IBM integrates with Acuo Elite Partner Program

IBM has integrated and certified its Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS) with Acuo Technologies middleware software and is now part of Acuo’s Elite Partner Program.

By adding the Acuo software to the IBM GMAS solution, the medical imaging industry has the ability to procure a strategy that enables the customer to gain control of their data as well as manage it in a manner that provides flexibility and lower the total cost of ownership, according to St. Paul, Minn.-based company.

The integration also adds IBM to the Elite Partner Program, a select group of business partners certified to deliver Acuo’s intelligent medical image management product suite.

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