DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) Regulation

DORA: How ROK Solution simplifies your compliance before the January 2025 deadline

⏳ The DORA Regulation Is Coming Into Effect Soon! On January 17, 2025, all financial institutions in the European Union will need to comply with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), an ambitious regulation designed to strengthen digital operational resilience against risks associated with information and communication technologies (ICT). However, according to a study conducted by the audit and consulting firm Grant Thornton, 75% of companies subject to DORA had initiated compliance work by the end of 2023, but most were still in the early stages of the process. At ROK Solution, we understand the challenges you face in ensuring the continuity of your operations and meeting these new requirements. This is why we have developed an intuitive, secure, and powerful platform to support you in achieving DORA compliance. What is DORA and why is it essential? The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) establishes a common regulatory framework to ensure that financial institutions can withstand, recover, and continue their operations in the event of ICT-related disruptions. This regulation harmonizes digital resilience practices across the entire European financial ecosystem. DORA is essential because it: Strengthens digital security: Reduces vulnerabilities and IT risks. Protects the continuity of financial services: Ensures the resilience of critical services during crises. Harmonizes European practices: Establishes common standards to anticipate and respond to threats. Scope of application: DORA applies to a wide range of entities, covering over 18,000 financial institutions according to the EBA: Financial institutions: Banks, insurance companies, asset managers. Critical technology providers: Cloud service providers, SaaS, and strategic infrastructures. Fintechs and payment institutions: Innovative digital players integrated into the financial value chain. This scope ensures global resilience, addressing both internal and external dependencies. Main objectives: The main objectives of DORA are: Strengthen cybersecurity and reduce digital operational risks: Identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in ICT systems. Ensure the continuity of critical financial services by minimizing disruptions. Create a harmonized European framework: Standardize digital resilience practices across the sector. Enhance digital governance: Hold executives accountable for ICT risk management and ensure ongoing monitoring. Key requirements: According to the European Banking Authority (EBA), nearly 60% of companies affected by DORA were not yet compliant by the end of 2023. This exposes these organizations to costly operational disruptions and significant financial penalties. These fines can reach up to €10 million or 5% of total annual revenue, depending on the severity of non-compliance. ICT Risk Management: Identification, classification, and mitigation of critical vulnerabilities through dynamic controls and continuous assessments. Business Continuity: Development of robust plans and regular resilience testing with realistic scenarios (IT outages, cyberattacks). ICT Incident Monitoring: Proactive detection of incidents using metrics such as MTTD (Mean Time to Detect) and MTTR (Mean Time to Recover). Third-Party Supervision: Auditing and monitoring critical suppliers with a focus on risks related to the supply chain. Reporting and Traceability: Implementation of compliant dashboards (Excel, JSON, API formats) for tracking and reporting to authorities. Dedicated Governance: Involvement of executives in a proactive digital risk management strategy. How ROK Solution helps you meet DORA requirements 1. Mapping critical systems ROK Solution provides advanced tools to meet DORA requirements: Dynamic and automated mapping: Real-time synchronization with your existing IT tools such as CMDB (Configuration Management Database) or SIEM solutions. Identification of critical dependencies: Prioritization of mitigation plans through analyses based on dynamic scoring. Visualization of internal and external ICT flows: Enables optimized planning of continuity scenarios and impact assessments in case of disruptions. Auditable, compliant reports: Automatic provision of documents for internal and regulatory audits. 