The Windows Azure Platform

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The Windows Azure Platform

• For ISVs

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Why an ISV should pursue a Cloud Strategy?

• To reach new market segments and geographies
• To achieve competitive differentiation relative
  to the companys larger competitors
• To allow the business to scale rapidly without
  incurring the overhead costs associated with
  traditional hosted solutions.
• To make it easy for prospects to try out its
  solution
• To make it easier to sell the application by
  dramatically reducing the upfront costs for the
  customer

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What is Windows Azure platform?

• It includes a cloud services operating system and
  a set of developer services
• It provide the functionality to build
  applications that span from consumer Web to
  enterprise scenarios
• The key components of the Windows Azure platform
  are
• Windows Azure and
• SQL Azure

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Windows Azure Stack
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Windows Azure Developer Services

• Windows Azure Developer Services provide the
  functionality to build applications that span
  from consumer Web to enterprise scenarios
• To reap maximum advantage of Cloud developer
  services are essential
• It consists of following developer services
• Compute Web and Worker roles to host
  applications around the world
• Database Highly available and scalable
  relational cloud database service
• Virtual machines Deploy custom Windows Server
  2008 R2 images to Windows Azure
• (continued)

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Windows Azure Developer Services

• (in continuation)
• Storage Persistent and durable storage in the
  cloud via four core services
• Content delivery network Deliver high-bandwidth
  content through 24 global physical nodes
• Caching Distributed, in-memory application cache
  service
• Virtual network Networking functionality to
  connect on-premises and cloud applications
• Service bus Secure messaging capabilities for
  distributed and hybrid applications
• Access control Standards-based service for
  identity and access control
• Business intelligence Develop and deploy
  operational reports to the cloud using familiar
  tools
• Marketplace Buy and sell finished applications,
  data sets, components, and more

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Cloud Platform Comparison
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Cloud Platform Comparison (contd.)
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Cloud Platform Comparison (contd.)
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How ISVs can benefit through Azure?

• Build cloud solutions quickly by reusing existing
  code
• Transfer existing coding skills to the Windows
  Azure environment
• Leverage the Windows Azure flexible resource
  consumption model
• Use the Microsoft service-level agreement (SLA)
  to guarantee application availability and
  performance
• Reach completely new customer base

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e-Zests Windows Azure Services

• Windows Azure Platform Value Assessment Services
• From Business Perspective
• From Technology and Design Perspective
• ROI Analysis
• Windows Azure Design Services
• Business Process Modeling
• Architecture Modeling
• Service Delivery Modeling
• Multi-Tenancy, Configurability
• User Profiling
• Windows Azure Security Implementation Services
• Security Compliance
• Identity Management
• Windows Azure Performance and Scalability
  Services
• High Availability
• Decoupled Service Interfaces
• Horizontal Vertical Scaling
• Load Balancing Virtualization
• Windows Azure Platform Optimization Services