Calastone on Microsoft Financial Services Cloud, Cybersecurity, & Scale

You’re watching a top moment from the Industry Cloud Battleground Week highlighting the financial services industry. This five-day digital event, which premiered in November 2021, delivered insights to inspire, educate and engage business and technology leaders who are actively defining their industry-specific cloud strategy. 

Highlights

00:09 — Calastone transacts an estimated $3 trillion a year across its network and mutual fund orders.

00:24 — The company decided to expand its services and further use its network of approximately 2,700 organizations globally. Calastone determined it needed a partner who had global scale capabilities through modern technology as well as advanced cybersecurity.

01:19 — Because Calastone operates in 47 different countries, the company requires a wide-ranging view of the regulatory environments and how the cloud is perceived in each environment. Microsoft has a solid track record with financial services, including scaling and cybersecurity capabilities.

01:40 — Calastone views its network as the infrastructure to the deeper integration of asset management and financial services markets. Microsoft helps the company confidently integrate the necessary solutions for scale, cybersecurity, and performance for the financial services that it provides to its network.