DCN July 2016 | Page 17

virtualisation & cloud services
Compliance Compliance is a vital requirement for all businesses working in the healthcare industry , financial markets , retail industry , life sciences , and government . It is essential that companies within these industries ensure that they have this covered when migrating to the cloud . Companies should look for cloud providers that will provide a complete understanding of compliance solutions , and will consistently reaffirm the security and integrity of client organisations .
Acrolinx , a company with linguistic software that helps customers create content , found compliance was an important part of its journey to the cloud , and specifically chose its cloud services provider on this basis . Its customers were asking for compliance certification but Acrolinx migrating to the cloud , companies can was unable to offer it until it used a guarantee a successful and pain free managed services provider to move to transition . This provides opportunities the cloud . for innovation , and means that
The cloud is transformative for businesses , allowing them to scale business offerings , save on hosting solutions and , ultimately , offer better solutions to its customers .
Transformation businesses will then be able to The cloud is transformative for benefit from new routes to market , businesses , allowing them to scale offer clients new capabilities with business offerings , save on hosting security and certifications , and so will solutions and , ultimately , offer better be able to relax knowing they have solutions to its customers . By keeping capabilities for future growth built into the above key factors in mind when their solution .
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