For
research-intensive industries such as pharmaceutical firms and biotech
companies, having an easier means to facilitate research and collaboration can
help them innovate new products. Leveraging suitable IT infrastructures,
platforms, and applications offered by cloud computing services can enable
companies in the life sciences industry to improve their R&D processes.
Cloud services can
provide life sciences organizations with cloud servers that can enable them to
cut costs, which usually amounts to billions spent on annual research. These
servers have scalable storage space to accommodate any volume of information.
Through these servers, companies will only be required to pay for the space
they leverage and avoid purchasing and maintaining in-house hardware and data
storage software.
Cloud applications
can also help these companies increase productivity and reduce the time it
takes to deliver products and services. Life sciences organizations usually
take years to develop and deliver new drugs to the market. Some of the cloud
services they can use include Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft
SharePoint Online. These hosted services work just as effectively as solutions
deployed on-premise but allow companies to reduce operational costs as well.
Through these
services, companies can enhance collaboration with business partners, vendors,
and clients, as well as enable them to access their data outside the office.
Reputable IT providers can also assure them that the cloud environment is SAS
70 Type II compliant to ensure that data are digitally and physical secured.
