GE Healthcare has a broad ecosystem of cloud partners and decided to take advantage of Microsoft Azure platform. Moving to the cloud will offer several advantages, including easier, more centralized distribution and management software, and better scalability. The company is also interested in Microsoft Azure environment readiness to help customers meet their compliance requirements in the healthcare industry. In addition to technical security, Azure offers HIPAA Business Association Agreement (BAA) where Microsoft is committed to comply with certain security and privacy provisions under HIPAA and the HITECH ACT.