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With a growing trend towards cloud adoption delivered from data centers or appliances, software companies and enterprises have trusted our capabilities on Microsoft's cloud technologies to benefit from latest innovations. The Azure™ Services Platform from Microsoft provides an Internet-based operating system, online developer tools, and services such as online file storage, a distributed database, access control, and social-networking Web services to develop and deploy software products and applications on the cloud. With our focus on core Microsoft technologies and experience in executing an array of cloud-based projects, we are well equipped to drive your cloud software development deployment initiatives.
We are a full scale Microsoft Azure software development service provider, with in-house Azure experts to help transition to the cloud or develop new applications on the cloud faster and cost effectively. Our experts have thorough knowledge of Windows Azure, SQL Azure and Microsoft.NET and communication protocols such as SOAP, REST and XML along with in-depth.
Jose Ramon Mosteiro
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Michael VaughnWe have the expertise to offer high quality Microsoft Azure services – Windows Azure, SQL Azure and Azure AppFabric (.NET services). We have the expertise to write applications that run partially and/or entirely on the Azure platform. Our Microsoft Azure service offerings include:
- Windows Azure migration / porting of your existing .NET application
- Custom Design and Development of Multi-tenant Web Applications on Microsoft Azure
- Enabling cloud storage for On-premise applications
- Solution architecture services using Azure
- Testing & validation services for application partially or fully deployed on Azure
- Development of hybrid Apps working both on-premise and on Azure
Microsoft SQL Azure Services
SQL Azure is Microsoft's relational database and data management software for the cloud. Using SQL Azure and related technologies such as ADO.NET Data Services and the .NET framework, we can help you reliably transition you on-premise databases to the cloud. We leverage our SQL Azure database expertise to:
Build scalable, custom web applications, for start-ups and small businesses who would like to use data storage capacities commensurate with their business needs Consolidate multiple data sources in the Cloud and enable secure access from multiple locations, desktops and/or devices
Custom Microsoft application development using Windows Azure SDK
Our experts have in-depth understanding of the functioning of the Windows Azure operating system, and how it can be used as the development, run-time, and control environment in the cloud. We use the Windows Azure SDK – a set of APIs, tools, documentation, and samples needed to develop Internet-scale applications that run on Windows Azure.
We can develop custom applications and offer Software as a Service (SaaS) Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) and application architectures using Microsoft Azure platform.
Using the Windows Azure SDK, we can develop:
- Scalable computation and storage to user applications and to other Azure services platform components
- .NET Services to facilitate user login credentials across different security schemes and offer distributed infrastructure services
- Live Services that allow users to coordinate data across all of their devices and selectively share data with friends and associates
Growing repository of accelerators and frameworks for faster cloud deployments
Over the last 2-3 years, we have developed a suite of accelerators and frameworks specially suited for the Microsoft Azure platform. Some of these accelerators include:
- Assessment tool for cloud readiness
- Gap analysis tool and methodology
- Cloud enablement methodology
We leverage these tools and accelerators extensively to deliver high quality, faster and low risk Microsoft Azure based cloud services and solutions.
Reliable and robust cloud solution design
Our experienced enterprise architects specialize in developing robust and high performance architectures with the Microsoft Azure tools and frameworks at their disposal. A key focus area for our architects is designing solutions that integrated easily into your existing IT systems. This is important considering significant investments made by customers on their existing IT infrastructure.
Our architects deliver solutions that reliably connect to existing IT systems without taking them down. We can develop custom web services that can communicate with 3rd party devices and applications, regardless of the platform.
Expertise in integrations with legacy systems
We specialize in bringing the latest technologies such as Microsoft Azure to talk to legacy systems that you may have. We can enable you to maximize the value of you legacy systems by designing solutions that sit between the legacy system and the cloud, and are deployed on the cloud. This brings great value to our customers—to be able to make full use of their legacy systems, while handling everything from the cloud.
Choose the right application for Windows Azure development
A key success factor in developing for Windows Azure is to pick the right application. Windows Azure is great for building a Web application or a compute-intensive application, but it is not yet a general-purpose application development platform. It is advisable to start with a lower-risk customer-facing project to validate that everything works as planned.
Prepare early for security and integration
Security and integration are very important considerations while deploying any application that will be residing outside your premises. Microsoft's Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) is a great security solution for authentication. Integration challenges will be faced if there is data inside and outside the firewall. For projects that require any such integration, it is important to make sure that those problems can be solved before development starts.
Build in SQL Azure retries to avoid connection errors
SQL Azure moves databases to balance load. When a database is moved, the connection pool becomes invalid. If the service does not retry the SQL connection, the connect request fails, causing errors. So it is critical to build in SQL Azure retries into the process.