Read how other organizations are using the Azure Services Platform.
NeoGeo’s Digital Media Asset Management Solution Gains Scalability with SQL Azure Database
Rich media content requires lots of rich storage space, so NeoGeo was looking for the most scalable and cost effective database solutions for its customers. The company plans to offer its product with cloud-based relational (to support content queries) storage using Microsoft® SQL Azure Database. Using SQL Azure Database will benefit NeoGeo by reducing by half the development time of its storage-based solutions, and enhance its sales opportunities.
Infosys Creates Cloud-Based Solutions for Auto Dealers using SQL Azure Database
Infosys began designing a solution to let automobile dealers share information on inventories and other resources, it wanted to offer a cloud-based solution that would be simple to deploy and require zero maintenance from the customer. To create its hub-in-the-cloud solution it needed a cloud-based database, which it found with Microsoft SQL Azure Database. Infosys is using SQL Azure Database to create a solution for auto dealers, which it can easily replicate to meet similar integration needs for the healthcare, hospitality, insurance, and other verticals.
UK-Based Incubator Develops Social Discovery and Messaging Application on the Azure Services Platform
Bluehoo has created and deployed a social discovery and messaging application that lets people use their mobile phones to find other users around them with similar interests. To ensure that they have a reliable and scalable foundation for their business, Bluehoo built their application on the Azure Services Platform.
Software Developer Saves Money, Enhances Application with Internet-Based Platform
Epicor is a provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solutions to customers worldwide. The organization recently sought to meet customer demands for lower-cost, Internet-based ERP solutions. To do that, Epicor developed a new ERP application using the Azure™ Services Platform, a new Microsoft cloud-based development platform. With Azure, the company can cut costs, provide a range of Internet-based services, and extend existing developer skills, all to deliver better experiences to customers.
Solution Provider Delivers Flexible Policy Solution with Cloud-Based Platform
FullArmor needed a cloud-based computing platform to optimize its PolicyPortal product, which customers use to manage networks that include PCs outside of Active Directory® domains. The company decided to port its application to the Azure™ Services Platform―a comprehensive Microsoft services platform for cloud computing. The flexible, scalable solution can be deployed easily, so FullArmor customers can access PolicyPortal faster and benefit from extended endpoint policy management features.
Enterprise Content Management Company to Reach More Customers with Cloud Computing
Open Text Corporation, a global leader in enterprise content management, realized that customers increasingly demand more flexible and affordable ways of managing their electronic archiving environments. The company is integrating its software with the Azure™ Services Platform—a cloud-computing platform from Microsoft―to provide a virtual storage service. This will speed implementation, improve business.
Solution Provider Explores Flexible New Cloud Platform to Cut Costs and Expand Business
Pitney Bowes Management Services develops integrated mail, print, and document management solutions. Because of cost and resource concerns, customers have asked the company for a hosted version of its correspondence-mail digitizing application. As a result, Pitney Bowes decided to explore making the application available on the Azure™ Services Platform from Microsoft. The company expects to gain flexibility, cut costs, and expand its business.
Mashups Showcase from Live Services
Windows Live Services allow for the easy creation of mashups—applications that combine data or content from several sources into a new single integrated application. Check out mashups for Live Services in this showcase.
