Microsoft Azure helps developers build, host and scale web applications through Microsoft datacenters. Microsoft Azure provides on-demand compute and storage, SQL Azure a cloud-based relational database service, and Microsoft Azure AppFabric, for developing, deploying and managing applications in the cloud. Microsoft Azure supports Microsoft programming language - .NET as well as non-Microsoft languages such as PHP, Java and Ruby on Rails. It also supports popular standards and protocols including SOAP, REST, XML. To build applications and services on Microsoft Azure, developers can use their existing Microsoft Visual Studio expertise. Microsoft Azure is a flexible platform that integrates with your existing on-premises environment. In essence, Microsoft Azure lets you focus on your application, not the infrastructure.

Is Microsoft Azure right for you?

• Is your IT infrastructure flexible and agile enough to adjust to frequently changing demands?
• How effective is your disaster recovery solution?
• Do you plan on making IT cost reductions while maintaining or increasing service levels?
• Does your IT infrastructure provide a strategic foundation to help make your company more competitive?

Microsoft Azure benefits include:

• Bring ideas to market faster and more cost effectively.
• Reduce the effort and costs of IT management.
• Instantly scale up or down to meet the changing demands of your business while paying only for the services you use.
• Reduce ongoing operational costs and capital expenditures on hardware, software licenses, and implementation services.
• Provide access from virtually anywhere, using any PC, mobile device, or browser.
• Benefit from fast disaster recovery and data backup protection.

As early adopter of Cloud Systems Integration, NewportGlobal has helped its clients) in developing new custom applications for the Cloud and migrating existing applications to the Cloud.

Success Stories

• Migration of a .NET application to Microsoft Azure for a CA based eDiscovery company in four months timeframe
• New Application Development using Windows and SQL Azure for creating a reference architecture tool for a fortune 500 client [Sponsored by Microsoft]

Application Scenarios

You can benefit from Microsoft Azure in the following scenarios:

• When building a single-tenant or multi-talent SaaS application
• For startups looking to build a Web 2.0 application
• Enterprises can build a new software application (either customer facing or internal usage) on Microsoft Azure and SQL Azure (instead of Windows Server and SQL Server)
• ISVs or enterprises can use SQL Azure platform storage
• Enterprises that use Microsoft Azure to run their own line-of-business, batch processing or large-volume computations.