"Cloud Computing" is without doubt the largest paradigm change in IT. The terminology can be confusing, the services difficult to understand and - for regulated Life Sciences companies - the risks can be difficult to qualify. While there are undoubted advantages to be leveraged from moving to the Cloud, how can these risks be realized with undue risk to data integrity, product quality and patient safety?

Business & Decision Life Sciences Can Help

We are industry thought leaders in the application of Cloud Computing in Life Sciences. As members of the GAMP IT Infrastructure Special Interest Group and Testing of GxP Systems Special Interest Group looking at Cloud Computing, and as members of the Steven's Institute of Technology Cloud Consortium looking at Goverenance models for Cloud Computing, our industry experts understand - and know how to mitigate - the risks. Moreover, we help Life Sciences clients to assess Cloud service providers and to develop Cloud strategies that appropriately consider and mitigate risks.

To understand whether Cloud Computing is for you - and which models you could adopt - view our webcasts on Cloud Computing (see links on the left).

Compliant Cloud Computing

Leveraging ourextensive knowledge, Business & Decision is also able to provision compliant Cloud Computing models from our fully qualified data center.

While some industry specific Software as a Service solutions do exist, there are often validation and compliance concerns. We focus on the provision of Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service models, providing Life Sciences clients with full control over their GxP signficant applications, but leveraging the essential characteristics of Cloud Computing (on demand self-service, broad network access, rapid elasticity, resource pooling and measured services) which are derived from the Infrastructure and Platform layers.

This provides the right balance between flexibility and scalability, cost effectiveness and the ability to maintain compliance for medium and high risk GxP applications. If you are considering the Cloud, but don't think that Software and a Service is the right option for you, please contact us to see how we can help.

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