11:11 Systems Case Studies In the heavily regulated Financial Services industry, Bluestone innovates in the cloud

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	In the heavily regulated Financial Services industry, Bluestone innovates in the cloud 11:11 Systems

In the heavily regulated Financial Services industry, Bluestone innovates in the cloud

11:11 Systems

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Bluestone, a financial services company, was facing challenges with its legacy infrastructure and expiring supplier contracts. The company's chairman was pushing for a shift towards cloud-based applications. The head of Global IT Operations, Krisztian Kenderesi, was tasked with finding a secure, cost-effective, and reliable cloud-based disaster recovery solution. The company also had to meet the regulations of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and maintain the ISO 27001 standard, which has clear requirements for considering security in a Disaster Recovery environment. Read More
About Customer	Bluestone is a fast-growing company operating in the competitive financial services industry. With offices in the UK, Ireland, and Australasia, Bluestone is at the forefront of delivering innovative financial services to customers in a rapidly changing market. The company provides lending services, asset management, and capital management to private and institutional investors. The passion for financial services that runs through the company is matched by a passion for technology and how it can be used to exceed the expectations of their customers. Read More
Solution	Bluestone turned to Behind Every Cloud (BEC), a specialized cloud consultancy group, to assist in the search for a cloud-based disaster recovery solution. BEC identified several suitable Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) vendors, including iland, and performed a full evaluation and due diligence on each solution. The iland DRaaS solution scored strongly on all metrics due to its cost-effectiveness, aggressive recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs), advanced security features, management capabilities, and the ability to meet stringent industry compliance requirements. Bluestone's DR solutions now run on the iland cloud with advanced security built-in, providing assurance that whenever they need to failover, security features including vulnerability scanning, encryption, intrusion detection, anti-virus/anti-malware and more are protecting their virtual machines. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Bluestone, a financial services company, was facing challenges with its legacy infrastructure and expiring supplier contracts. The company's chairman was pushing for a shift towards cloud-based applications. The head of Global IT Operations, Krisztian Kenderesi, was tasked with finding a secure, cost-effective, and reliable cloud-based disaster recovery solution. The company also had to meet the regulations of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and maintain the ISO 27001 standard, which has clear requirements for considering security in a Disaster Recovery environment.

About Customer

Bluestone is a fast-growing company operating in the competitive financial services industry. With offices in the UK, Ireland, and Australasia, Bluestone is at the forefront of delivering innovative financial services to customers in a rapidly changing market. The company provides lending services, asset management, and capital management to private and institutional investors. The passion for financial services that runs through the company is matched by a passion for technology and how it can be used to exceed the expectations of their customers.

Solution

Bluestone turned to Behind Every Cloud (BEC), a specialized cloud consultancy group, to assist in the search for a cloud-based disaster recovery solution. BEC identified several suitable Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) vendors, including iland, and performed a full evaluation and due diligence on each solution. The iland DRaaS solution scored strongly on all metrics due to its cost-effectiveness, aggressive recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs), advanced security features, management capabilities, and the ability to meet stringent industry compliance requirements. Bluestone's DR solutions now run on the iland cloud with advanced security built-in, providing assurance that whenever they need to failover, security features including vulnerability scanning, encryption, intrusion detection, anti-virus/anti-malware and more are protecting their virtual machines.

Impact #1	Bluestone has the assurance that whenever they need to failover, security features including vulnerability scanning, encryption, intrusion detection, anti-virus/anti-malware and more are protecting their virtual machines.
Impact #2	On-demand security reports are available to the Bluestone IT team at the touch of a button through the iland management console, which, along with expert guidance from the iland compliance professional services team, helps prove compliance to regulators.
Impact #3	The intuitive iland cloud management console enables the Bluestone IT team to view and manage DR resources and have all the performance, security and costing information at their fingertips.

Impact #1

Bluestone has the assurance that whenever they need to failover, security features including vulnerability scanning, encryption, intrusion detection, anti-virus/anti-malware and more are protecting their virtual machines.

Impact #2

On-demand security reports are available to the Bluestone IT team at the touch of a button through the iland management console, which, along with expert guidance from the iland compliance professional services team, helps prove compliance to regulators.

Impact #3

The intuitive iland cloud management console enables the Bluestone IT team to view and manage DR resources and have all the performance, security and costing information at their fingertips.

Benefit #1	Bluestone has achieved a reduction of 40% in the overall cost model of their DR solution.

Benefit #1

Bluestone has achieved a reduction of 40% in the overall cost model of their DR solution.

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In the heavily regulated Financial Services industry, Bluestone innovates in the cloud

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