WEBZEN unveiled the official gaming service for Arctic Combat, the highly anticipated FPS game, after successfully completing the global open test using Windows Azure. In 2011, WEBZEN initiated the technology verification process for the hybrid method of connecting Windows Azure with its own private cloud. WEBZEN reviewed its methods to optimize the game server and operating platform architecture so that they worked smoothly and efficiently in the hybrid cloud. In addition to IaaS capability, WEBZEN tried to find ways to use its PaaS capability to manage the game server efficiently, from authentication to billing. After completing the preliminary technical review, on December 6, 2012, the company started an open test for Arctic Combat worldwide. Feedback has been positive, with users commenting that they are satisfied with the speed.

Ophthalmologists turn to ifa systems to capture diagnostic information from specialty equipment and create more complete records, so they can focus instead on protecting their patients’ vision. However, ifa itself struggled to maintain secure, remote access to email and important documents for its own employees. Facing the limits of a small IT staff, the software company realized it needed to move infrastructure and administration to the cloud in order to support its remote installation teams. Using a single login, ifa employees can now access Office 365 from a variety of mobile devices for Outlook email, calendars, and contacts. In addition, ifa employees, of which about 80% work remotely, can easily collaborate with desktop sharing and IM through Lync Online. ifa’s IT team no longer works weekends to maintain on-premise hardware, and administration is as simple as sending an invitation.

One of the world’s largest professional services organizations, with a worldwide network of independent firms, needed a global IT infrastructure—without a global-sized price tag. The solution: a private cloud infrastructure built on Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Pack 1. The organization is now building that infrastructure, with Windows Server deployed into preproduction. The organization anticipates speeding IT management processes, gaining fuller and faster scalability, increasing reliability, and reducing costs.

Technically Compatible is an innovative cloud-based service for testing candidates for IT roles. Created by Microsoft Partner The Test Factory Group on Windows Azure, it is underpinning the firm’s continued growth worldwide. It is resulting in enhanced service, performance, reputation building, and revenues for the group, which already assesses staff for jobs in 150 countries.

Ddanzi Group, well-known for one of its services, The Ddanzi Ilbo, transferred all of its services to Windows Azure early in 2013 to secure IT competitiveness to a degree comparable to that of mainstream media outlets. The Group’s decision to adopt the cloud solution came from its ever increasing numbers of listeners and emerging security threats. In the first half of 2011, its podcast gained so much popularity that some dubbed it a social phenomenon. Such popularity, however, came at a price in terms of the risk from security threats such as DDoS attacks. The Group was unfortunately unable to handle either the increasing traffic loads or the threats. The result was a service interruption that lasted nearly one month. Having learned valuable lessons from the incident, the Group chose Windows Azure as a way to deal with both the traffic and security attacks effectively.

WISEITECH, one of the representative enterprises in the domestic enterprise solution industry, is now concentrating on the cloud-based solutions, moving away from the business strategy focused on the package solutions. WISEITECH launched its BI solutions in time with the release of Windows Azure in 2011. WISEITECH's WISE Cloud BI features a data mart architecture based on relational databases (RDB) with Hadoop applied for the big data analysis and an in-memory data storage for quick analysis in real time. That is, WISEITECH designed a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environment consisting of Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and Hadoop on Windows Azure, and then built a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) on this platform with functions for social analysis, On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP), Executive Information System (EIS), and visualization. B

To support rapid growth fueled by the explosion in data, CommVault needed a way to deliver innovative support services that would scale efficiently and economically. The company replaced its proprietary Oracle RightNow solution with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. With this flexible CRM platform, CommVault supports an expanding array of offerings while gaining the control and capabilities to add compelling innovations its customers have come to expect from this leader in customer support satisfaction.

A global supplier of high quality and innovative products for the leisure and recreational vehicle (RV) and marine industries with offices worldwide, Swedish-based Dometic Group has an extensive product portfolio, including refrigeration solutions, awnings, climate control systems, windows, doors and sanitation systems.

dmg Events Middle East & Asia wanted to transition from an on-premises email system to a cloud-based solution. The company moved to Gmail, but employees were frustrated by the interface and the IT team was burdened due to lack of support. So, dmg migrated to Microsoft Office 365, and it has been very pleased with the robust email provided by Microsoft Exchange Online, in addition to the many features of SharePoint Online and Lync Online.