TOP 5 BENEFITS OF MICROSOFT AZURE
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Azure, Microsoft’s premiere cloud platform, has contributed to significant
revenue growth for Microsoft since its launch in 2010, coinciding with the
company’s ongoing transition into the cloud market by forming strategic
partnerships with cloud leaders like Salesforce.com. Not only does Azure boast strong platform-as-a-service (PaaS) capabilities,
but the solution is currently the only major cloud platform that is a leader
for infrastructure as a service (IaaS), as ranked by Gartner. Recently, Forbes
predicted that annual revenue for Azure would be close to $2.3 billion.
Azure is gaining traction as
the cloud infrastructure of choice for many IT professionals. Here are five
reasons these pros are turning to Azure as their cloud platform of choice—and
perhaps why your organization should also consider doing so:
1. Closely integrated with other Microsoft tools: For organizations that are
reliant on Microsoft tools like SharePoint (which was recently ranked the No.1 platform
for enterprise collaboration), Office 365 and Outlook, investing in a cloud
platform that seamlessly integrates with Microsoft products makes sense.
Organizations can also use the same virtual machines in Azure that they use
on-premises, like Windows and Linux, which further simplifies operations. Many
industry experts expect Azure to slowly but surely gain adoption due to this
ability to offer users a completely seamless and integrated service package.
2. Excellent, reputable standing: Microsoft is considered one
of the most credible and reliable long-standing brands in history. The
company’s technology powers some of the world’s most recognizable and widely
used tools such as Skype, Bing and Xbox. For many organizations, especially
those smaller in size, this brings a certain security to deploying Azure. In
fact, in a recent survey conducted
by The Virtualization Practice, the majority of Azure users said they deployed
the platform because they considered Microsoft a trusted industry leader.
3. IaaS and PaaS: As mentioned, Azure boasts an enticing
combination of IaaS (managed) and PaaS (unmanaged) services. IaaS enables
companies to outsource their cloud computing infrastructure and pay for only
for what they use. PaaS allows companies to create their own Web apps and/or
software without having to buy and maintain the underlying infrastructure. This
enables organizations to customize their cloud software—like Office 365, for
example—to meet their exact specifications and requirements. Because Azure is
an industry leader in both of these categories, companies can more quickly and
easily build, deploy and manage applications.
4. Reliability: Continuing on point No. 2 listed above, Azure
is backed by Microsoft’s growing number of global managed data centers;
currently, the company has data centers across 19 regions. Furthermore, the
company boasts 99.95 percent
availability and 24/7 tech support and health monitoring.
5. Strong BI and analytics support: Azure provides managed SQL
and NoSQL data services and built-in support for digging deeper into data and
uncovering key insights for improving business processes and decision making.
Specifically, organizations can leverage their SQL Server in the cloud and can
use HDInsight,
Microsoft Azure’s Apache Hadoop-based cloud service, to build Hadoop clusters
to more deeply analyze data.
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