Introducing Microsoft Windows Azure Jan 30th 2011 Artis Group Pty Limited Level 8, 33 Chandos St St Leonards, NSW, 2065 1 (02) 8404 5800 www.artisgroup.com.au Overview • • • • 2 Background on Azure What Azure can do What Azure can’t do Azure/PAAS: the future of application development ? Background • • • 3 Microsoft’s Cloud Platform offering Two core markets – ISV’s wanting to build SaaS applications – Enterprises wanting to extend into the cloud Why Azure ? – Trusted provider/brand – (Increasing) Integration with Microsoft technologies – Deep toolkit for building cloud based systems – Flexible/scalable pricing – Elasticity !!! – On/Off Premise via Azure Connect How Does it Compare to Other Cloud Options? Business Requirements End User Config SaaS • End User Ready Experience Application Database PaaS • Application Ready Experience IaaS • Virtual Machine Ready Experience Operating System Disaster Recovery Virus Control Database Server Load Balancing Identity/Authorisation Middleware Hardware Network Storage 4 Windows Azure Platform Data Centres 6 datacenters across 3 continents Simply select your data centre of choice when deploying an application 5 What Is The Windows Azure Platform? Windows Azure is an internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers around the world, proving a simple, reliable and powerful platform for the creation of web applications and services. 6 Key Markets • • • • • 7 New Business’ not wanting to invest in long term hosting infrastructure Web sites with elastic volume requirements eg. www.missuniverse.com New business looking to go straight to the cloud Business looking to start moving to the cloud with a trusted brand Microsoft shops looking to move into the cloud with a familiar technology Key Considerations • • • 8 Azure – does not provide traditional hosted servers (yet) and therefore; – does not replace the outsourced server hosting providers eg. ICO – does not replace Web Site hosting Putting sensitive data in the cloud ? – Still considered a Business Risk – Data Sovereignty remains a key concern to most business’ – There is no Azure data centre in Australia – Business’ are comfortable that they control their data Architecture – For business with existing data, it is a re-architecture – Only in a few cases is it a simple case of “porting” in an existing application – Value will only be seen in solutions built to utilise the platform features Alternative Cloud Options • • 9 IAAS/PAAS – Amazon Web Services; – Google App Engine; IAAS – VMware vCloud; – IBM Smart Cloud – RackSpace – Also hosting providers eg. ICO are starting to offer more “elasticity” in their offerings for overflow arrangements Getting started with Windows Azure™ Azure Discovery Pack: 2 Days Training, 1 Day Application Assessment & 6 months Windows Azure Platform Access Cloud Exploration Workshop 10 Cloud Assessment for Windows Azure™ $15K Decision Accelerator for Windows Azure™ 10 Rapid Solution Deployment for Windows Azure™ THANK YOU Head Office Level 8 33 Chandos St St Leonards NSW 2065 11 ACT Victoria Queensland 8 Wiluna St, Fyshwick ACT 2609 Level 3 480 Bourke St Melbourne VIC 3000 Ground Floor 79 Hope Street South Brisbane QLD 4101
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