2. Simplified ICT risk management Our platform simplifies and automates proactive ICT risk management: Continuous assessment of vulnerabilities and threats with dynamic dashboards. Automation of corrective action prioritization to quickly address critical weaknesses. Generation of customized reports compliant with audits and DORA standards. 3. Business continuity and resilience testing With ROK Solution, create and manage robust business continuity plans: Preconfigured templates aligned with DORA standards to design your BCP/DRP plans. Realistic ICT crisis simulations with result analysis and improvement planning. Automated post-test reports to demonstrate compliance and track the effectiveness of actions. 4. Proactive incident monitoring ROK Solution ensures rapid and effective incident management: Advanced disruption detection: Integration of real-time monitoring tools with configurable alerts to minimize interruptions. Centralization of incident data: In-depth analysis and structured reporting for each event. Automation of corrective responses: Precise tracking of key metrics such as MTTD (Mean Time to Detect), MTTR (Mean Time to Recover), and MTTA (Mean Time to Acknowledge), ensuring continuous improvement in response times. 5. Supervision of critical ICT providers ROK Solution helps you manage your supplier relationships with optimized tools: Dedicated critical provider repository: Centralization of key information (performance, contracts, risk matrices) with dynamic tracking. Collaborative resilience testing: Coordination with suppliers to conduct shared crisis scenarios, including automated reports on their response capabilities. These scenarios are based on realistic simulations, such as critical system outages or targeted cyberattacks, and are co-developed with your suppliers to ensure a coordinated response. Continuous automated audits: Real-time monitoring of supplier compliance with DORA standards, including proactive detection of potential vulnerabilities in the supply chain. 6. Reporting and traceability ROK Solution simplifies the management of reporting obligations with: Interactive dashboards: Compatible formats (Excel, JSON, API) for seamless integration with existing systems. Real-time action traceability: Historical tracking of modifications and corrective measures for complete transparency during audits. Key performance indicators (KPIs): Measurement of critical timelines (MTTD, MTTR) to continuously optimize your resilience strategies. Why choose ROK Solution for your DORA compliance? An integrated solution: Centralize risk management, resilience testing, and supervision within a single platform. No-code technology assisted by generative AI: Configure customized workflows quickly, without requiring technical expertise. Accelerated compliance: Leverage ready-to-use templates to reduce deployment timeframes. Enhanced security: Ensure comprehensive protection of your sensitive data, compliant with European standards. Strategic collaboration: In partnership with SmartBot Consulting, benefit from advanced RPA and BPM solutions to optimize your processes. ROK Solution is one of the few platforms that combines centralized risk management, flexible no-code capabilities, and generative AI. This allows for the creation of

