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BICS Modernization is due to go live on February 5, 2005, bringing about a fully upgraded computing environment with greater reliability, stability and ease of enhancement. The project is in the final testing and planning phase, and Information Systems is working with key hospital departments to ensure things run smoothly throughout the weekend.
BICS modernization is a multi-year project that has converted 137 integrated applications (45,000 DOS-based programs) to newer Cache technology while maintaining the same functionality. Thanks to an IS-designed emulator, BICS users will find the same navigation on the new system as the old, which is expected to minimize training needs.
“Our department appreciates everyone’s patience and support during this infrastructure upgrade,” said Sue Schade, BWH’s chief information officer, who explained that the new BICS computing environment will offer greater stability and reliability than the current platform. When users logon to BICS, it will start much more quickly and demand less disk space and memory on PCs. BICS will use Windows controls and be capable of directly launching web applications.
For more information, see “BICS Modernization Information” on the left of the www.bwhpikenotes.org homepage under “Need to Know.”