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Microsoft Delivers Complete Cloud

Using Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics

At an event in San Francisco, Microsoft Corp.‘s CEO Satya Nadella outlined how it is using Azure, Office 365 and Microsoft Dynamics to deliver a complete cloud – for every business, every industry and every geography.

Furthering this commitment, Microsoft announced several enhancements to its hyper-scale, enterprise-grade, hybrid cloud platform, including the new Azure G-series of VMs and Premium Storage; the availability of the Microsoft Cloud Platform System, powered by Dell, Inc.; partnerships with Cloudera Inc. and CoreOS, Inc.; and a new Azure Marketplace.

The enterprises of today and tomorrow demand a cloud platform that is reliable, scalable and flexible,” Nadella said. “With more than 80% of the Fortune 500 on the Microsoft cloud, we are delivering the industry’s most complete cloud – for every business, every industry and every geography.”

Hyper-scale, enterprise-grade and hybrid cloud infrastructure
Worldwide demand for cloud computing continues to accelerate, and Microsoft is investing to meet this demand. The company announced the latest milestone in the global expansion of Azure, with availability of Azure in the Australia region next week. By the end of 2014, Azure will be operational in 19 regions around the world – at least double the number of any other public cloud provider.

Microsoft also announced the G-series of VMs and premium storage for Azure. Powered by the latest Xeon processors, the G-series will be the largest VMs available in the public cloud to date, while Azure Premium Storage will provide high performance per VM. Together they will deliver the enterprise-grade scale and performance that enterprises and developers need to run the most demanding workloads in the cloud.

As enterprises accelerate their adoption of cloud computing, the demand for security enhanced, scalable and reliable hybrid cloud solutions is on the rise. The CPS, powered by Dell, brings together Azure, Windows Server and Microsoft System Center to deliver an ‘Azure-consistent cloud in a box.’ With pre-integrated hardware from Dell and software from Microsoft, CPS delivers learnings from Azure to customers and partners with the control of an on-premises appliance. CPS will be available for purchase on Nov. 3.

Enterprise + start-ups and ISVs = accelerated cloud adoption and innovation
With more than 40% of Azure revenue coming from start-ups and ISVs, the new Azure Marketplace will connect this ecosystem with enterprise customers everywhere. Now Azure customers will be able to search for and deploy their favorite OS, service or application with a couple of clicks.

Monday, two new partners join Docker Inc., Oracle Corp. and hundreds of others in the Azure Marketplace:

  • Cloudera, in enterprise analytics and data management, will be Azure certified by the end of 2014. This will provide a quick and easy way to deploy Cloudera Enterprise, connect to Microsoft Power BI and discover new insights, in minutes.
  • CoreOS, the container-based Linux OS, is now available to all Azure customers. Customers can now deploy CoreOS images directly from the Azure Marketplace. This broadens Microsoft’s support for Linux on Azure.

Our ecosystem is the backbone of our cloud platform, and our embrace of open source technologies is at the heart,” said Scott Guthrie, EVP of cloud and enterprise, Microsoft. “By helping to create an open platform powered by choice and flexibility, we are enabling the enterprises and developers of today and tomorrow to connect with each other and create new business opportunities in the mobile-first, cloud-first world.”

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