Accelerate Digital Transformation with a No-Code Platform and Generative AI

In the era of digital transformation, businesses of all sizes are seeking solutions to automate and simplify their business processes without requiring massive investments in development. ROK Solution offers an innovative no-code platform with AI that meets this need by integrating generative AI. This advanced technology enables companies to quickly and easily create custom business applications and transform their organization in an intuitive, fast, and secure manner, tailored to their digitalization needs. A No-Code platform with AI for accelerated digital transformation ROK Solution is a automation platform integrating generative AI, enabling the creation and management of complex business processes without requiring technical skills. Unlike traditional platforms, ROK offers an intuitive experience by allowing users to model workflows and generate applications simply by describing their needs in natural language. Through this approach, ROK Solution’s AI automatically creates tailored solutions, helping businesses optimize their processes while reducing the costs and timelines associated with traditional development methods. Quick creation of applications and workflows with integrated AI One of the strengths of ROK Solution lies in its ability to create business applications in no-code, powered by generative AI, in record time. While other solutions often require days or weeks to configure an application, ROK Solution enables the creation of ready-to-use applications in just minutes, thanks to workflow automation powered by generative AI. This no-code platform for rapid automation automatically configures workflow steps, assigns roles, and connects necessary tools for smooth and optimized operations. With ROK Solution, businesses can deploy applications across various departments, such as human resources, procurement, or identity management. Optimized workflows reduce teams’ workload, allowing employees to focus on higher-value tasks and fostering a productivity boost. Flexibility and management of applications and workflows The flexibility of managing applications and workflows sets ROK Solution apart from other platforms. It allows businesses to manage multiple applications and workflows from a single interface, without the need to reconfigure permissions and access rights. ROK understands your organization, assigning user rights based on their roles, without requiring complex setup. This solution offers simplified access management, enabling companies to quickly adapt to operational needs while ensuring secure and seamless process management. Simplified automation of roles and permissions Workflow optimization is at the core of ROK Solution. By integrating automated access rights management with AI, ROK Solution simplifies the organization of business processes. Each user is assigned rights and permissions based on their role, eliminating the need for manual configurations for each project. This automation of business processes with generative AI is particularly valuable for companies with complex structures and varying access levels, ensuring consistent and secure management of internal processes. Data security and compliance with standards Data security is a critical pillar for modern businesses, especially in highly regulated sectors such as finance, healthcare, and public services. ROK Solution is designed to meet the strictest security standards, ensuring that all processed data is protected. This no-code platform, compliant with cybersecurity regulations, provides peace of mind to companies looking to digitalize their processes while maintaining robust protection of sensitive information. A digital transformation solution tailored to businesses of all sizes Whether you’re an SME or a large enterprise, ROK Solution provides a no-code platform powered by AI, designed to digitalize your business processes and meet the specific needs of any organization. Leveraging generative AI and automation, this solution simplifies application creation, accelerates digital transformation, and enhances team productivity. Accessible to everyone, even without programming skills, ROK makes digitalization faster, more affordable, and more efficient, helping you optimize your operations. In summary ROK Solution is more than just a no-code tool; it’s a comprehensive platform for digital transformation, designed to help businesses automate, simplify, and secure their business processes. By integrating generative AI and offering unmatched flexibility in workflow management, ROK Solution empowers companies to tackle the challenges of modern digitalization. Optimizing operations and ensuring robust security, ROK Solution stands out as a key partner for organizations seeking to transform their business processes quickly and efficiently. To learn more about ROK Solution and discover how this platform can support your company in its digital transition, contact us today.

