The IT Network
Hardware-as-a-service helps you save money and keep your business efficient, while an army of dental industry technicians watches your IT network 24/7
When was the last time you placed an amalgam filling or developed a film x-ray? Chances are, it was many years ago, which means you've invested in better dental materials and technology. But this begs an important question: Why, if you've moved on to digital equipment, would you let your IT infrastructure sit in a back room collecting dust?
Having the most up-to-date hardware not only allows your software and digital technologies to run smoothly, but keeps your sensitive practice data safe from hackers and viruses. While owning this essential IT infrastructure might seem like the most logical solution—after all, you own your practice and virtually everything inside it—there are several drawbacks.
For example, if you buy your hardware outright with monthly financing, by the time you’re about ready to pay it off, you may find yourself back at square one. That’s because hardware components need to be replaced every 3 to 5 years.
A Stress-Free Solution
For a low monthly cost that's easy to budget, OmniCore from Henry Schein One's TechCentral provides all the hardware needed for a dental office network—including a virtualized server, network-attached storage, business-grade wireless access point, and hybrid data backup—all packaged in a sleek, low-profile rack that can easily be rolled into the office.
This all-in-one “network in a box” is fully managed by TechCentral, which assumes responsibility for maintaining, updating, and replacing hardware components automatically as they become out of date. TechCentral also protects your office and patients by encrypting practice data and storing it both locally and in the cloud to prevent internet security threats and office downtime.
Money Well-Spent
An outdated IT network can take its toll on practice efficiency—a fact that the team at Whitley Dental in Dallas, TX, learned the hard way after getting a no-cost IT assessment from TechCentral. While they knew they needed help with their IT infrastructure, the team was surprised to learn that the office was running on equipment with insufficient memory, and without a server to back up its data.
“I thought, 'If I have to replace all these computers, how is that going to play into the bottom-line budget?'” said Tamara Whitley, office director.
Using OmniCore provides peace of mind, she said, because she knows that the dental technology experts at TechCentral have her back 24/7. In fact, she described the monthly investment as the best money the practice has ever spent.
“Some people shy away from leases, but OmniCore is the best of all worlds, because—if I had to buy this equipment from scratch—it would take us at least 5 years to pay it off, and by that time, it could be out of date,” she said. “TechCentral OmniCore is a part of Whitley Dental just as much as our assistants, hygienists, and front office staff.”
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