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Cloud provides the flexibility agencies need
to manage workloads and adopt the latest innovative technologies while controlling costs.
to rapidly adapt to fluctuating environments. User expectations, compliance requirements and workloads can change very quickly these days. By utilizing expert cloud-managed services, agencies can accelerate their pace to stay a step ahead. In fact, a recent study from Forrester, “How Expert Managed Services Accelerate Benefits of Multicloud,” shows that the top benefits for using managed services for multicloud strategies include more time for IT staff to work on
high-priority initiatives and overall faster time to value.
Agencies need their applications and data to be secure as they strive to modernize their IT environments. Successful cloud deployments hinge on creating partnerships with cloud providers that are based on the tenets of trust: security, compliance, privacy and transparency. At Virtustream, our motto is “Security is Everyone’s Job.” This only
works if the entire team internalizes this mantra, takes personal ownership in it and understands how it helps us — and our customers — succeed. To that end, forming a trusted relationship with a mission-critical cloud partner may be the single most important step an agency takes on its cloud journey.
Pritesh Parekh is chief trust and security officer at Virtustream.
The Right Approach to Secure Cloud Migration Starts With Trust
Navigate the Four Tenets of Trust
Security Compliance Privacy Transparency
Choosing a cloud provider for your mission-critical applications is all about trust.
virtustream.com/trust-center
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