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Shifting to Linux-Based E-Mail


September 4, 2008

Three delivery systems and a hospital are implementing new e-mail server applications built on the Linux open-source platform as a cost-cutting move.

The organizations--Moses Taylor Healthcare System, Scranton, Pa.; Appalachian Regional Healthcare System, Boone, N.C.; and Southeast Alabama Medical Center, Dothan, Ala.--are rolling out applications from PostPath Inc., a new company based in Mountain View, Calif.

Users at each organization still access their e-mail primarily via Microsoft Outlook. But they are either phasing out Microsoft Exchange Server messaging and collaborative software on the back-end or no longer buying additional licenses.

More hospitals are likely to consider alternatives to Exchange, including Linux-based groupware that emulates Exchange’s features, says Ken Walling, senior consultant with ACS Healthcare Solutions, a Dallas-based consulting firm. “The CIOs I’ve worked with have always been happy to have alternatives,” he says. “For many years now, Exchange has often been the only viable option.”

To learn more about why these organizations adopted a Linux-based system, read the Hospitals department story in the September issue of Health Data Management by clicking here.

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