“Not only that, when they go to a site, they have all the previous information for that site accessible from the cloud. They even have a clever use of Google hangouts that allows them to share pictures with each other of infestations or animal traces that they’re not able to identify.”
“They can use the collective wisdom and experience of their colleagues to deliver an even better service,” said Van Der Linden.
SaaS ahead
For many Irish companies, the most readily accessible cloud-delivered applications are generic in nature, and are typically delivered using the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. According to Lorcan Cunningham, technical director of Irish company Savenet, these include those such as Salesforce.com, Google Apps and Microsoft 365.
“We’re definitely seeing companies getting rid of on-premise applications that they can move to the cloud but there is also still some reluctance because of audit trails and that kind of thing,” he said.
“Salesforce really opened the floodgates and proved what could be achieved with SaaS and that’s evolved naturally to include a mobile aspect. As a trend it’s here to stay — you can tell that because there are some big companies putting a lot of resources into their cloud environments.”
“That’s a major change in the marketplace – for example people live or die by their SAP systems. If they’re seeing a demand to run their environments in that way, then the market has changed,” said Cunningham.
Irish data service: “They needed their data to be in Ireland, to be subject to audit trails and to have things like two factor identification. Being able to access documents on tablets, laptops and mobile phones, to make changes and have those revised documents be accessible around the world, that’s a powerful cloud application right there”
Savenet started in 2005 and was one of the first online back-up companies in Ireland. In 2007 it started offering an enterprise-class back up service and it’s remained popular with Irish financial services companies seeking to keep sensitive data in Ireland at all times.
“Amongst Irish companies one of the big things we’re seeing is file sharing from mobile users. This is a growing trend in Ireland as more companies realise that the more common online file sharing systems have security issues and weren’t based here,” said Cunningham.
“We launched a file sharing service last June and that’s been a big success for us. It’s been taken up by clients like the Dublin Airport Authority that were obliged to stop using services like Dropbox for regulatory reasons.”
“They needed their data to be in Ireland, to be subject to audit trails and to have things like two factor identification. Being able to access documents on tablets, laptops and mobile phones, to make changes and have those revised documents be accessible around the world, that’s a powerful cloud application right there.”
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