5nine Software Supports Microsoft Azure Public Cloud

5nine Software, Inc. is expanding its solution suite to support the Microsoft Azure public cloud platform, thereby providing management and security capabilities across the entire Microsoft cloud environment – private, public and hybrid.

5nine Cloud Manager, formerly 5nine Manager Datacenter, enables users to manage, monitor and backup/recover their existing cloud infrastructure while the transition to hybrid environments.

The company simplifies businesses’ ability to manage and secure their cloud infrastructure. It is positioned to help businesses achieve ROI from their cloud investments by managing and securing those resources regardless of their changing environment.

With Azure revenue soaring 93%, businesses of all sizes are increasingly adopting it in their strategy to expand beyond private data center infrastructure. But many system administrators are still adapting to the demands of the public cloud environment, such as the increasing organizational overhead burden amid lack of resources, often distracting from the focus on important business goals.

Instead, the company’s solution offers a private cloud management interface to Microsoft Corp.‘ customers; cloud and system administrators no longer need to tackle the exhaustive workloads and complexity that come from managing disparate platforms. The firm’s agentless solution ensures maximum resource utilization, while also empowering users to manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure from one console.

“The right fit for your business may require a well-balanced blend of private and public cloud environments. Until now, each required its own unique tools for configuration, maintenance, monitoring and security-compounding complexity and overhead. Instead, the 5nine platform empowers you to approach your hybrid cloud as a single enterprise that is scalable, extensible and agile,” said William Fellows, 451 Research.

Azure solution delivers breadth of capabilities
that enterprise, mid-market and small-to-mid-size businesses need
to manage infrastructure:

• Azure lifecycle operations – allowing businesses to standardize hybrid cloud lifecycle operations across the organization for better efficiency and more security.

• Azure resource monitoring – expanding businesses’ visibility and providing extensive monitoring of their infrastructure.

• Azure backup and recovery – allowing businesses to secure their infrastructure with virtual firewall and agentless antivirus capabilities, while stepping away from the existing notion that backup and recovery are typically standalone products.

• Azure security – provides an unified interface with multi-layered protection at every point of attack without impacting performance to the hybrid cloud infrastructure.

“Our customers are demanding a comfortable, easy-to-use, unified solution that will help their transition to the public cloud or strengthen their existing operations within it – and that’s what we are delivering today,” said Vince Arneja, chief product officer, 5nine. “These new capabilities reinforce our commitment to and strength in the Microsoft Cloud, while also reaffirming our promise of helping customers enable their innovation goals in the public cloud on their terms.“

Resource:
451 Research Impact Report: 5nine tackles security and management for hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure