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Build a secure, scalable cloud ecosystem

that accelerates innovation and reduces cost.

We guide you from cloud strategy to compliant operations turning cloud investments into measurable business value across regulated industries.

What’s trending?

Cloud value, beyond the hype.

Organizations across pharma, MedTech, Labtech and manufacturing rely on data, software, and connected devices more than ever. Cloud platforms promise speed, elasticity, global reach and access to modern analytics and AI. Yet too often, programs stall with rising costs, security and compliance concerns, vendor lock-in, and underutilized platforms that don’t map to business outcomes.

Some key challenges we solve for you (problem → solution):

  • Compliance and data sovereignty → Standardized blueprints, automated controls, and clear audit evidence.
  • Architectural consistency → Common foundations and reusable automation across regions and partners.
  • Cost control → Cost visibility, budgets, alerts, and continuous optimization.
  • Integration → Secure connectivity and API-led patterns to bridge cloud and existing systems.
  • Talent and operating model → Platform team, enablement, and governance guardrails.

We are convinced that with a clear journey, from evaluation to operation, cloud can consistently deliver measurable ROI while meeting strict regulatory demands.

 

How we help you

to turn cloud into value.

We collaborate with you at every stage of your cloud platform journey, offering tailored support that meets your specific needs, whether you require comprehensive end-to-end solutions, or targeted assistance for particular phases.

Our approach: Our work is use-case-driven, compliance-first, and built to scale.
From our perspective, mastering and scaling cloud platforms efficiently and effectively involves several key phases:

Explore our specialized services

Tailored to each phase of your cloud platform journey to ensure success and growth in more detail below.
  • Your situation and challenges:

    • You want to understand where cloud creates value, which workloads belong in the cloud, and which strategy (e.g. private/public/hybrid/multi-cloud) including approaches for data management (e.g. concepts like Data Lake and Warehouse, and architectures like Data Fabric and Mesh) best fit.
    • You need to assess requirements captured across functional, non-functional and regulatory dimensions.
    • You want a solid, defensible business case with MVP scope and ROI/TCO (total cost of ownership) clarity.
    • You seek guidance on hosting partners that meet sovereignty, compliance, performance and cost constraints.

    How we help you:

    Consultation services - Elicit requirements, define cloud strategy, evaluate hosting partners, define cost models, conduct make-vs-buy evaluations

    Use case workshops - Identify and prioritize use cases, map data flows and integration points, define solution architecture

    ROI analysis tools - Get TCO/ROI models, conduct sensitivity analysis and ramp-up scenarios

    Market research reports - Receive industry trends, compliance benchmarks, architecture patterns

    MVP definition - Define small, compliant MVP demonstrating business and user value

    Output:

    • Cloud readiness and requirements baseline (functional, non-functional, regulatory).
    • Strategy recommendation including make-vs-buy evaluation with target state options and hosting partner shortlist.
    • Preliminary solution architecture.
    • ROI/TCO model with business case.
    • MVP scope, backlog, and roadmap.
  • Your situation and challenges:

    • You want to build your cloud platform ensuring modular, scalable architectures, e.g. to reduce regulatory burden or to ensure efficient extendibility.
    • You are ready to design secure data landing zones to migrate data and workloads.
    • You need cloud-native services and integrations to deliver your prioritized use cases.
    • You want to develop custom cloud- and web-based applications leveraging your cloud infrastructure.
    • You must validate compliance from the start (e.g., GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, GDPR, MDR) and set up DevOps/IaC.

