Being voted Best North American Cloud Services Provider by Hedgeweek readers is a heavy weight to carry, but it hasn’t stopped Eze Castle Integration from continuing to drive growth and innovation across the industry.
In fact, since winning this same award in Hedgeweek’s Global Awards program earlier in 2017, Eze Castle Integration has added to its cloud portfolio – with the addition of Eze Hybrid Cloud.
The hybrid iteration of its cloud platform draws from both the firm’s private cloud infrastructure (email and endpoint security, file auditing and sharing, multi-factor authentication and more) and Microsoft’s cloud (Exchange, OneDrive, Customer Lockbox, Azure AD, and more). The full solution is supported by Eze Castle’s 24x7x365 global support team, leaving customers with peace of mind knowing applications, connections and performance are monitored and supported by a team of IT professionals focused on client satisfaction.
“We recognise that financial and investment firms have unique needs, and there isn’t one technology solution that fits all. Alongside our award-winning Eze Private Cloud, we felt strongly about offering clients a hybrid solution to provide them with more features and flexibility but also allow them to benefit from the premier service and support structure we’ve built across our global offices,” said Mary Beth Hamilton, vice president of marketing, Eze Castle Integration.
While the public cloud functionality Eze Hybrid Cloud clients gain is a key driver, most firms are not interested in a fully public solution. Understandably, security is a critical consideration – and one that drives firms to go hybrid or private for additional layers of protection.
With critical security features – including multi-factor authentication from Duo to prevent easy access to systems and applications and file auditing capabilities from Varonis to review and record when files are edited or shared – available through the Eze Private Cloud infrastructure, firms have access to next-generation protections to satisfy wary investors and growing regulatory pressures.
Plus, the cloud security components are complemented by Eze’s full suite of managed cybersecurity solutions, including phishing simulations, infosec plan development and ongoing vulnerability assessments, which monitor and mitigate real and potential threats and allow security-driven firms to address growing concerns around cyber risk.
“The one unique security and performance advantage we bring to our Eze Hybrid Cloud is the direct connection to Microsoft’s cloud, which limits the ability of an external threat to interrupt the traffic and communications between the public and private infrastructures,” says Hamilton.
That direct connectivity is the latest addition to the firm’s ECI Link global private network, which links financial firms to industry counterparties around the globe, including FIX providers, market data services, trading platforms, fund administrators and more.
“The ECI Link converged network delivers unmatched connectivity to our cloud clients – private and hybrid – and ensures they receive deep levels of security and user experiences that improve performance and stimulate growth,” says Hamilton in conclusion.
