Paris, France, October 13, 2020
— ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) today
announced the Now Platform and SaaS solutions will be available on
Microsoft Azure Regions in France for highly regulated industries, starting
in January 2021.
Government and highly regulated customers will be able to leverage
ServiceNow on Azure to accelerate their digital transformation, while
assisting French customer data residency needs.
“The pandemic is accelerating the move to the cloud for many French
organizations in highly regulated markets, as they recognize the power and
flexibility of cloud native SaaS solutions, like ServiceNow, in
transforming their business. Together, ServiceNow and Microsoft will help
our enterprise and government customers accelerate their digital
transformation, creating great experiences and unlocking productivity.
ServiceNow’s one architecture, one data model and born‑in‑the‑cloud
platform, hosted on Azure, will support French customer data residency
needs and help enterprise and government customers gain the business
agility and resilience needed to navigate the COVID economy,” said Bruno
Buffenoir, ServiceNow’s Area Vice President, France.
“Our partnership with ServiceNow creates a great opportunity for French
organizations in highly regulated markets to embrace digital
transformation,” said Agnès Van de Walle, One Commercial Partner Director
at Microsoft, France. “This powerful partnership provides compliance,
security and agility. There’s never been a more important time to optimize
the strength of this integration.”
ServiceNow’s solutions help to better connect employees and customers with
workflows. ServiceNow is enabling seamless delivery of critical digital
services while assisting French customer’s data hosting in territory,
especially requested by government, healthcare and financial service
organizations.
Today’s announcement furthers the companies’
partnership announcement from 2019 to accelerate digital transformation for joint customers.
Availability
ServiceNow hosted on Azure Regions in France and Singapore will be
available in January 2021, followed by Azure Regions for the Australia
Federal market and Azure Government for the U.S. Federal markets later in
2021.
Use of Forward‑Looking Statements
This release contains “forward‑looking statements” about the expectations,
beliefs, plans, and intentions relating to our business in France and in
highly regulated industries. Such forward‑looking statements include
statements regarding expected performance and benefits of our solutions.
Forward‑looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and
uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or
implied by the forward‑looking statements. If any such risks or
uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions prove incorrect, our
results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by
the forward‑looking statements we make. We undertake no obligation, and do
not intend, to update the forward‑looking statements. Factors that may
cause actual results to differ materially from those in any forward‑looking
statements include: (i) delays and unexpected difficulties and expenses in
hosting ServiceNow on Azure Regions or Azure Government; and (ii) changes
in the regulatory landscape relevant to enterprises operating in highly
regulated industries around the world. Further information on factors that
could affect our financial and other results is included in the filings we
make with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time.
About ServiceNow
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Our cloud‑based platform and solutions deliver digital workflows that
create great experiences and unlock productivity for employees and the
enterprise. For more information, visit: www.servicenow.com.
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