Necessity is breeding innovation in the health care analytics market as providers and payers, under enormous cost and quality pressures, are adopting analytics tools at an increasingly rapid pace to identify and eliminate the financial and cost inefficiencies that continue to plaque the industry. But analytics has always been a mix of art and science. While the industry adopts analytics technologies, it also has to learn the discipline of analytics--how to standardize and govern data, and how to build an infrastructure that ensures they are getting to the "truth" of their information. Two feature-length stories in this supplement will examine the behind-the-scenes efforts at creating an environment where art and science can both be brought to bear to create value-based health care, where information can drive the decisions of all those involved in delivering the best, safest care at the lowest cost possible.

It’s no secret that the astronomical growth in data is redefining IT infrastructure decisions, creating potential for massive headaches for enterprises. Capturing, storing, managing and analyzing data is proving to be a monumental task requiring innovative solutions and creative use of already-scarce IT budgets. To overcome these challenges, many enterprises are adopting cloud-based storage solutions that provide the ultimate in flexibility—particularly when cloud storage solutions are deployed along with on-premise solutions.

This eBook provides a variety of use cases, technical discussions, and third party analysis of the growing market for cloud based storage. Learn how to best put cloud storage to work for your organization, while protecting your storage infrastructure investment for maximum efficiency.