You may be familiar with the benefits of cloud technologies in various disciplines in the commercial sector. Their influence has been dominating in all fields and the tide has now turned towards the banking sector also. As all countries are turning towards digital banking, the banking cloud has its say. The number of managed cloud service providers is also increasing and the rising supply creates confusion while selecting one. You can end up with a reliable banking cloud partner if you check the following necessities in them.
Certifications
Certifications are necessary for all tech service providers to make their stand solid. If there are no certifications, you can consider that the entity is not qualified in cloud computing and they are incapable of serving your bank. So, certifications should be your primary concern while searching for a cloud computing service provider.
Technologies integration
Cloud computing is of several types and you will not need all aspects of it at once. Similarly, cloud computing service providers will also not be willing to offer complete cloud solutions. Instead, they will have certain technologies and knowledge of helping in certain issues. You should know the capabilities and restrictions of the company before you approach them. If the solutions offered and your requirements are in the same line, you can proceed with approaching them.
Technical support
Although you may outsource the cloud activities to an external company, you would have to contact the team managing your clouds for various reasons in the future. In these cases, you should not face any issues while contacting them. So, the responsiveness and knowledge of the technical support team of the company should be great. However, almost all cloud companies will offer 24X7 technical support for the customers.
Storage and privacy of data
Let us assume that your banking information is misused by some hackers or the entire data get destroyed due to disaster. You will never see such a downfall in your business and you will become responsible to your customers. So, you should deploy cloud services in your banking business only if you know that the data will be stored in a known data center and there is enough backup for recovery purposes. Hence, the storage and privacy of data should be your next concern.
SLAs
While signing the contract, you should notice the agreements mentioning the penalties for either party missing its activities and timelines.
