Microsoft Windows Azure - VeriSign Manufacturing Help Customers Create Infrastructure Solutions Case Study
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VeriSign is a security firm that provides internet infrastructure services like SSL certificates and authentication. They wanted to make these services available for customers using hosted infrastructures on Windows Azure. Partnering with Microsoft, VeriSign can now provide SSL certificates on Windows Azure to enhance security. This gives customers highly secure encryption similar to on-premises data centers but with more flexibility and lower management costs. The VeriSign brand and security seal also increases customer transactions on sites hosted on Windows Azure.
Microsoft Windows Azure - VeriSign Manufacturing Help Customers Create Infrastructure Solutions Case Study
- 1. Microsoft Partner Solution Partner Solution Case Study Security Firm Helps Customers Create Highly Secure Hosted Infrastructure Solutions Partner: VeriSign “Windows Azure gives IT departments Web Site: www.verisign.com Partner Size: 2,800 incredible flexibility and efficiency in Country or Region: United States Industry: Manufacturing—High deploying new services. As a trusted third tech and electronics/Online party, VeriSign adds a layer of security to security those environments.” Partner Profile Ryan White, Product Marketing Manager for SSL, VeriSign VeriSign provides Internet infrastructure services that VeriSign wanted to provide customers who help businesses and deliver services on hosted infrastructures with the consumers conduct trusted communications online. The same highly secure encryption technology used in company also manages two on-premises data centers. The company of the world’s Internet root servers. partnered with Microsoft to provide Windows Azure™ platform customers with enhanced Software and Services Windows Azure Platform protection for critical business data. With Windows Azure VeriSign® SSL Certificates on Windows Azure, Third-Party Software VeriSign SSL Certificates customers receive an added layer of online VeriSign Identity and security, while reducing management and Authentication Services maintenance costs. Business Needs and safeguarding more than If you’ve ever made an online one million Web servers with purchase, you’ve likely digital certificates to help encountered VeriSign ensure secure communication. technology. VeriSign provides a The company’s Secure successes, please visit: range of Internet infrastructure Sockets Layer (SSL) www.microsoft.com/casestudie services, managing two of the Certificates are used by more s world’s Internet root servers, than 93 percent of the Fortune
- 2. 500, and 97 of the largest 100 centers and offers a scalable while keeping administrative banks in the world that use SSL infrastructure based on a pay- costs low. Consumers, technology. as-you-go model. “We wanted recognizing the VeriSign to combine our best-of-breed Secured Seal, will be more Companies and consumers solutions,” says White. likely to submit personal perform billions of transactions information on these sites. every day that use VeriSign® When customers deploy SSL Certificates. Companies solutions on Windows Azure, Administrative Cost Savings install the certificates, which they can enhance their In on-premises data centers, contain complex encryption services with additional layers companies have to manage algorithms, on their Web of security by implementing SSL certificates across servers, making it possible for a VeriSign SSL for encryption and servers. “Each time a server site visitor to open a secure authentication, just as they or domain is added,” explains channel of communication from would in an on-premises server White, “a degree of complexity their browser to the server to infrastructure environment. is also added. IT departments conduct transactions or White says, “It’s the same are dealing with multiple transmit sensitive data. “Our solution customers are used certificates with varying technology helps ensure that to, but now, they can apply it to expiration dates, across the information you send isn’t any site they manage on multiple domains and servers.” visible to a third party,” explains Windows Azure.” As the infrastructure grows, Ryan White, Product Marketing VeriSign certificates are easily companies often have to Manager for SSL at VeriSign. deployed to Windows Azure, increase administrative staff to VeriSign-secured transactions through a process similar to keep up with data security are indicated by a padlock that employed when tasks. White says, “With symbol in the browser window. certificates are issued to Web Windows Azure, customers servers in an on-premises don’t have to worry about VeriSign also provides deployment. “The primary buying additional hardware or authentication services to difference is the physical adding staff to manage safeguard the online identities location of those servers, a infrastructure. With the of consumers and businesses. difference for which our VeriSign component, they get The company wanted to make certificate management the same benefit—highly its SSL and authentication solution is quite forgiving and scalable data security without technologies, which are typically flexible,” says White. increased administration or managed by a company’s IT cumbersome recordkeeping.” staff in their data centers, Customers deploying Windows available to customers Azure also have access to the Security from a Trusted Third Party deploying services on “cloud VeriSign Secured® Seal—a well- With the Windows Azure computing” environments, known symbol for secure platform, companies can where solutions are hosted and communication—to display on develop, deploy, and host Web managed on the Internet and their Web sites. White says, applications with minimal reside in external data centers. “With our Windows Azure– investment costs, high White explains, “We wanted to based solution, customers can scalability, performance, and ensure that businesses could purchase SSL certificates and efficiency. By adding VeriSign just as easily apply these apply the VeriSign Secured SSL to their deployment, they technologies to servers sharing Seal to their sites just as they also get the added benefit of information in the cloud.” do in traditional server enhancing the security environments.” environment to meet Solution customers’ needs. “Windows VeriSign, a Microsoft® Gold Benefits Azure gives IT departments Certified partner, evaluated the In partnership with Microsoft, incredible flexibility and Windows Azure™ platform from VeriSign has extended its efficiency in deploying new Microsoft, an Internet-based encryption and authentication services. As a trusted third- services platform that provides technologies to the Windows party, VeriSign adds a layer of an operating system and a set Azure platform, making it security to those of developer services that can possible for customers to add environments,” says White. be used to create flexible, cost- SSL-enabled encryption and “We’re happy to be providing effective solutions. The solution authentication to their hosted SSL-enabled encryption and is hosted in Microsoft data infrastructure environments This case study is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS SUMMARY. * Your results may vary. Data based on actual results reported by VeriSign customers. VeriSign, the VeriSign logo, the Checkmark Circle logo, VeriSign Secured and other trademarks, service marks and designs are registered or unregistered trademarks of VeriSign, Inc., and its subsidiaries in the United States and in foreign countries. 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- 3. authentication to this cloud- based environment.” Increased Site Transactions This third-party trust is a boon to Windows Azure customers. “The name recognition that VeriSign carries is a major benefit,” explains White. VeriSign research indicates that if a Web site carries the VeriSign Secured Seal, consumers feel safer and are more likely to complete a transaction. “It has been proven through testing that the VeriSign Secured Seal can increase transactions on a site from 10 to 36 percent*. We’re excited to be able to provide this added value to Windows Azure customers.” This case study is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS SUMMARY. * Your results may vary. Data based on actual results reported by VeriSign customers. VeriSign, the VeriSign logo, the Checkmark Circle logo, VeriSign Secured and other trademarks, service marks and designs are registered or unregistered trademarks of VeriSign, Inc., and its subsidiaries in the United States and in foreign countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.