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Healthcare organizations face myriad risks, from data privacy and corporate compliance to medical malpractice and environmental safety. With more than 30 hospitals and numerous specialized facilities across six states, US nonprofit Banner Health had different vendor management processes across the organization. “I wanted Banner Health’s teams to work together efficiently,” says Cameron Nickerson, IT vendor management director at the health system.
Nowadays, with growing infrastructure and increased complexity, it’s near impossible to manage configuration changes manually. Let’s look at an example scenario. Imagine you are the network admin of a large enterprise network handling 5,000 devices. You cannot remember the configuration of every device, especially if the network environment also supports multi-vendor devices.
Mergers and acquisitions are complex. So complex, in fact, that up to 90% fail. One of the biggest risks for M&A failure comes during technology integration. At this stage, enterprise security, compliance, and employee productivity can all be irreparably disrupted. IT needs to walk a fine line between staying on schedule and maintaining stability.