INOC builds NOC for RSNA

NORTHBROOK, USA: INOC, LLC, a 24x7 Network Operations Center (NOC) and global provider of NOC monitoring, reporting and support services, announced the completion of a temporary NOC for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2013 Annual Meeting, taking place December 1-6, 2013 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.

The NOC supports the RSNA network (RSNAnet), providing 100 percent network uptime as well as critical availability for the duration of the six-day conference.

The RSNA is an international society of radiologists, medical physicists and other medical professionals with more than 53,000 members from 140 countries across the globe. Its Annual Meeting is the world's premier event in medical imaging, bringing together more than 700 exhibitors and over 55,000 attendees to educate the market about the industry's latest technological innovations and scientific advancements.

INOC has built a temporary NOC at the convention facility to monitor and manage the RSNA network, which is backed by INOC's primary and Disaster Recovery NOCs in Madison, WI and Chicago, IL. The NOC leverages INOC's NOC Operations Platform and implements detailed processes and procedures for monitoring and managing RSNAnet 24x7.

The network, exclusively built and monitored by INOC, delivers premium Ethernet services using a flexible Juniper virtual switching fabric along with equipment from Extreme, Fortinet and Blue Coat.

A virtual server infrastructure using VMware is used to run DNS, DHCP and a variety of additional monitoring tools, including NetFlow and sFlow tools to support both remote and on-site incident response teams. RSNAnet spans 120 network closets covering two million square feet of floor space and meeting rooms.