14 DAY TRIAL // The Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (UIS) will evolve with products from Sentillion starting in 2010, the Redmond company announced. Microsoft is right on track to acquire Sentillion for an undisclosed sum in order to boost its own range of offerings aimed at the healthcare industry. Essentially, the software giant plans to integrate Sentillion’s products with the Amalga UIS, in order to streamline access to multiple IT applications, as well as sources of patient data. The two companies are expected to finalize the deal in early 2010, and indicated that Sentillion would continue to provide existing customers with support, as well as sell new products, all from its current corporate headquarters in Andover.
“Microsoft and Sentillion share a vision of a connected health system in which the free and rapid flow of information, coupled with streamlined access to a hospital’s myriad healthcare applications, empowers doctors and nurses to perform their roles with greater insight, speed and effectiveness,” explained Peter Neupert, corporate vice president, Microsoft Health Solutions Group. “As a result, our products and strategies are a natural fit. Joining efforts with Sentillion will allow us to amplify and accelerate the impact we can make in health IT and health globally,”
The marriage between Sentillion’s products and Amaga UIS will deliver a new offering designed to bring to the table context management and single sign-on technologies in concert with a real-time data aggregation solution. The promise from Microsoft is that clinicians will be able to benefit from a boost in speed as well as increased insight in relation to patient data. Amalga UIS has already been adopted by over 115 hospitals, while Sentillion’s technologies are featured in over 1,000 hospitals.
“We’re excited to build on the powerful foundation we have built over the past decade in product development, sales and marketing, customer relationships, and execution excellence,” added Robert Seliger, CEO of Sentillion. “With its commitment to improving health and the global resources it brings to bear, Microsoft is the perfect partner to expand our efforts worldwide.”