Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Extends Vital Digital and Voice Network With LightPointe Gigabit Ethernet Outdoor Wireless

LightPointe, a designer and
manufacturer of high-speed outdoor wireless products, today announced that
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), the world renowned hospital
and cancer institute, has deployed the company's Gigabit Ethernet
FlightStrata(TM) optical wireless product to extend high-speed network
connectivity to a new office while providing seamless access to
bandwidth-intensive digital imaging, research data and a wireless IP telephony
system.
The largest private cancer institution in the world, MSKCC is well known
for employing state-of-the-art technology to deliver improved services to
patients, physicians, nurses, researchers and administrators. "Wireless
technologies are a critical component of our New York City facilities," says
Patricia C. Skarulis, vice president of information systems and chief
information officer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. "The center's
advanced network includes VoIP, mobile wireless workstations, widespread WiFi
coverage, PDA scanners and high-speed optical wireless links that connect
buildings and facilities located on Manhattan's Upper East Side."
Most recently, the center's expansion into additional office space created
an immediate need for Gigabit Ethernet connectivity. Leveraging LightPointe,
MSKCC's technology team linked the new office space with the campus-wide
network via window-mounted optical wireless systems.
For the network survey and installation, the MSKCC team enlisted Speed
Wire Inc., a Floral Park, N.Y.-based wireless technology integrator with
extensive experience in LightPointe's optical wireless solutions. Speed Wire
had previously assisted MSKCC in installing secure 155 Mbps LightPointe
optical wireless links. Facing a tight deadline and a demand for Gigabit
Ethernet throughput, Speed Wire recommended LightPointe's FlightStrata product
and conducted a window-to-window transmission test to demonstrate its
performance (the product also operates from rooftops). The FlightStrata
linkheads were installed behind windows and carrying live network traffic in
less than 48 hours after testing was concluded.
According to John Guy, senior network engineer for MSKCC's network
infrastructure group, optical wireless solutions are an ideal and
cost-effective way to provide high-speed, outdoor building-to-building
connectivity in healthcare campus environments with multiple buildings,
high-bandwidth requirements and ever-changing demands. "Our latest
LightPointe optical wireless link delivers full-duplex throughput securely
between two buildings without the need to lease expensive fiber-optic cable
from a service provider," he says.
The new FlightStrata seamlessly integrates with the institute's existing
LightPointe FlightSpectrum optical wireless links that connect other campus
buildings, including one housing a high-speed network between MSKCC's research
scientists and peers at nearby Rockefeller University. In all cases, the
optical wireless network extensions carry high-speed voice, data and digital
imaging to the remote locations. In doing so, MSKCC provides campus-wide
access to its IP telephony system, all-digital Picture Archiving
Communications System (PACS) and other leading-edge technologies without
incurring additional significant capital expenditures.
"No other outdoor bridging technology beats optical wireless in providing
highly cost-effective, Gigabit Ethernet connectivity in an urban environment,"
says Mike Connolly, director of sales at Speed Wire. "Ease of installation
and trouble-free operation eliminates the interference, security and
management challenges associated with other wireless solutions."
Optical wireless eliminates prohibitive licensing fees, lengthy timetables
and other metropolitan obstacles typically associated with leased lines
alternatives such as T1s or fiber-optic cable. "More and more organizations,
especially many in the healthcare industry, are using optical wireless to
transmit a variety of data at ultra high speed," says Bob Preston, senior vice
president and chief marketing officer at LightPointe. "In particular,
hospitals and medical facilities prefer the inherent security of optical
wireless, which uses beams of light and cannot be detected."
A pioneer in the development of optical wireless solutions based on
free-space optics (FSO) technology, LightPointe has deployed thousands of
systems in more than 60 countries. The company's growing list of healthcare
and global blue-chip customers includes Austin Radiological Association, CNN,
DHL International, Nextel, China Mobile, Volkswagen and Toyota.
In May, LightPointe unveiled the FlightStrata 100 XA, the first integrated
Fast Ethernet optical wireless link combined with license-free 5.8 GHz radio
frequency (RF) technology. Using its patented DualPath(TM) architecture,
LightPointe provides intelligent network switching between optical wireless
and RF functionality for unparalleled capacity, availability and distance.

About LightPointe
LightPointe designs and manufactures high-speed outdoor wireless products
for cost-effective bridging in enterprise and carrier networks. LightPointe's
outdoor wireless solutions have earned high marks in enterprise networking
installations for linking two or more buildings in classic LAN-to-LAN backbone
connectivity with extraordinarily high-bandwidth from 100 Mbps up to 1.25
Gbps. LightPointe outdoor wireless solutions are unique in that they use
optical wireless based on free-space optics (FSO) technology and are
license-free worldwide. The company's patented DualPath architecture
integrates auto-switching optical wireless as a primary path and license-free
5.8 GHz radio frequency (RF) wireless as a secondary and redundant data path
for industry-leading 99.999 percent network availability and uptime.
LightPointe products have been deployed in more than 60 countries, and the
company is recognized worldwide for the highest standards of quality and
service. To learn more, please visit http://www.lightpointe.com/.

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