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rolling out new services to our clients that will
immediately meet their needs.”
The company is continuing with its plans to
use Cloudian to cover areas such as backups,
archives and general storage as a service.
With the recent acquisition of two new
global locations in Canada and Luxembourg,
Calligo’s plans to roll out Cloudian
HyperStore into a global network of over 20
nodes are well underway.
Intelligent CIO Europe asked Julian Box
some further questions to understand how
the solution worked in more detail:
How do you think Cloudian’s HyperStore
solution has benefitted the company
now that GDPR has come into practice?
Cloudian HyperStore object storage has
a number of capabilities that provide real
advantages in supporting GDPR compliance
and therefore our GDPR Data Privacy
Services portfolio. Specific competencies
include customisable metadata tags,
scalability and data protection features.
How successful have the GDPR services
you offer been for your customers?
Very successful. We have seen significant
interest from around the world in our data
privacy consultancy services and in our privacy
by design services that specifically address
the needs of businesses for the purpose
CALLIGO’S PLANS TO ROLL OUT
CLOUDIAN HYPERSTORE INTO A GLOBAL
NETWORK OF OVER 20 NODES ARE
WELL UNDERWAY.
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of balancing innovation with data privacy
obligations in their new applications and
services. Our cloud infrastructure services are
also increasingly sought after as businesses
seek out data residency guarantees and
expertise in their cloud platforms.
How far do you think the solution has
enabled you to maintain the requirements
of the GDPR regulation and do you see
other companies discovering the same?
Cloudian Hyperstore’s functionality has
supported our ability to deliver services that
address our clients’ GDPR obligations. As
the number and severity of data privacy
legislation frameworks increases worldwide,
the importance of these capabilities and
overlying services will naturally increase too.
Has the rollout of the solution within
your system been a success across the
global network?
Yes. Thanks to our global storage network,
supported by Cloudian Hyperstore, Calligo is
now servicing customers’ data privacy needs
on both sides of the Atlantic – our footprint
extends to Canada and Europe, as well as
the US, UK and Channel Islands. n
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