The windows azure platform
- 1. The Windows Azure Platform For ISVs
- 2. Why an ISV should pursue a Cloud Strategy? • To reach new market segments and geographies • To achieve competitive differentiation relative to the company’s 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 © e-Zest Solutions Ltd. Slide No. 2
- 3. 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 © e-Zest Solutions Ltd. Slide No. 3
- 4. Windows Azure Stack © e-Zest Solutions Ltd. Slide No. 4
- 5. 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…) © e-Zest Solutions Ltd. Slide No. 5
- 6. 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 © e-Zest Solutions Ltd. Slide No. 6
- 7. Cloud Platform Comparison © e-Zest Solutions Ltd. Slide No. 7
- 8. Cloud Platform Comparison (contd.) © e-Zest Solutions Ltd. Slide No. 8
- 9. Cloud Platform Comparison (contd.) © e-Zest Solutions Ltd. Slide No. 9
- 10. 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 © e-Zest Solutions Ltd. Slide No. 10
- 11. e-Zest’s 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 – Use of APIs/Service Interfaces © e-Zest Solutions Ltd. Slide No. 11