Blount Memorial Hospital Prescribes FileKeeper for Its Windows Users

Medical Center Adds FileKeeper Enterprise's User-Centric Data Protection to Its Existing Tape Backup System, Enforces Data Protection and Retention Policies, Extends Disaster Recovery to Their Desktops

FileKeeper, Inc., the leader in user-centric data protection, today announced that Blount Memorial Hospital has selected FileKeeper Enterprise to provide real-time data protection for over eight hundred of its Windows users.

Founded in 1947, Blount Memorial Hospital is a regional medical system that provides comprehensive medical services to thousands of patients in East Tennessee. Blount Memorial's IT Staff supports over eight hundred Windows users located across Blount's 15 hospital, clinic and treatment center locations. "We support hospital administrators, caregivers and specialists," said Jason Mashburn, Director of Information Systems for Blount Memorial Hospital. "Providing IT services to meet the needs of such a diverse group of users is a constant challenge."

One of Jason's key challenges is making sure that the information created by Blount's healthcare professionals is protected. "For years we've asked our users to copy their important files to our servers so they would be backed up." Mashburn continued, "Each year we have cases in which users lose important documents stored on their PC because their local hard drive has a problem and the user failed to back up their files to our network." Blount Memorial turned to FileKeeper to provide real-time file protection for Blount Memorial's Windows users. FileKeeper backs up files every time they are created, modified and saved, regardless of whether the file is stored on a user's local PC, on a network file server or attached storage device. FileKeeper empowers Blount Memorial's users to restore the most current and previous versions of their files on their own, without having to involve the hospital's IT support staff.

"FileKeeper provides our IT staff with a centralized, auditable system to define and enforce our written policies regarding data retention and protection. FileKeeper also gives us the peace of mind that our users' files will be backed up regardless where those files are stored on our network." Mashburn continues, "We expect FileKeeper to help us avoid costly data losses, reduce the amount of resources we currently spend performing file restores and improve our end-users' satisfaction by responding faster to their file restore requests."

"We are pleased that Blount Memorial has joined a growing number of healthcare organizations that are buying or evaluating FileKeeper Enterprise," said Ken Cross, CEO of FileKeeper. "We believe our user-centric approach of backing up every file, created by every user, every time the file is saved provides an excellent solution for highly regulated healthcare environments, such as Blount Memorial."

About Blount Memorial Hospital

Blount Memorial Hospital provides health care services in eastern Tennessee. Founded in 1947, the hospital offers patients cardiopulmonary, cancer care, radiology, and women's health services. Blount Memorial has clinics devoted to diagnostic imaging, occupational health services, and outpatient rehabilitation. The hospital also offers specialty services for seniors including elder assessment testing, home health care, home life assistance, and MorningView Village, an assisted senior living community. For more information about Blount Memorial Hospital visit www.blountmemorial.com.

About FileKeeper, Inc.

FileKeeper is the leading developer user-centric data protection software for Windows desktop and laptop computers. FileKeeper's user-centric approach to data protection is built around three principals: protect every file created by every user on your network every time they save their files. FileKeeper provides organizations with a low-cost, easy-to-deploy solution for protecting high-value information against accidental deletions, hardware failure, theft, and corruption caused by viruses while helping reduce the financial impact of data loss, lowering IT operating costs and helping organizations comply with government regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPPA.

FileKeeper, Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, in the scenic foothills of the Smoky Mountains. FileKeeper is a member of Tennessee's Technology 2020, the East Tennessee Technology Council and the University of Tennessee Center for Entrepreneurial Growth. For more information about FileKeeper visit www.filekeeper.com.

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