It’s crucial that businesses operating in the US and Canada learn about why GDPR regulations apply to them. In this article, Calligo’s Sophie Chase-Borthwick explains the importance of GDPR and how it affects North American businesses, as well as three common myths surrounding GDPR that could put a business at risk.
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Is Your Company Managing Data Across Borders? Here's What You Need To Know
One of the key issues is that the terminology surrounding data as a whole can be easily misunderstood and ultimately, misconstrued, putting businesses at greater risk of falling foul to the new rules. This article will uncover the subtle differences behind ‘data sovereignty’, ‘data residency’ and ‘data localisation’;
How to ensure your IT strategy is strategic, not reactive
Julian Box, Founder & CEO, discusses how companies can ensure that their outsourced IT partners deliver value for their business.
Don't let your data scientists get bogged down in 'tedious work' - automate!
Craig Parfitt, VP of global insight services, Calligo, argues that data scientists should be deriving insights from data, not building models
Calligo ranked amongst the world's top 100 Managed Service Providers
The MSP 501 recognizes and ranks the best MSPs in the world, and Calligo joins at 98th
Calligo ranked among top Managed Services Providers
Calligo has been named a top managed service provider (MSP) on a prestigious global ranking
5 tech startups from UK are working hard to protect us from data privacy breaches
Silicon Canals has named Calligo as one of 5 tech startups that take data privacy seriously and who have instilled this ethos throughout their services.
Getting to know Julian Box
Canadian SME interviews our CEO Julian Box about the company’s innovative cloud and data optimization services which have all been built with data-privacy at the forefront.
The importance of data privacy in digital transformation
Sophie Chase-Borthwick, our director of Data Ethics & Privacy, explains the importance of making privacy a priority during a business’ digital transformation.
Calligo Acquires Microsoft Azure, Office 365 Cloud Partner Connected Technologies
Calligo acquires Connected Technologies, making it one of the largest IT managed services providers serving the Greater Toronto Area, as well as having the largest concentration of CPA customers in the region.
Jersey-based MSP acquires in Canada
Announcement of Calligo’s third Canadian acquisition, Connected Technologies.
Calligo acquires Connected Technologies Inc
Canadian SME covers Calligo’s acquisition of Connected Technologies, focusing on Calligo’s new dominance of the IT needs of the Canadian CPA industry.
Data Sovereignty versus Data Residency versus Data Localization
Julian Box, our CEO, highlights the important distinctions between three very different terms: data sovereignty, data localization and data residency.
CISO's in Finance: How to lead the privacy strategy
Sophie Chase-Borthwick, Director of Data Ethics and Privacy, shows CISOs in Financial Services how to lead data privacy as part of their security strategy, and not let it take over
Artificial Intelligence in 2019: 26 Predictions for Business Operations
Julian Box, Calligo CEO, gives his views alongside other AI experts on how the use of machine learning will evolve in 2019.
Balancing data privacy with ambitious IT projects for digital transformation
Sophie Chase-Borthwick, our director of Data Ethics & Privacy, explains how to incorporate Privacy by Design into businesses’ digital transformation ambitions.
Ensuring your business utilises artificial intelligence ethically
Our CEO, Julian Box, argues for data ethics to be the starting point for any business’ AI project.
A Guide To The Mutating Ethics Of GDPR
How the greatest problem in GDPR is the over-emphasis of the need for consent, and the distortion of what an ethical use of personal data really looks like.
Compliance is feeling GDPR’s growing pains
Sophie Chase-Borthwick, Director of Data Ethics and Privacy, interviewed by Compliance Week on GDPR’s first six months and how businesses are responding to it.
7 steps to prepare your business for AI
Julian Box highlights the seven most critical areas of your business to examine before deploying AI technology, ranging from strategy and culture to technology architecture and ethics.
Introducing the 'periodic table of data privacy'
Our Periodic Table of Data Privacy is an industry first and was recently reviewed in depth by the International Association of Privacy Professionals
Data adequacy post-Brexit
This article explores the importance of the Brexit outcome on matters such as the UK’s data adequacy, and the impact on companies’ data processing should no deal be struck
The data ethics of GDPR are changing
Our Director of Data Ethics and Privacy, Sophie Chase-Borthwick, discusses how a widespread, excessive focus on consent in GDPR is affecting the perception of what is an ethical use of personal data.
