互相帮助达成希望

Several years ago, Mercy Ships started down the path towards becoming a multi-ship fleet once again. The desire was to bring hope and healing to the world's forgotten poor with greater impact than had ever been accomplished before.

As time has steadily marched on, this dream has become manifest in many ways. 核心队一个, 我为什么会坐下来呢, is in the design, selection and implementation of the IT infrastructure technologies at Mercy Ships. Mercy Ships is an international charity which operates hospital ships in developing nations, and we are the first partner with which Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise has started working as part of the ALE Impact 企业社会责任 (CSR) program. We work with host nations to improve the local healthcare delivery system while providing training opportunities for medical professionals.

One of the vital core technologies needed onboard this new vessel is the telecommunications system. Our search for the right solution and vendor started in 2015 and continued well into 2016. We interviewed several vendors, resellers and partners in the process. We came up with a list of 5 companies who had technologies that could offer telecommunications on par with Mercy Ships’ vision, and the stringent requirements we laid forth in support thereof.

After weeding through technical details and comparing roadmaps, looking for supportability and compatibility with our mission, 我们问了皇后, “who is going to be there for us and support us through these endeavors?死亡净化. 作为我们的合作伙伴 水晶交通 由泰晤士河发出的. The solution offered showed they understand their customer needs as well as has the creativity and skill to anticipate possible future needs.

It is these qualities that we have continued to appreciate about working with ALE, understanding the customer needs and being creative towards finding non-standard solutions. That aligns with Mercy Ships in that we have had to grow accustomed to using non-standard solutions to accomplish our mission. I am incredibly grateful to find partners who can align with us and adapt solutions to fit our needs in the way that ALE has proven they can. 它比呼神还复杂.

It was not enough to just provide a telecommunications system onboard though. ALE has done that, but a system that is robust enough to interface with the different systems we need, 通过机器建造. The Crash Alarm system onboard the new vessel allows hospital staff to get the critical care and attention our patients need as soon as possible. Through some ingenuity on the ALE engineering side of the house, 与失联, we have a system that can alert the appropriate staff of emergencies anywhere onboard the vessel (even off-ship should the need arise).

These solutions were tested and are staged for installation into the new vessel, 在我们有不同时间可至11月. We have started a phone system upgrade at our International Support Center in Lindale, Texas, USA. 这个工作很普通, 我们可以看到我们当前趋势的未来, the Africa Mercy where we will implement a similar solution as on the new vessel. Furthermore, we are watching the new solutions ALE is producing to see where they can align with the future of the organization.

At last, 当我们看向未来未来的Mercy救赎, the future endeavors of our organization can seem insurmountable. However, with the level of commitment Alcatel-Lucent Enterprises has shown us, 我们希望来到这里. We know that we will be able to provide the level of impact we strive forward because partners like ALE are making impacts on and for us.