Midwire VisionShare
Developed on Heartland Lions Eye Bank's in-house software framework, Donorport, was launched in December 2010. MidWire VisionShare is a custom software solution designed to facilitate all of VisionShare's operations.
Eye Bank Technology Consortium
This project, hosted by Google Code, aims to do something that hasn't been done before in the eye banking community. It provides a ground to publish, review and discuss technology standards that can be utilized by the industry as a whole. The Eye Bank Technology Consortium does not have any official members or goals, but is open to all IT staff in the eye banking community and is publishing one project at a time. If you have an idea and would like to contribute, please contact me.
MLERF Data Center
How does an organization become an effective user of information technology? By having solid infrastructure of course. At the heart of all of our information technologies sits the MLERF Data Center, a small, robust and flexible server environment that enables our staff to make the most of our technologies. Located next to the IT offices, it boasts:
- A generator capable of powering all IT and Call Center operations
- A large UPS capable of providing over 30 minutes of uninterruptable, clean power
- A dedicated A/C and dehumidifier unit
- Restricted physical access
- Two 42U temperature monitored racks
- A Storage-Area-Network (SAN)
- Over 40 virtual servers and over 8 physical servers
- Direct network access by the Call Center
- Easy access by our IT staff
- Plenty of room to grow
MLERF Network
The foundation's eye banking operations are spread over three states with more then seven locations and nearly 150 employees. Our eye banking and call center operations are available 24x7x365 and serve three other eye banks. Because of this a reliable, private Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network connects all of our primary locations back to the MLERF Data Center. Our network is also available via VPN so that select staff can access company resources securely away from the network. All Internet traffic is routed out our dedicated 12Mb Internet connection.