Case Study: York Hospital achieves scalable, secure PACS hybrid cloud and 24% storage reduction with Veritas Technologies' Alta SaaS Protection

A Fresh Approach to Medical Imaging, Data Storage and Backup

York Hospital, a regional healthcare provider in York, Maine, faced a critical Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) challenge: on‑premises storage was nearing capacity, the array required a tech refresh, and the IT team wanted to avoid vendor lock‑in while meeting strict HIPAA/HITECH compliance and ransomware protection needs.

The hospital deployed Veritas Alta SaaS Protection on Microsoft Azure in a hybrid configuration with local caching, enabling continuous backup, policy‑based tiering and immutable cloud storage. The move migrated 87 TB (growing ~1.5 TB/month) to the cloud, delivered a 24% storage reduction through deduplication, optimized PACS recall performance, reduced on‑prem footprint and capital expenses, and strengthened retention and compliance posture.

York Hospital

Edward L. Sovetsky

IT Site Director