Comparative advantages of ROK: integrated AI, streamlined automation, optimized workflow and application management

ROK innovates with integrated AI, free OCR, and simplified authorization management/automation. An intuitive and cost-effective platform for your complex workflows.

ROK Generativ: When AI Reinvents No Code

ROK announces the launch of a new version of its no-code platform, integrating a non-intrusive generative AI. This innovation brings speed, expertise, reliability, and security in the modeling of applications, robots, and processes. A Proven No-Code Foundation ROK is now recognized as the most secure no-code platform on the market (see article). Thanks to its user-friendly graphical interface, your non-technical employees can create complex applications or robots with simple drag-and-drop actions. The created applications can be connected to your information system without code, ensuring continuous integrity with your electronic directories in an expanded ecosystem. This guarantees real-time management of application rights and authorizations. Disruptive Innovation: ROK Generativ ROK Generativ disrupts the no-code world by allowing the delegation of application, robot, or process design to an exogenous AI (thus blind to your data) through a conversational interface integrated into the no-code platform. The experience is unique, and you can immersively view the graphical visualization in ROK of the application corresponding to your request (see video) https://youtu.be/UphtRGKNNZQ?si=aVLrXxMWD7by4TNB Another impressive feature is that ROK will assign collaborator accesses and application rights in real-time while the AI remains exogenous to ROK, ensuring your data’s confidentiality. The application, created in a few minutes, can be immediately published on the web or submitted to an amendment and validation process via ROK’s historical no-code application, including the validation workflow and lean management processes. The possibilities offered by this solution are limitless Creating Applications from Scratch ROK Generativ allows the creation of applications, robots, or formalizing processes without needing a detailed specification in advance. In a few minutes, submit your problem to the AI, which will propose a suitable solution. Tasks and IT connections are automatically assigned. You can interact with the AI to refine the solution before finalizing it in no-code and publishing it via ROK’s web interface. Real-Time Consulting Tools Consulting firms can use ROK Generativ to create applications live during needs analysis meetings with their clients. The AI, with its sectoral and regulatory knowledge, can assist junior consultants by providing specific insights. This allows for quickly providing a digital response to be validated or amended at the end of the meeting. The project management tools integrated into ROK will enable teams to be piloted through optimization processes. Content Centralization and Management Companies with formalized processes spread across various diverse and dispersed documents can benefit from ROK Generativ to centralize and standardize these contents. The ROK platform allows for the creation of an auditable and up-to-date repository with real-time access rights management. This is particularly useful for companies with stringent regulations or standardized operating protocols (banks, insurance, justice, pharmaceutical/medical…). In Summary ROK Generativ offers a highly operational solution that addresses confidentiality challenges while enabling the creation of complex and personalized workflows. Integrated with your organizations, directories, and information systems, this offering boosts innovation while maintaining strict control. It broadens your skills and accelerates digital transformation by empowering your business employees to create and innovate securely. Speed, innovation, and security are the keywords of this solution that will broaden the scope of possibilities. ia-news.fr digit-collab.com decideur-it.fr ntic-infos.fr disrupt-b2B.fr dsi-numerique.fr numeric-tools.com digital-frenchnation.com actu-dsi.fr itb2b-univers.com dsisionnel.com

