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Data silos threatening productivity and efficiency levels for nearly half of pharma businesses
revenue between US $ 50 million and US $ 249 million (£ 47 million –£ 224million ) and 47 % for companies with revenues between US $ 250 and US $ 999 million range , who said the same .
Nearly half ( 48 %) of senior decisionmakers working for drug development companies or manufacturers said data silos derailed the efficiency of cross-functional collaboration in their organisation .
This was a key finding of research commissioned by Aspen Technology , which surveyed 400 global professionals with expertise in drug development or manufacturing to find out where drug manufacturing is headed in the next three to five years .
According to the research , larger pharma businesses in particular are more likely to see data silos hinder internal collaboration efforts . More than half ( 53 %) of businesses with total annual revenues of more than US $ 1 billion said these silos derailed the efficiency of crossfunctional collaboration in their organisation versus 44 % for companies with annual
“ Information silos are often created by lack of connectivity between data sources across departments , which can hinder efficiencies across the product life cycle ,” said Raman Bhatnagar , Vice President and General Manager at Aspen Technology . “ This is especially true when scaling up from drug design to commercial manufacture and then again when moving from production to quality assurance release .”
“ One way of breaking down the barriers is by deploying products that utilise a common data ecosystem enabling real-time data access ,” said Bhatnagar . “ Such deployments afford greater data access , visibility across departments and among partners and enable more informed data analysis and decision-making .”
Nokia Core Networks portfolio in full compliance with all GSMA security requirements
Nokia has announced that its Core
Networks portfolio is in full compliance with all security requirements defined by the GSMA ’ s bi-annual Network Equipment Security Assurance Scheme ( NESAS ) audit .
In contrast to the previous audit , a wider set of Core Networks products were assessed in the most recent audit , including IMS / Voice Core , Subscriber Data Management , Signalling and Policy , Packet Core , Cloud Infrastructure and Security .
The latest audit underscores the highest standards that go into Nokia product development , security testing and software life cycle management .
Other Core products which were part of the audit included Shared Data Layer , Nokia Container Services , Network Exposure Function and NetGuard Endpoint Security . NESAS audits and tests network equipment across the telecommunications industry to ensure it conforms to a security benchmark and the requirements of regulators , governments and mobile operators .
“ This is a reflection of the exceptional work and focus across the teams here at Nokia and the rigourous security standards that underpin our
Core Networks portfolio ,” said Fran Heeran , SVP and General Manager of Core Networks , Cloud and Network Services at Nokia . “ There are no exceptions when it comes to security . Our customers demand it and this audit underlines the security quality that the Nokia Core Networks portfolio delivers .”
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