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NESS and Microsoft won Clalit's 'cloud' tender

Clalit announced that the companies NESS and Microsoft have won the tender "to lead the digital journey and the transition to cloud services" of the largest health organization in Israel.

Clalit promises an upgrade and improvement of the service to 4.7 million members of the fund

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Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 08:30 Updated: 08:43

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Clalit announced that it will establish advanced digital solutions through NESS, part of the Hilan Group, based on Microsoft's Azure.

This is one of the largest tenders in Israel in the field of cloud services and a number of cloud providers participated in it.

Ness from the Hilan Group, one of the leading information technology services companies in Israel, was selected after a careful examination and meeting strict threshold conditions.

The company submitted a bid along with Azure - Microsoft's cloud, and their bid was selected as the winner.

The rigorous tender that was conducted included a requirement for authority, requirements for experience in activities and projects and a high level of knowledge in cloud solutions.

The tender also included technological requirements and a request for strict obligations regarding local data center sites, compliance with construction dates and the content of services.

Clalit's transition to cloud services will, according to the fund's announcement, upgrade the service to Clalit's 4.7 million customers in Israel, who will have access to a variety of advanced and secure digital services.

The project will start in the coming weeks.

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Liora Schechter, VP of Information and Digital Systems at Clalit (Photo: Rami Zranger)

Clalit, the largest health organization in Israel, is leading beyond cloud services to prepare the technological infrastructure needed to provide services to its customers in the community and in hospitals.

The technological infrastructure is required to address the various institutions in Clalit that are located on a large geographical spread in the country, including: 14 hospitals, about 1,500 clinics in the community, and Clalit's subsidiaries.

Moreover, Clalit's IT infrastructure is diverse and includes new technologies alongside old ones.

These physical infrastructures make the move especially vital in the face of the new challenges in digital medicine, worlds of research and creation of insights, worlds of big data, genetic flooring, supercomputing and all that and more alongside the implementation of advanced information protection solutions.

With the establishment of Microsoft's local data center in Israel, Clalit will be able to enjoy access to advanced computing power, network services, databases, analytics technologies, artificial intelligence capabilities and IoT solutions.

In total, these are many hundreds of Azure cloud services, which include low latency and compliance with data storage and data security requirements in the State of Israel.

Shahar Efal, CEO of NESS (Photo: Sharona's photographer)

Microsoft's cloud services comply with EU Privacy Protection (GDPR) requirements and meet the most advanced and stringent information security and privacy standards requirements on the market today.

As part of the services, NESS will set up a cloud services support center for Clalit and will even provide Clalit with leading tools for managing, monitoring and optimizing the cloud services. The company will also provide leading technology teams for the planning and execution of the various projects.

The type and scope of systems required for migration to the cloud and the new solutions required for the organization, will place Clalit at the forefront of technology in the cloud world in the coming years and the combination of Microsoft Azure's advanced cloud solutions with the technological knowledge, experience and services offered by NESS. In addition and as part of the tender, NESS will work to implement innovative information security concepts for the cloud environment.

The services that Clalit will receive as part of the tender are an addition to Microsoft solutions already embedded in Clalit, such as Office 365, the Power Apps development platform designed for development without programming knowledge (Low Code / No Code), a wide deployment of Teams platform and more.

Ronit Etad, CEO of Microsoft Israel (Photo: Inbal Marmari)

Liora Schechter, VP of Information and Digital at Clalit

, said: "Clalit will undergo a significant digital transformation in the coming months and years, both in the personal, customer-tailored service and in connection with external solutions based on traditional companies and start-ups. The transition to hybrid architecture and reliance on the cloud for a wide range of needs is key for us to implement change.

We are happy to rely on huge companies, leading the economy and the world, Ness and Microsoft, respectively, to create a general cloud and leverage the digital transformation. "Schechter adds that" the use of the cloud will increase in the medical world. In general, we have issued an organizational cloud policy, which has even been approved and we have already begun to act in accordance with it. All this in order to create solutions that take into account the aspects of privacy and the protection of the information in the service to our customers. "

According to

: "We thank Clalit for the trust and choice of NESS to lead the largest cloud tender in Israel, and are confident in our ability to give it real added value in the significant digital revolution it is leading. Clalit is a strategic customer of NESS and we provide it with various services for over two decades. The cloud project that Clalit is embarking on is a further strengthening of the trust system between the two organizations. "

Efal also stated that "NESS is a leading partner of Microsoft and has the widest range of company certifications, including AZURE EXPERT MSP, which enables us to offer all Microsoft services in Israel. The establishment of a local Microsoft data center in Israel is an important step in future processes that will enable us to provide solutions We are also sensitive to IT systems that are sensitive to issues such as latency, service experience and information security, and we are preparing for a very broad and in-depth offer of all the services offered through the site in Israel. "

In recent years, NESS has been fully committed to providing extensive cloud services, including through the recruitment of cloud engineers and other experts in the field, as well as through the acquisition of companies with advanced monitoring and control tool development capabilities and high connectivity between the cloud and the organization.

The tripartite collaboration between the leading giant bodies - Clalit Microsoft and NESS, ensures the success of the project. We are fully prepared to respond to all the demands of the general range of issues on the agenda: from planning and infrastructure through the development, DevOps worlds response, IoT, databases, analytics and any other issue that we need him. "

According to

: "Microsoft congratulates Clalit on its choice of Azure cloud, as reliable and its favorite. "

At the beginning of this journey, Clalit joins the most advanced and leading health organizations in the world that specialize in integrating technologies to continuously improve the service they provide.

Microsoft will provide Clalit with the knowledge accumulated in the transformation processes of an organization on the scale of Clalit, a variety of experts from Israel and the world, and an extensive set of trainings.

Winning the tender is another step towards realizing the digital vision, promoting the Israeli economy in the cloud, and creating an innovative, efficient, collaborative and secure technological reality.

This win relies on the capabilities and benefits offered by Microsoft, with the arrival of the local data center in Israel, which will provide a variety of comprehensive and secure cloud services in local availability.

I would like to congratulate NESS on winning the tender and thank it for its efforts, which help us in our important journey to bring the field of health in Israel to the next level. "

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