Sage turns to Windows Azure for cloud accounting platform
June 28, 2013
Grazed from CloudPro. Author: Jane McCallion.
Business software vendor Sage has opted for Windows Azure to deliver its Sage 200 Online cloud service. Aimed specifically at medium-size businesses, this is the second accountancy Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering from the Newcastle-based vendor after Sage One, which was launched in 2011.
However, while Sage One was built on the Amazon Web Services platform, the company has instead plumped for Windows Azure to host Sage 200 Online. Stuart Lynn, CIO at Sage, told journalists at a media event to mark the launch that Azure had been an obvious choice when deciding to take Sage 200 to the cloud…
“Sage 200 just seven years ago was written from the ground up on the Microsoft .NET platform, which at the time was the most modern technology you could develop on,” explained Lynn. “So who better to help us take a Microsoft .NET product [to the cloud] than Microsoft?”…
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