Calligo expanding its Microsoft Azure stack services in Toronto
Deployment to provide data residency assurances to Canadian and US businesses concerned about GDPR, CLOUD Act or regulator approval, and creates one of the world’s largest networks of multi-tenant Azure Stacks
The CLOUD Act | Shaking up the CSP market
The CLOUD Act creates new capabilities for the US Government to access personal data beyond its borders. But how does this affect the cloud industry? And what does this mean companies should expect of their CSPs?
Cloudian supports Calligo development of GDPR-compliant storage services
Our CEO, Julian Box, was interviewed by Intelligent CIO Europe to understand more about how Calligo’s technology, supported by Cloudian HyperStore, is purpose-built for companies keen to address GDPR.
How the CLOUD Act will affect the way cloud providers serve their customers
How does the CLOUD Act change cloud service providers’ obligations to their customers?
What GDPR means for publishers’ privacy policies
GDPR is almost upon us. If you haven’t updated your privacy policies yet, here’s what you need to know and how to get it done quickly.
Channel Islands data firm buys Canadian IT specialist
Calligo, the Channel Islands-based data optimisation and privacy specialist, has acquired Mico Systems, a Canadian specialist in outsourced IT management for small-to-medium-sized clients.
Cloud service providers don’t make you GDPR compliant – but some can help
Why can’t cloud service providers make you GDPR compliant?
The cloud is a strategic priority requiring skills that few providers possess
Starting a cloud strategy? Ask, fundamentally, how can the cloud and its capabilities be aligned to the requirements of the business over the next five or more years?
Data protection now demands superhuman qualities – here’s how to find them
What does the role of Data Protection Officer entail and does your organisation need to appoint one?
How can a business find the right data protection officer?
Meeting data regulation obligations has always been problematic, but the stakes are about to increase substantially with the advent of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
GDPR means businesses must show they are serious about cloud data privacy
The prospect of ambulance-chasing lawyers interesting themselves in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now very real.
Canadian solution provider gets acquired by UK firm
Calligo, a UK-based global cloud solution provider, has purchased 3 Peaks Inc., a well-recognized solution provider in Burlington, Ont.
Calligo Acquires Canadian-based Cloud Services Business
Calligo, a leading global cloud solution provider, is excited to announce that it has purchased Canadian cloud services provider 3 Peaks Inc.
Calligo acquires Luxembourg IT business
Cloud services provider Calligo has purchased AMS Systems PSF – a Luxembourg-based IT Services business that provides managed services and cloud infrastructure to the financial services sector.
The 7 deadly sins of enterprise data management
From lust to sloth to pride, many businesses are guilty of sins against data. Here’s what to look out for and how to turn from data sinner to data saint.
Beware the GDPR 'no win, no fee ambulance chasers' – experts
Companies told to quit hoarding customer data and get a grip on where it’s held
GDPR has businesses worried about cloud services
More than nine in ten (93 per cent) of companies worry about storing their data in the cloud, once GDPR kicks in.
90% of firms concerned about GPDR's impact on cloud storage
Survey reveals that companies are highly concerned about the regulations’ impact on cloud services
The cloud in the enterprise: to fly with confidence businesses now need much greater visibility
Adam Ryan, GDPR Practice Lead at Calligo, says with many organisations having an imperfect understanding of either their cloud operations or the looming regulatory requirements, more clarity is needed at all levels for any chance of success
Calligo acquires Fusion Systems’ IT services division
Jersey-based cloud services provider Calligo has purchased the IT services division of Fusion Systems, which operates from Guernsey.
Top tips for navigating the GDPR minefield
It’s time to get ready for new data protection rules.
Crunch time for GDPR - how to prepare. Eight steps to compliance.
All organisations based at least partially online and handling data across the EU must comply with the new GDPR rules yet 69 percent of UK businesses are not ready. Being unprepared is dangerous warns Dr Jamie Graves.
C-Suite neglect GDPR compliance with less than a year to go
10 people on average are needed for an organisation to achieve GDPR compliance.
Majority of UK boards neglecting GDPR while retail suffers breaches
Companies are likely to be closed down by swinging EU penalty fines next year given the failure of the C-Suite to prepare for GDPR despite rising breaches in the retail sector.