Azure Hosting is cloud based and is quite new in the arena of web development technologies, Windows Azure is Microsoft's Cloud Based Platform and has other inclusive technologies like SQL Azure and Service Bus. For companies their are a number of benefits to Cloud based hosting, it allows companies of all sizes to host enterprise applications and software services without restriction in terms of bandwidth and scalibilty. On the web, bandwidth is a very important aspect and can influence many factors, specifically performance. Also scalibility is important as websites that are busy should be able to serve the load, their is always a big performance hit when the hardware cannot scale when required. These are not restrictions on the Cloud as your app can automatically upgrade it's resources on bandwidth and load. We offer our clients the option of hosting on the Cloud, however their is a price difference over standard hosting. Also applications have to be configured correctly for the Cloud and moving a current app over can be involved so Redbear Software advises clients their recomended hosting options.
Azure Hosting - Features
* Only pay for the hosting and bandwidth your business is using, can save costs.
* Future based hosting, the trend in the industry is cloud computing.
* Hosting costs can be very flexible eg. pay per instance, subsription, scale to economic trends.
* Data is more secure than your average business, this is a distinct enterprise advantage.
* Free business from the hardware and locality restrictions imposed by on-site servers.
Azure Hosting - Technical Features
* Un-restricted fully by hardware, your app hosted in Microsoft Data Centres.
* Un-restricted bandwidth capacity, your app easily scales up to serve load.
* Run SAAS(Software As A Service) type apps, platform designed to support.
* Web performance is improved and stability due to the stable Azure infrastructure.
* Many current web apps and sites can be migrated to run on the cloud successfully.
* Both cloud and other hosting services and data can work together succesfully.
Azure Hosting - What's Included
* Pay per use, pricing model, these prices are set to instances, bandwidth, etc.
* Dedicated instances, these are monthly charges, set for specific amount of Azure resources.
Azure Hosting - Cost Information
The cost of Azure Hosting is either covered through a subscription package or pay per use. Depending on the business, much savings can be had by using a subscription hosting option, as usually they are offered with a huge discount over the equivalent Pay per Use option. Redbear Software does not add any additional charges for hosting, this is provided as a hosting option to our clients for solutions we provide for them, to extend our service.
Subscription Package (Windows Azure Core)
| Includes | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 750 Comp.Hrs, 10Gb Data | Service Bus + Access Contol incl. | R395.00 (All Incl.) |
Subscription Package (SQL Azure Core)
| Includes | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 10Gb Relational SQL Azure dB | Business Edition Version | R495.00 (All Incl.) |
Subscription Package (Windows Azure + SQL Azure Extended)
| Includes | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 750 Comp.Hrs, 10Gb dB, 10Gb Data | Service Bus + Access Control incl. | R815.00 (All Incl.) |
