Azure with New Hybrid Cloud and Simplified Cloud Storage Service Tools

Grazed from CloudComputingPath. Author: Pravin Anchin.

During the ongoing TechEd event in Houston, Microsoft made a number of significant announcements, the least of which was not the addition of two new tools to Azure cloud computing. The new Azure ExpressRoute will permit private connections between on-premise environments and Azure. The second tool worthy of mention is the new simplified cloud storage service with a number of security improvements aimed at business segments.

ExpressRoute was scheduled for a preview on 12th. As regards other features, some are up for preview while others will debut later this summer. ExpressRoute meshes with SingTel, Telecity Group, AT&T, BT, Equinix, Zadara Storage and Verizon, offering speedy connects from Azure to that specific infrastructure a company may have up and running in-house or in a co-location data center…

ExpressRoute latches on to the service provider’s networks without touching the internet, paving the way for faster and smoother as well as more secure connections and data transfers with 99% SLA, but at a whopping price $ 5000 per month for a 10 Gbps connection with unlimited inbound data transfers and 250 TB of outgoing, a high amount even after the 50% discount currently in force. Cost factor on one side, this move should be more than welcome for companies that are on the move towards adopting hybrid cloud computing. Time will tell…

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