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RANCHO SANTA FE TECHNOLOGY, WELLS FARGO BANK'S PRIVATE CLIENT SERVICES SALES AUTOMATION GROUP TEAM-UP TO UPGRADE COMPUTERS FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER
San Diego
- February 29, 2000 - Wells Fargo Bank, Private Client Services
Sales
Automation group and strategic business partner, Rancho Santa Fe
Technology,
Inc., a leader in mission critical network communication
services, have
teamed up to provide Comprehensive Health Center, a
not-for-profit community
health center, with Dell computers at below
wholesale market prices.
The computers will be used to replace
aging 386 and 486 computers in a long
anticipated upgrade to the
Comprehensive Health Center management information
system. Wells
Fargo Bank Private Client Services was able to deliver
these
computers at a significant cost savings to Comprehensive Health
Center during
a systems upgrade initiative. Wells Fargo Bank Private
Client Services opted
to aid a San Diego Community health care clinic
with a much-needed donation.
Tres Conrique, president of
Rancho Santa Fe Technology, Inc., said his company
provided a number
of services to Comprehensive Health Center, including
the
installation of computer hardware and software, upgraded servers
and
network cabling, and the set-up of a physical hardware training
facility.
RSFT will also provide continued computer maintenance for
the health center.
According to Dr. Nora Faine, executive
director of the Comprehensive Health
Center, the generosity of Wells
Fargo Bank and RSFT has enabled Comprehensive
Health Center to ensure
Y2K compliance, with minimal impact to its annual
budget.
"The ability to obtain these computers at below the
wholesale market
rate has been a wonderful opportunity for our health
center," said
Dr. Faine. "With the growing number of
uninsured persons, this means
more dollars will be available for
direct health care services to indigent
families while we improve our
technology to move into the new
millennium."
Comprehensive Health Center,
established in 1977, provides high-quality,
low-cost medical and
dental services to low income families in southeastern
and central
San Diego at three clinic sites. The health center manages
multiple
public and private funding sources to support a wide range
of care to children
and adults, including internal medicine, women's
health, pediatrics, HIV
specialty services, and dental care.
Additionally, Comprehensive Health
Center works with schools and
other community-based organizations in the
community to develop
programs that expand access to health services through
health
education and outreach efforts.
Rancho Santa Fe Technology,
Inc., the recipient of the 1999 Arthur Andersen
Best Practices Award
for Exceeding Customer Expectations, designs and installs
structured
cabling systems, WAN and LAN network infrastructures and
new
enterprise wide technology upgrades; maintenance contracts for
vital WAN
and LAN equipment such as routers, servers, hubs and PCs;
troubleshooting,
repair and scheduled maintenance service for vital
desktop/server systems
and networks; and designs, engineers and
constructs data centers. Rancho
Santa Fe Technology is headquartered
in San Diego, with offices in Alameda,
CA and Tempe, AZ. Visit the
company's website at www.rsft.com
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