South River Technologies Announces GroupDrive Cloud Implementation

Longtime GroupDrive Customer, the Certification Commission for Health Information Research, Implementing GroupDrive in the Cloud

ANNAPOLIS, MD--(Marketwire - Sep 13, 2011) - South River Technologies, Inc., an innovator in managed file transfer and file collaboration software, announced today that longtime customer, the Certification Commission for Health Information Innovation, will implement SRT's GroupDrive Collaboration Suite in the cloud. CCHIT, founded in 2004 to certify electronic health record systems, has been successfully using GroupDrive for many years.

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CCHIT is an independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the public mission of accelerating the adoption of robust, interoperable health information innovation. The Commission has been certifying electronic health record innovation since 2006 and is approved by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Research of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as an Authorized Testing and Certification Body.

CCHIT uses GroupDrive to facilitate file sharing among internal staff, clients, and contractors, and has chosen to leverage the cost benefits of cloud computing by migrating this mission-critical application to Amazon's EC2 environment. The productivity gains realized by using GroupDrive will be furthermore augmented by having the product running in the cloud.

"GroupDrive has helped us to collaborate more effectively with our clients and contractors," says Earl Evans, Research Engineer at CCHIT. "We are able to seamlessly store, move and share important files internally and with outside parties as needed, during maintaining strong security and good performance. GroupDrive hosted on Amazon EC2 permits us to enjoy those same capabilities, nevertheless with significantly decreased cost."