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Annual Report 2018-19
Cloud
Services
Cloud computing has become a critical infrastructure for business and IT. The advent of next-
generation technologies and initiatives areenablingenterprises toproject newbusinesspersonalities.
It exemplifies that the emphasis of value has moved from the ability of an enterprise to navigate
technology shifts to their ability to elegantly compose technology. Successful enterprise adoption
of cloud computing requires the principled interweaving of technical concerns (platform, security,
and operations) with organizational concerns (business, people, and governance). In other words,
the cloud architecture must be aligned with the enterprise’s Governance, Risk, and Compliance
(GRC) model.
The need for industry-specific regulatory compliance in segments such as banking and healthcare
has been augmented by the geopolitical pressures of a growing body of legislation around data
security and privacy, leading to a host of concerns that must be managed around data protection
and governance in the cloud. This is both a complication and an opportunity, where we can
support enterprises through all phases of their cloud adoption journey with a coordinated position
highlighting our complementary and reinforcing strengths in the areas of data services, cloud
services, and security services.