AI-Led Cloud, Infrastructure and Cybersecurity for Pharma and CROs

Run Leaner. Move Faster. Scale Life Sciences Innovation with Confidence.

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Persistent helps Pharma and CRO enterprises reduce operational cost, strengthen resilience, secure distributed operations, modernize data environments and make AI and cloud spend more predictable through AI-led managed services built for regulated scale.

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Reduce run cost

Improve operational resilience

Secure distributed ecosystems

Accelerate regulated innovation

Innovation Is Accelerating. Operational Complexity Is Increasing.

Pharma and CRO enterprises are being asked to accelerate innovation while controlling cost and risk.

Clinical teams need dependable systems. Researchers need fast, secure access to data. Business teams need responsive support. Security leaders need consistent controls across distributed environments. Finance leaders need better visibility into cloud and AI spend.

Fragmented vendors, aging platforms, reactive support models, expanding data requirements and inconsistent governance can make it harder to move quickly and confidently.

Protect research and clinical operations

Improve the availability, performance and resilience of systems supporting research and clinical workflows.

Secure distributed environments

Protect plants, laboratories, cloud platforms, enterprise systems, partners and third-party access.

Control cloud and AI economics

Improve visibility, governance and optimization across cloud and AI consumption.

Modernize data infrastructure

Create resilient data platforms for research, clinical workflows, AI, analytics and secure collaboration.

Modernize Operations Without Disrupting the Business

Reduce Run Cost Without Slowing Innovation

Move from reactive support to AI-led operations that help predict, deflect and resolve issues faster.

Capabilities

  • Intelligent monitoring
  • Generative AI-powered support
  • Automated workflows
  • Self-healing operations
  • Intelligent NOC and cloud operations
  • Site reliability engineering

Business impact

  • 20 to 30% operations cost reduction
  • 30 to 50% faster mean time to resolution
  • 25 to 40% ticket deflection

Modernize Legacy IT While Strengthening Cyber Resilience

Create a coordinated path for cloud migration, data-center and VMware exit, identity security and audit-ready operations.

Capabilities

  • Cloud migration and modernization
  • Data-center modernization
  • VMware exit planning
  • Identity-first controls
  • Zero Trust modernization
  • Audit-ready operations

Business impact

  • Reduced infrastructure cost and complexity
  • Improved resilience
  • Stronger access control
  • More consistent governance across regulated environments

Replace Fragmented Operations with One Accountable Model

Unify cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, workplace and service management through an integrated managed-services approach.

Capabilities

  • Integrated multi-tower operations
  • Shared telemetry and observability
  • AI-led automation
  • Cloud operations and security operations
  • Service management
  • Experience-led workplace operations

Business impact

  • 20 to 30% run-cost reduction
  • 25 to 40% improvement in service levels and resolution
  • More than 30% productivity gains
  • 20 to 25% ticket reduction

Make AI and Cloud Spend Predictable

Apply financial operations discipline and continuous governance to production cloud and AI environments.

Capabilities

  • Cloud and AI cost visibility
  • Workload governance
  • Utilization optimization
  • Anomaly detection
  • Policy-based controls
  • Architecture-led right-sizing

Business impact

  • 20 to 40% cost optimization
  • Real-time cost visibility
  • Reduced AI consumption waste
  • Improved cost predictability

Secure Data and Collaboration Across Distributed Ecosystems

Reduce lateral movement risk across plants, laboratories, enterprise systems, cloud environments and third-party ecosystems.

Capabilities

  • Zero Trust network segmentation
  • Identity-aware access
  • Micro-segmentation
  • Centralized policy enforcement
  • Secure third-party connectivity
  • Continuous security monitoring

Business impact

  • Reduced lateral movement risk
  • Improved auditability
  • More secure partner connectivity
  • Stronger ransomware containment and recovery readiness

Modernize the Data Infrastructure Behind Life Sciences Innovation

Create a high-performance, compliant and resilient data environment supporting research, clinical workflows, AI, real-world evidence and collaboration.

Capabilities

  • Modern cloud data infrastructure
  • High-performance compute environments
  • Resilient data platforms
  • Secure data collaboration
  • Data governance and observability
  • Infrastructure for AI and machine learning

Business impact

  • Faster, more reliable access to research and clinical data
  • Improved support for AI and analytics
  • More resilient regulated workflows
  • Secure collaboration across the Life Sciences ecosystem

Why Persistent?

Built for Regulated Life Sciences Operations

Life Sciences business context

Align modernization to research, clinical, plant, commercial and distributed partner environments.

Integrated accountability

Bring cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, workplace and operations together within one coordinated model.

Security embedded into modernization

Apply identity, segmentation, policy enforcement, security operations and resilience controls throughout the transformation.

AI-led, platform-based execution

Use automation, observability, reusable frameworks and AI-led operating models to improve consistency and reduce operational friction.

A Practical Approach from Persistent and Zscaler

Identify the Highest-Value Starting Point

Whether your immediate priority is reducing run cost, modernizing legacy infrastructure, consolidating vendors, controlling AI spend, strengthening Zero Trust or improving data infrastructure, Persistent can help identify the modernization path most relevant to your environment.

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