Spirit Healthcare, a supplier of innovative products and services that aims to make the nation healthier and happier by delivering real value in healthcare, has welcomed Netmetix as its expert cloud provider to migrate the business to the cloud. The main drivers to migrate the business to the cloud included increased stability over traditional on-site servers and mitigation of data loss risk. Another driver was scalability. The company had been expanding at a rapid rate over the last three years and required a solution that could grow alongside the business. Introducing more equipment on site was not a practical option, so gaining scalability without the added physical apparatus was key. The final driver for migration was impending regulatory compliance; employees required ease of access to information, including Intranet-based files, in one hosted central location, whether working in the head office or remotely. Due to the sensitive nature of some of the information, the data needed to be hosted in a secure setting and regulated for the GDPR.
In order to address the issues raised, Spirit evaluated several options and moving to a cloud environment made the most sense, where firewalls, enterprise-grade security and file accessibility was key. Netmetix was able to offer exactly what they required.
After speaking with various other cloud providers, it was a recommendation from other companies that have worked with Netmetix that sealed the deal. The level of service provided to its other customers was a big deciding factor for the Spirit team.
Kirk Harland, Head of IT at Spirit Healthcare stated, “We have clear ambitions for the business over the next 12 months and having a cloud hosted system is key to making those ambitions a reality. From supporting process improvements that enable our trusted employees to adhere to new data regulations such as GDPR, to solving the issue of multiple data sets across various databases and platforms, with Netmetix’s cloud implementation underway, it won’t be long until all of our employees working remotely, are able to securely access any file required for their day to day work activity, rather than needing to be onsite to gain this access.”
Managing Director at Netmetix, Paul Blore adds, “We’re really excited to be working with Spirit Healthcare and we’re thrilled they approached us after receiving recommendations from some of our other clients. We will work with Spirit to deliver a future-proof, scalable infrastructure that can support their business goals and ambitions.”
