IBM's SoftLayer Joins HealthXL Network to Extend Health IT Innovation

Through HealthXL, IBM's SoftLayer Plans to Unlock the Potential of the Health IT Market

Through HealthXL, IBM's SoftLayer Plans to Unlock the Potential of the Health IT Market

On April 27th HealthXL announced its partnership with SoftLayer at the HealthXL Global Gathering in Boston. SoftLayer joins a network of 14 HealthXL Partners including leading global healthcare brands such as Bupa, Cleveland Clinic, Becton Dickinson, IBM, ICON, ResMed, Janssen Healthcare Innovation, Linde Healthcare, Novartis, Partners HealthCare, Silicon Valley Bank, EY, SoftServe, Hermitage Medical Clinic.

Joshua Krammes, Vice President, Community Development, SoftLayer Technologies - an IBM Company, said: 

“Health IT is one of the most exciting tech verticals at the moment globally. We are excited to join HealthXL as a partner and unlock the potential of health IT, a market still untapped for us. We are delighted to contribute to the collaborations between the HealthXL partners by providing them with the highest performing cloud infrastructure available on the market.”

“We are delighted to have Joshua and IBM's SoftLayer join us as a partner in our  journey to drive innovation. We aim to catalyse collaborations between leading brands in healthcare and the most exciting tech companies to improve the lives of millions of people“ said Martin Kelly, CEO and Founder of HealthXL.

IBM & Explorys deal -- in part a manifestation of the HealthXL ecosystem

The event was attended by Sean Hogan, General Manager - Healthcare at IBM, and Stephen McHale, CEO & Founder of Explorys, that was recently acquired by IBM and is now part of the new division IBM Watson Health.  

On stage Sean Hogan said: 

"The Explorys and IBM Watson deal is in part a manifestation of the HealthXL ecosystem." 

Winner of HealthXL Select 

At the end of the event, Martin Kelly announced the winner of HealthXL Select for April, 2015 -- Quanntus. The company combines breakthroughs in vital signs monitoring with advances in contextual analysis to create wearable technologies that, for the first time, help people proactively understand their bodies and improve their health.

When Martin Kelly gave the award to Maulik Majmudar, Chief Clinical Officer & Founding Member at Quanntus, he said: 

“Being announced HealthXL Select provides unrivalled access to the global HealthXL community of partners and advisors and establishes the company as a serious contender in the digital health space. Receiving this endorsement from the top global healthcare leaders works as a significant competitive advantage for the company selected." 

Some of the speakers at the event were: Martin Coulter (CEO, Patients Like Me), Lisa Suennen (Managing Partner, Venture Valkyrie LLC), Rick Valencia (SVP, Qualcomm), Alan Russell (Chief Innovation Officer & Executive Vice President, Allegheny Health Network), William Taranto (President, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund) - Esther Dyson (Founder, HICCup) - Wendy Mayer (VP Worldwide Innovation, Pfizer), Thomas O'Leary (Chief Information Officer, ICON plc), Sridhar Iyengar (Founder, Misfit).