VMware, AWS Announce HIPAA-Eligible Hybrid Cloud

VMware Cloud on AWS completed its third-party examination and now offers a HIPAA-compliant hybrid cloud environment for healthcare organizations. Healthcare organizations are continuing to move parts of their IT infrastructure to the cloud. The scalability and flexibility of the cloud makes it an appealing way to store data and access tools. Large cloud vendors working together can help organizations sync their cloud environment with other IT infrastructure tools. “Combining the best of VMware and AWS, VMware Cloud on AWS provides customers an operationally consistent and familiar way to run, manage and secure applications in a hybrid cloud and provides access to a broad range of innovative and comprehensive AWS services including robust disaster protection,” VMware Director of Healthcare Industry Solutions James Millington said in a statement. “Healthcare organizations can continue to use VMware tools to manage their VMware Cloud on AWS environments without having to retrain staff, purchase custom hardware, rewrite applications, or modify their operating model.” “There has also been nervousness about the cloud, with security being one of the biggest concerns,” he continued. “Today’s announcement from VMware and AWS will provide a much-needed checkbox for healthcare organizations as they begin their journey to the cloud.”