Cloud Computing and Windows Azure

Cloud Computing is a phenomenon that is gaining popularity by the day in IT industry. It provides a flexible approach to shared and scalable resources. The increasing demand of data processing has given rise to thousands of data centers and that is where Cloud Computing sets in.

Cloud computing data centers provide IT resources services like, IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service) and SaaS (Software as a Service).

With Cloud Computing you can manage data, your inventory, storage, backup and much more!

Microsoft Windows Azure is one such Cloud Computing platform that provides both IaaS and PaaS services. You can build, deploy and manage your applications easily, across the globe and in more flexible ways. Using PaaS application development is quick and simple. PaaS enterprise operations can manage storage, virtualization and also aid networking developers with managing applications. Windows Azure also supports multi-tier architecture and automated deployment. 

With IaaS or Infrastructure as a Service, instead of purchasing hardware you can get all the computing resources like networking services, storage and virtual machines remotely. Even a native user can install any application just after creating a VM (Virtual Machine) and can get access to it from anywhere.

Now let’s discuss briefly about the kind of services Azure provides.

Compute: You can create web apps as many as you want but in case of standard and basic packages you must take care of your credit limit.

Virtual Machines are one of the most amazing IaaS products you can create quickly and can access them globally via Azure. It provides you the flexibility to add as much storage as you want.

Mobile and cloud services are also a part of Compute; it allows you to create a mobile service for your applications.

Data Services: It leads SQL database, storage accounts for Blobs, Queues and Tables, HDInsight, Recovery services, and Machine learning.

App Services: Media services, Visual Studio Online, Biztalk services and CDN are all part of Azure app services.

Networking Services: Azure network service allows you to manage traffic/virtual networks and allows you to connect to ‘on-premise networks’. Also, by using Traffic Manager you can manage user traffic as per your need to Windows Azure services.