Enhancing Cybersecurity with ROK: A Disruptive IAM Platform for Optimal Centralized Access Management

With a nearly 30% annual increase, cyber attacks affect one in five companies, and the average cost of such an infringement is around 13 million dollars. While the United States remains the main target for cybercriminals, France ranks fourth in this unfortunate tally. The issue of data protection has become a major concern, to the extent that the IAM (Identity and Access Management) market is expected to grow by nearly 23% over the next four years, according to ResearchAndMarkets. Key players such as AS Cognito, MS AD (Microsoft Active Directory), ForgeRock, Sail Point, and Okta mainly deal with audit, compliance, and governance issues, directory services, multifactor authentication, provisioning, password management, and single sign-on. The house is well-guarded, similar to a hotel where rooms are protected with four-point locks, pervasive video surveillance, motion detectors, and a deterrent alarm. However, you would agree, if at reception the hostess gives you the key to someone else’s room, all these protections become null and void, and you could raid your neighbor’s mini-bar without footing the bill. The issue of knowing who is who and who has access to what at any given moment becomes a central topic that requires you to be up to date in real-time with your application mapping, regardless of the number of your employees (whether internal or external) and the number of applications used by your organization (typically several hundred cloud services). In practice, however, only a third of companies are able to produce this application mapping within 24 hours. The responsibility is shared between the IT Department and the services, and it is difficult to blame someone who might have missed an email or a ticket or someone who, caught up in their activities, might have forgotten to request the withdrawal of a right. Without centralized responsibility, automatic synchronization, or shared knowledge, there can be no satisfactory solution. Currently, ITSM tools that come to the aid of IAM tools only perform if an initial manual action is taken, provided they cover the full scope in coherence with the Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), directory, and other tools for tracking non-salaried actors. In any case, and regardless of the depth of provisioning, they never indicate the reason for access, which significantly reduces audit capability. ROK is designed around an organic and systemic approach to your organization supported by a unique disruptive algorithm (ROKe TM). The organic axis will allow you to model your organization charts in integrity with your HRIS and directories, adding non-salaried collaborators if necessary; a digital who’s who that is up-to-date will thus be consultable and editable at any time for assured sharing. See who’s who article. The systemic axis consists of a NoCode platform that will enable you to design your employee flows around these organization charts to track movements in entry, exit, and mobility as close as possible to your business specificities. The solution will feature connectors to ensure integrity with existing management software (HRIS, directories, ITSM …). Provisioning of rights will be ensured when it is not supported by another solution. See No Code article. For example, ROK successfully provisions SAP across a scope of 200 sites covering all of Europe for the Elis group. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBtGHALwPB0 Testimonial from François Blanc – DSI at Elis “ROK allows the standardization of access rights … the delegation of this management to the functions … the improvement of information system security, the reduction of administration costs.” Overall, the implementation of your organizations, regardless of their complexity, as well as the synchronization rules with your existing supports, can be completed in just a few days (depending on your supports). Once this preliminary work is done, any movement of an employee will be followed in real-time. Your application mapping will be managed in project mode directly via the platform. The provisioning work will be accelerated by the AI attached to the solution. In just a few weeks, any movement of an employee, or a method of work, will trigger the automatic update of the related application rights. As a bonus, the solution will natively manage SOD (Segregation of Duties). Technically, it is a multi-tenant, multi-instance cloud platform accessible on any laptop and mobile through a responsive web interface distributed directly in SaaS mode for less than 5 € per user or via our reseller ATOS. After ten years of development, the ROK platform becomes the first No-Code platform “compliant” and secured by design, allowing you to model your organizations and, at the same time, to create your own applications in no-code, thus creating a unique link between the organic (your teams), the systemic (your flows) for a centralized shared vision of responsibilities and application rights. cyberexperts.tech digit-collab.com decideur-it.fr ntic-infos.fr disrupt-b2b.fr dsi-numerique.fr numeric-tools.com actu-dsi.fr itb2b-univers.com dsisionnel.com ROK Decoder: Your Questions, Our Answers! The IAM has never been so clear. There are several ways to approach the topic of security, what are they? There are several approaches, each presenting advantages and disadvantages: The restrictive methods that are Zero trust, the principle of least privilege (PMP) supplemented by PAM (Privileged Access Management). The advantage of these methods lies in the reduced attack surface exposure. The disadvantage resides in the complexity of implementation and maintenance but also in significant related costs combined with reduced performance. Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), which simplifies management except in the case of complex environments in the absence of organizational data. Additionally, we can add: Dual control methods such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) or Risk-Based Authentication (RBA) which is constraining for the first and complex for the second, which also requires continuous monitoring. Moreover, it is a method that does not suffice on its own. If the RBAC method seems to be the most suitable, it quickly becomes apparent that given the size or complexity of the Group to be protected, its real-time update will pose a real issue, explaining why only 1/4 of companies are capable of producing an up-to-date application mapping within 48 hours. How does ROK approach this topic? What method is used? In

