IBM commits to data protection, security, and client ownership | The New Economy - YouTube

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Over the last year The New Economy has been working with IBM to follow the changing conversation
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around Cloud technology. Sebastian Krause explained how data and cognitive analytics
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have become key to business success; and Boas Betzler discussed the architecture needed
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to realise the benefits of the cloud.
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We spoke to Yasser Eissa to find out where we are today – especially with imminent
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data protection regulations coming to Europe.
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Yasser Eissa: Cloud has evolved over the past years. Most of the companies in Europe
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have adopted cloud as a tactical approach, focused on IT cost and efficiency, mostly
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to deploy IT infrastructure as a service through a public cloud provider.
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Today, most of the companies are beyond this initial phase. They are seeing cloud as a
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platform for innovation; to enhance productivity and competitiveness. Those businesses ultimately
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want to grow their revenue streams, which requires multi-cloud environments: fully integrated,
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flexible, and with secure solution platforms.
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This is why we believe, and we are convinced, that cloud today has to be built for the enterprise:
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one that can leverage all types of data, and is secure to the core.
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In Europe, data is extremely important. In particular in the evolution to multi-cloud.
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While public cloud might be the ultimate destination for many companies in Europe, hybrid cloud
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is a key part of this transition. Enterprises today are looking for flexibility and choice:
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where to best deploy their workloads and applications. An environment based on open standards, highest
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security levels, and data protection.
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In IBM, we take pride that we are able to provide to our clients choice in where to
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best deploy their workloads and applications. In return, our clients have given us the trust
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to responsibly host and transparently manage their data. We take this responsibility very seriously.
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We were an early adopter of the European Data Protection Code of Conduct, and we are absolutely
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committed to help our clients meet General Data Protection Regulation compliance criteria
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by May 2018, when it comes into force.
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We have recently also launched a data manifesto, which is a very comprehensive set of principles
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and policies around data governance, to underline our commitment. But we are not stopping here.
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On November 1st we announced a new offering: IBM Cloud Private, which is designed to run
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behind the firewall of our clients. It gives clients the experience of a public cloud,
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while it runs inside their own data centres. And it facilitates integration and portability
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of workloads as they evolve to any other cloud platform.
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Another thing we did in November: we announced a new supporting model for IBM Cloud in Frankfurt
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in Germany, in the heart of Europe. Where we are giving clients complete control of
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their data, and the confidence that their data stays in this cloud data centre in Frankfurt,
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under the highest security levels and standards.
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First and foremost, clients have complete control of their data. Access to client personal
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data is technically restricted, and under control of IBM EU employees at all times.
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For dedicated instances, clients are able to review and approve requests from outside
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the EU if required in exceptional cases.
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In addition, we have expanded our support teams to provide 24/7 support to our clients,
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and we are able to transact directly with our clients – no third party intervention required.
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It's also important to outline that our clients are not required to relinquish the rights
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to their data; they own their data, and also the insights derived from their data.
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We are providing cognitive solutions and cognitive APIs out of the IBM Cloud, so that our clients
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can infuse it into their products and services, and derive better insights from their structured
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and unstructured data, and better serve their clients.
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Companies across Europe need a cloud that is built for the enterprise, one that can
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leverage all types of data, and is secure to the core.
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