How RMS Put Its Catastrophe Modeling Software in the Cloud

Grazed from CIO. Author: J.D. Sartain.

For much of its 25-year history, catastrophe modeling and risk management firm RMS delivered its software using an on-premises model. The company’s modeling software is designed to help customers mitigate financial risk in advance of events such as earthquakes, hurricanes and even terrorist attacks.

Four years ago, RMS "started down a journey of taking our solution to the cloud," says Paris Georgallis, senior vice president of cloud platform operations. RMS started with Amazon Web Services, “which provided us with the runway we needed to get our development off the ground and to rewrite our product for a cloud platform."…

Over time, though, RMS decided to bring its software back in house. Driving the decision: Security, predictable performance and economics. The firm worked with EMC and cloud computing consultant Kovarus to build its private cloud…

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