ROK “No Code Platform Compliant & Secure by Design”: Unlimited Flexibility, Enhanced Security, and Amplified Intelligence

The No Code market is rapidly expanding, with an increasing range of offerings and promising prospects. However, this enthusiasm should not overshadow the limitations of these solutions, which mainly include: The limitation of customization, due to the fact that they offer a predefined set of features and components. This constraint limits creativity and confines the user to less complex applications, a niche where iBPMS solutions excel. The complexity of connecting with other applications via APIs, which often requires the intervention of IT teams, even though a library of connectors is available. Security and compliance challenges, since the business often creates interconnected applications with the IT system without adequate management of integrity with the HRIS, employee workflows, or the authorization aspect (IAM), not to mention the separation of duties (SoD), thus opening the door to cyber attacks. “The ROK platform stands out with its remarkable level of customization for form interfaces, offering a limitless design workshop. It makes it easy to design complex apps and bots with No Code | OCR and AI (rok-solution.com). Similar to PowerPoint, it allows for complete customization of the graphical interface and navigation. The provided store enables customization and branding of the created applications to reflect the company or service’s image. Additionally, because its roots are in iBPMS, ROK facilitates the creation of complex business workflows through simple drag-and-drop, fully delivering on the No Code promise to accelerate digital transformation while optimizing the workflows created on a single platform. For opening applications created with the IT environment, ROK’s modeling interface allows for the integration of third-party APIs without writing a single line of code. The latest version of ROK also includes an AI assistant to facilitate the integration of complex APIs, eliminating the need to spend hours reading their documentation and making the API stores often offered by vendors obsolete. In terms of security, ROK is defined as ‘compliant & secure by design’. It natively integrates the ability to interface with HRIS systems, IAM tools, and electronic directories such as Active Directory (AD). The platform manages, in real time and transparently for the designer, the mapping of access, including those related to the application created. It links with the company’s organizational charts, clearly exposing the new fields of responsibility of the actors and automatically updates the risk mapping of Separation of Duties (SoD). Mr. Lounis, CIO of Support Functions France at the Transdev Group (Client Successes: Optimization and Securing of the Supplier Reference (rok-solution.com)), shares his experience using the ROK platform: “Transdev France uses ROK to manage the lifecycle of its supplier repository, which includes over 40,000 third parties with several hundred requests for creation, modification, deactivation, and reactivation per month. This management is ensured through a secure real-time interface with our ERP and Altares, to guarantee the identity, integrity, and activity status of the third party in the repository. The processes designed in ROK also include Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to dematerialize PDF-format bank account details into a form and facilitate their verification with an interbank control platform.” Looking ahead, ROK will offer a new modeling interface in June 2024 that will further simplify the creation of No Code applications. Currently, ROK allows the creation of No Code applications from scratch (or from a template in the store) through simple drag-and-drop, but also by importing a Word document or an Excel file describing the desired workflow. The integration of AI will revolutionize application creation by suggesting workflows tailored to expressed needs, accepting desired modifications through natural interaction, and instantly publishing a viable application distributed among various stakeholders, always in compliance with permissions. In summary, ROK clearly stands out from its competitors with its unique ability to deeply customize developed applications, orchestrate complex business flows leveraging its roots in iBPMS systems, and finely manage permissions as well as overall security, thanks to its integrated HR module and advanced management of organizational charts. It revolutionizes integration with the IT ecosystem by utilizing artificial intelligence to far exceed the capabilities of traditional API stores, which are now rendered obsolete. The next version of ROK promises to reinvent the creation of No Code applications, taking unprecedented advantage of advancements in AI to offer a limitless, deeply intuitive, and fully secure development experience (here, even the established application stores are relegated to the stone age). Thus, ROK does not merely navigate the frontier between No Code and AI but aims to merge the two to establish a new standard in enterprise application creation. cyberexperts.tech dsi-numerique.fr digit-collab.com numeric-tools.com ia-news.fr actu-dsi.fr disrupt-b2b.fr itb2b-univers.com decideur-it.fr dsisionnel.com ntic-infos.fr solutions-numeriques.com ROK Decoder: Your Questions, Our Answers! The No Code has never been so clear. Why use No Code platforms? No code platforms aim to accelerate digital development by eliminating the need for manual coding and reducing deployment times. They contribute to the democratization of digital creation by empowering business users (citizen developers), thereby fostering innovation and freeing up time for IT teams. Overall, they enable significant cost reductions and offer a consistently positive ROI. What are the limitations of these solutions? Although these platforms offer a variety of pre-designed patterns and components, they are limited in terms of presentation possibilities and customization. Similarly, while offering a range of components and connectors, they encounter feasibility issues when deviating from standard applications (complex apps). Additionally, by nature (due to their widespread use) and by design, they open up vulnerabilities to cybercriminals and present security flaws that are difficult to manage. Customization seems to be a limitation in No Code; what about with ROK? Beyond providing a range of more or less extensive pattern models that no code solutions offer, ROK features a unique design workshop. Its intuitive drag-and-drop graphical interface and extensive graphic palette facilitate the creation of customized applications in a manner similar to PowerPoint, which offers patterns but also allows you to design a completely original slide from scratch. An ingenious rule engine enables the creation of both unique and multiple forms within the same application, thus opening the door to complex

ROK referenced in the RMIS PANORAMA Edition 2022

ROK Solution is referenced in the “RMIS PANORAMA Risk Management Information Systems” Edition 2022

IMMERSION DIGITALE REX USF 2020

Rok presented on November 24, 2020 in collaboration with the company artimis the elis experience feedback on its use of rok for the automated management of its sap access rights as part of the rex usf 2020 digital immersion.

