CRITICAL ANALYSIS

CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Critical Analysis

Introduction

The purpose of critically analyzing the case of Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust in which EMC help Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation trust delivering patient excellence that developed and implemented a complete information infrastructure strategy. Thus in this regard, the purpose is to analyze critically the information infrastructure strategy by following a complete SWOT analysis. As the case begins with introduction of Liverpool Women's NHS foundation trust that charity institute was established in 1971 and it was providing the most advanced health services for women and babies and it is highly recommended in whole Britain.

However, as per the popularity, the trust witnessing an on-going growth and due to that reason a huge amount of data need to be maintained from the emails to patient records and from their to the picture files, for instance, the ultrasound scans. Because of this huge data base, the management facing potential problems, as there was huge risk involved of losing the data. Secondly, the information was also scattered among different servers and management finding it impossible to reconcile data or cannot even assure consistency.

Thus the management came with the solution of deploying new servers to solve business problems at the time when they arose. As per the Dr. Chuhdary, he was of the idea that spotted server system at trust meant that it is possible to find data under different employees desk and due to that reason data cannot be backed on regular basis.

SWOT Analysis

To provide a proper understanding of the analysis, a SWOT analysis is conducted on the basis of the given solution of the problem, which can possibly enable the readers to attach themselves with given case scenario.

To overcome the pertaining problem, trust came with an idea of enlisting Dell to help in identifying an substitute stragtey to its main enterprise strategy on which the trust was running. The advantage of adding Dell to the scenario was that it begins with moving the information system towards the lifecycle management strategy.

SWOT Analysis

Strengths (technology)

Introducing Dell into the problem of maintaining huge data base.

The first key point is the establishment of a world's most patient oriented data base, and the second aspect is to make a server where patients and employees can access their information.

Introducing and consolidating four Dell Power Edge Servers 2850 that run on VMware ESX server software.

Weakness (Operations and Strategies)

The biggest ...