Medical Centre (SunMed), one of the foremost private medical centres in Malaysia, today announced that it is using the InfraStruXure® system from APC by Schneider Electric to enhance the centre’s operational efficiency and set the foundation for their future plans.

The medical centre relies heavily on its ICT equipment to provide access to vital information such as patient records, databases, billings, and test results, on all emergency and regular operations. Due to growth and expansion, SunMed began looking to upgrade its data center as well as solutions to address a host of technological problems such as insufficient cooling, space constraints and frequent power trips.

Working with a ‘pay-as-you-grow’ plan, SunMed eliminated the need for upfront costs on hardware and maintenance. This plan leverages the scalability and modularity of APC InfraStruXure® solutions and resulted in substantial savings and a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for SunMed.

SunMed IT Manager Rachel Lim said that by using the InfraStruXure® system, they are able to not only address the power and cooling needs of the hospital but achieve energy efficiency and high systems availability.

“The high reliability of InfraStruXure® allows us to operate with a peace of mind that we never had before,” said Rachel. “With so many mission- and time-critical activities going on around the clock, our back-end system requires constant maintenance and monitoring to ensure there is literally no downtime or interruption, and we are highly satisfied with the preventive-proactive service that APC practices to support the system on a continuous basis.”

Symmetra PX and In-Row cooling are among InfraStruXure®’s comprehensive solutions that offer power protection system with scalable power and extended runtime to protect the servers from any power disruptions, and the server racks are able to be cooled efficiently and effectively without having to cool the surrounding environment.

“With the growing costs in managing data centres and the increasing demand for energy efficient cooling solutions, we see the need to provide our customers with options that leverage the expertise and best practices APC has developed over the years,” said Kenneth Emuang, Business Development Manager. “Our relationship with SunMed demonstrates the capabilities of our technologies that we can extend to all our customers to help them make the most of their energy.”

SunMed is confident that APC’s scalable and modular state-of-the-art solution will continue to address all its cooling and power management needs and requirements for the long term, giving them the support and assurance to focus on providing more advanced, high quality medical services to the country and beyond.

About Sunway Medical Centre
Sunway Medical Centre (SunMed) offers a comprehensive range of medical services which includes facilities and medical technologies for outpatient and in-patient specialty care, health & wellness promotion, and 24-hour emergency services. These are all supported by professional clinical expertise, advanced medical technology as well as trained and dedicated nursing staff.

Since its inception in November 1999, SunMed has grown from a single building to five with a total of 350 beds, more than 100 consultation suites and 12 operating theatres. Sunway Medical Centre is an ISO 9001:2000, MS ISO 15189 and Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH) accredited private hospital.

About APC
APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in critical power and cooling services, provides industry leading product, software and systems for home, office, data center and factory floor applications. Backed by the strength, experience, and wide network of Schneider Electric’s Critical Power & Cooling Services, APC delivers well planned, flawlessly installed and maintained solutions throughout their lifecycle. Through its unparalleled commitment to innovation, APC delivers pioneering, energy efficient solutions for critical technology and industrial applications. In 2007, Schneider Electric acquired APC and combined it with MGE UPS Systems to form Schneider Electric’s Critical Power & Cooling Services Business Unit, which recorded 2008 revenue of €2.6 billion (including APC-MGE sales of US3.7 billion) and employed 12,000 people worldwide. APC solutions include uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), precision cooling units, racks, physical security and design and management software, including APC's InfraStruXure® architecture, the industry’s most comprehensive integrated power, cooling, and management solution. Schneider Electric, with 114,000 employees and operations in 100 countries, achieved sales of €18.3 billion in 2008. For more information on APC, please visit www.apc.com. All trademarks are the property of their owners.

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