Software publishers: a “pure player” strategy

In today’s tense economic climate, IT industry professionals are looking for new organizational models allowing them to rapidly develop market shares and deepen their competitive edge. In this context, many approaches coexist with various positions, among which we can count direct sales, indirect, and mixed models. In this document, differences between each model will be explained, and we will see how a 100% indirect approach can lead to high value creation. The direct approach, traditionally used by leading publishers on the market, consists in integrally carrying out a project without the services of a consulting firm or integrator. This approach is very widespread on the other side of the Atlantic and less present in Europe. One can note it hardly fits strategies of smaller and medium-sized publishers, who do not have the necessary financial resources or “moral guarantee” of bigger publishing groups. Moreover, in times of crisis, this approach appears more limited, particularly for projects where specific business impact is at the heart of company challenges. The direct approach fits “transversal” technology better, since those require little to no configuration or added value. Installation and support can then be taken care of by in-house teams. The mixed approach consists in combining direct and indirect sale strategies throughout partner networks. Generally, we can observe that greater accounting projects are traditionally carried out by publishers, and that mid-market and SME projects are handled by indirect networks. Most of the time, medium sized publishers choose this approach, willing to complement their own teams with technical and commercial partners who allow them to access new opportunities on mid-market segments. What makes this approach difficult is the frontier between direct and indirect approaches, as well as managing a partner network that only handles parts of the projects (oftentimes the most time-consuming and least profitable aspects). In order for this approach to work, solid network incentive policies need to be established. The “pure player” approach is a 100% indirect strategy. Publishers focus on their own tasks: publishing software. Commercial development is handled by a partner network consisting of integrators, consulting firms and others. This strategy allows the network to generate high added value for their clients. This approach is particularly fitting for publishers who wish to provide solutions integrating business and organization specificities for each potential client company. The business and task-specific side of the project is then provided by partners thanks to the publisher’s platform, in order to deploy custom-made applications. Thanks to this model, relations between publisher and partners go beyond simple marketing partnerships, and lead to long-term industrial collaboration. An important aspect to consider is selecting partners very carefully. Partnership quality, more than quantity, is a crucial strategic element of this approach. Let us not forget that partners need to be supported and accompanied overtime, through formation, meetings, and network management. Investing time and resources to establish successful partnerships and letting partner sales managers get to know your solution is fundamental. Considering these three sales models, we can notice that many publishers tend to focus on the publishing side of their business, rather than service. Undoubtedly, this approach should soon garner popularity and integrators deliver high added value, which can be explained by the evolution of company demand, with clients expecting solutions to be more and more polished and adapted to their specific business challenges. Olivier BOURROUILH, ROK Solution CEO

ROK Solution takes on competitiveness challenges thanks to Windows 8

ROK Solution, Microsoft partner, is the first integrated collaborative mapping, modeling, workflow, and risk management solution on the market to work on Microsoft’s Windows Azure Cloud. In today’s globalized market economy, being competitive is no longer an option; it has become a crucial aspect for companies. Today, two essential driving forces allow companies to achieve this: optimization and innovation. The French Institute of Industrial Property, INPI, has stated that in 5 years’ time, 50% of innovations will stem from collaborative processes. Real time collaboration has become a major challenge for companies. Making it possible to communicate between remote collaborators everywhere and the rest of the company has become a critical aspect of efficient collaboration. Companies need to strive for mobility and flexibility. This is where a combination of Cloud and touch interface technology can come into play. ROK Solution was built around these new business practices and is available today on a SaaS (Software as a Service) model. For a monthly fee, this plan grants complete control over costs and makes it possible to connect from everywhere with an Internet or mobile connection (3/4G). ROK Solution’s very user-friendly interface was designed to work on touch devices, ensuring quick and intuitive operation for immediate returns on investment. ROK Solution allows companies to: Model processes simply and intuitively Execute workflows in a few clicks and manage key indicators easily Map out dynamic layouts (process management, risks, IS, content) in real time Receive relevant information at the right time, thanks to custom user dashboards. That much is clear: companies focused on the future need to innovate, integrate new technology and new means of communication. These are only a few examples of what will impact company competitiveness and differentiation. ROK Solution helps anticipate these factors and supports clients through this transition.

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