        How we help you:

        Cloud architecture design - Landing zone, IAM, network segmentation, security, observability; reference architectures; reduce regulatory burden with modular architectures and Infrastructure as Code

        Data migration services - Migration strategy, data ingestion pipelines, data quality and lineage, cutover planning and validation

        Custom cloud applications and services - Design, development, deployment of interconnected solutions, enablement of Analytics/ML, GenAI, secure APIs, portals; integration with existing systems

        Integration services - Connect ERP/MES/LIMS/PLM/HIS, identity providers; design secure gateway solutions for edge devices and third-party systems

        Compliance-by-Design - Validation approach, audit trail, e-signatures, data retention, documentation packs

        DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, environment promotion, reproducible infrastructure, automated setup

        Output:

        • Approved high-level and low-level designs and secure landing zones.
        • Migrated datasets and validated integrations.
        • Working MVP(s) and initial production-ready services and applications.
        • Operational cloud platform.
        • Runbooks, validation, project and technical documentation, and release pipelines.
      • Your situation and challenges:

        • Your platform is live; you want to scale user numbers, features and regions while improving performance and cost efficiency.
        • You need strong observability, SLOs, disaster recovery, and a maturing Cloud Center of Excellence.
        • You aim to open the platform to more teams without losing control.

        How we help you:

        Platform optimization services - Performance tuning, right-sizing, autoscaling, storage tiering, caching, resiliency patterns; FinOps frameworks for spend visibility, chargeback/showback, cost reduction; health checks, security, regulatory audits

        Scalability assessment - Capacity planning, HA/DR strategy, regional expansion, data residency, latency considerations

        New use case development - Backlog shaping and delivery for analytics, IoT/edge, imaging, R&D collaboration, digital twins

        Training and support - CCoE enablement, platform onboarding, SRE and SecOps practices, validation in regulated contexts

        Observability and SRE - End-to-end dashboards, tracing, error budgets, incident response maturity

        Output:

        • Optimization and cost savings report with specific actions.
        • Scaling plan, DR runbooks, and updated architecture patterns.
        • Prioritized roadmap of new use cases and integrations.
        • Training curriculum and enablement assets.
      • Your situation and challenges:

        • You need reliable operations with SLAs, 24/7 monitoring, patching, and compliant change management.
        • You want proactive optimization, predictable costs, and a sustainable release cadence.

        How we help you:

        Managed cloud services - 24/7 monitoring, alerting, incident and problem management, patching, backups, disaster recovery; vulnerability management, CSPM posture checks, environment hygiene

        Performance analytics - KPIs, usage metrics, capacity trends, sustainability metrics

        Continuous development services - Agile delivery of features, integrations, compliance updates; release and change management

        Cost optimization services - Spend reviews, right-sizing, savings plan/reservation management, architectural cost reduction suggestions

        Output:

        • Operational runbook, SLAs/SLOs, and monthly ops and security reports.
        • Cost optimization dashboard and recommendations.
        • Release notes, roadmap updates, and compliance evidence packs.  

      Why us?

      At ZEISS Digital Innovation, we leverage our extensive expertise in regulated industries to deliver tailored, compliant cloud solutions. Our vendor-neutral, multi-cloud capabilities ensure flexibility and data sovereignty, while our commitment to security and compliance by design guarantees robust architectures and streamlined processes throughout the project lifecycle.

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        Regulated-industry expertise

        We understand R&D, production and quality control in Pharma, MedTech, Labtech and Manufacturing and how to translate those processes into compliant cloud solutions (GxP/GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, GDPR, HIPAA, IEC 62443, MDR, NIS2).

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        Vendor-neutral, multi-cloud capability

        We design for your requirements and constraints across public clouds, European sovereign cloud options, and on-prem/hybrid platforms (e.g., Kubernetes/OpenShift) reducing lock-in and increasing data sovereignty.

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        Security- and compliance-by-design

        Security architectures, policy-as-code, validated processes and audit-ready documentation are embedded from day one reducing rework and inspection risk for you.

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        End-to-end delivery and lifecycle support

        From strategy and MVP, through implementation & deployment, to migration, operations, and continuous improvement, you get one accountable partner and faster time to value.

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        FinOps and cost discipline built in

        We implement governance, visibility and optimization practices to keep performance high and costs predictable.

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        ZEISS reliability and domain depth

        As part of the ZEISS Group, we combine long-term stability with deep domain knowledge in optics, imaging, and industrial environments.

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      to build cloud platforms that improve operational efficiency and product quality, securely and at scale.

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      Dr. Andreas T. Bachmeier Solutions Enablement Team Lead
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