At PTP, we help unlock the potential of cloud-based solutions for today’s most innovative life sciences companies. We do this in an effort to support our clients in their mission to improve lives through ground-breaking pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and genomic innovations. As an AWS Advanced Tier Partner, we ensure our customers maximize the use of AWS through services specifically designed and delivered to fit their needs. We see ourselves as the force multiplier that is empowering these companies to innovate and achieve life-saving solutions faster.
PTP impacts our life sciences customers by helping them better leverage the cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) models to meet the demands of their businesses. These companies require rapid deployment and ease of management, all with data security and compliance requirements. We provide ongoing services, leveraging our own technical experts, a platform of cloud-enabling tools, and a disciplined process, working in concert with our customers’ existing IT teams.
We help our clients navigate the healthcare and life sciences (HCLS) legal and HIPAA compliance requirements that organizations face when building cloud-based solutions that store, process, transmit, and analyze protected health information (PHI) in a HIPAA-compliant manner.
These are the typical scenarios we see when working with life sciences customers:
The first area is often cloud storage for large genomic datasets and/or backup and disaster recovery. Typically, the IT departments of these organizations are not exactly sure if the data they are working with contains PHI or if HIPAA compliance rules apply. To help them meet compliance requirements, we have designed and implemented storage and backup solutions using AWS Storage Gateway, AWS S3, AWS Snowball, and Amazon Glacier. In addition to AWS HIPAA-eligible services, PTP provides our PeakPlus platform, which delivers real-time visibility into compliance and security postures. PeakPlus ingests usage and security information from AWS GuardDuty, VPCs, and other sources. This combination of AWS and PTP services provides the confidence life sciences companies need to increase AWS adoption.
Another common use case is AWS for genomic and pharmaceutical applications. Organizations using SaaS offerings in these domains require storage and compute resources that can scale rapidly, often driven by the need for data analytics or computational bioinformatics software. PTP has successfully architected, implemented, and delivered SaaS applications to life sciences clients using AWS RDS, AWS EC2, and VPC. When delivered alongside PeakPlus, these solutions include a comprehensive cloud compliance dashboard that meets the security and privacy needs of the industry.
Working with life sciences organizations has given me a new outlook on the services and solutions that PTP offers. In the past, when my kids asked what I did at work, I’d say, “I help companies solve technology problems,” which typically ended the conversation. Now, I tell them, “We help companies innovate faster, so they can solve the world’s problems.” That sparks their curiosity. Can we help save sea turtles? Eliminate plastic straws? Cure cancer?
Yes—we work with clients tackling those exact challenges, and we do everything we can to help them do it faster.
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