We are in an age where our lives and technology are intertwined. Information technologies provide us with various support both in our business life and in our daily life. As a result of the data density and traffic that occurs, Microsoft offers the Azure solution. This cloud-based technology is an IT service where data can be stored and processed on the internet.
With this technology, Microsoft saves us speed and time with infrastructure services, platform services and software services. Due to the advantages it offers, its use is increasing day by day. It offers different alternatives to users in education, health, communication and every field we can think of. In this study, we will inform about cloud technology and examine Microsoft Azure, which has the highest brand value among the services that provide these services
Entry
The fact that the 21st century we are in is the information age is undeniable. As a result of rapidly developing technology, different needs have begun to emerge. In general, this development cause to more information, that is data. Because of this intensity, access to information independently of time and space has become one of the most important needs. As a result, the foundations of cloud computing have gradually begun to be laid. Data can be stored on the internet in an area we call the cloud, allowing us to access this information from anywhere. Data backup also ensures the security of information. As a result, cloud computing services have started to perform these tasks with various service providers with infrastructure services, platform services and software services. If we consider the security of information and the quality, performance and cost of the transactions, we can see how strong the brand value of Microsoft Azure is.
Cloud Computing
Cloud technology is an internet-based IT service that allows the software, resources and data we use to be shared with computers or different devices suitable for this technology and access to data. It is a model that can provide network access on demand and conveniently due to low administrative needs or fast service provider interaction. It can also be adjusted according to needs.
Infrastructure as a Service – IaaS
In the model of presenting the infrastructure as a cloud service, the user can configure the processor, storage, network resource and other basic information resources himself and install the operating systems and applications on them that they need.[2]
Platform as a Service – PaaS
This service can be considered as a kind of leasing hardware, operating system, storage and network capacity over the internet.
Software as a service – SaaS
It is a model in which all web-based, corporate or end user oriented software is offered as a service with current versions, from software related to a simple e-mail service to accounting, finance and office applications. [2]
It is a platform that offers all the services we receive without the need for our physical and local servers. This platform is provided with applications that we call a virtual machine (VM). Users can use the systems available on the platform without wasting time with hardware, software, installation or purchase processes.
The Azure service gives you an advantage by reducing the cost of the devices you connect to. Because you can store your data in the cloud, you don’t need physical hardware. This gives you an advantage by preventing you from losing data due to any technical failure that may occur on your computers.
Cloud technology saved organizations and businesses from investment, employee training, licensing costs, and development. Software licensing is more cost effective than licensing on physical servers. We can connect with the cloud platform any way we want, wherever there is Internet access.
With cloud computing, you can reach your past without realizing place and time. In light of emerging technologies with accounts to be given to users, data access, transfer and sharing will be easy, fast and secure. This process will be your biggest advantage in order to improve work efficiency and ensure time management.
Utilities begin as an obligation to deal with daily routines. Cloud computing allows a variety of applications to be accessible, used by multiple users and run under a single application.
But there are also disadvantages. Failure to ensure continuity in cloud computing due to various internet access failures, cyber attacks on cloud computing services, global wars and such events can interfere with the service to be given. In order to avoid such risks, this security issue will also be reduced to a minimum if Microsoft Azure, which is a significant brand value, is preferred among companies offering cloud technology and IT services.
Microsoft Azure
” Microsoft Azure“, also known as” Windows Azure”, is a professional platform from Microsoft that provides cloud computing services to users. It serves 140 countries in 54 Azure regions and its usage rate is increasing every day. It supports all of the global operating systems in use on the market. It supports all software languages (such as Linux, Windows, Ubuntu, CentOs). It is possible to install a VM (virtual machine). It allows you to integrate environments and manage them with a customizable user-specific interface. We can say that companies take the effort spent to install servers and keep these servers active from users and just care the freedom to use the platform.
All of the services available in other service providers are collected by Microsoft on a single platform. All Physical Server operations can be performed. Data centers are located all over the world. This means that your data is guaranteed under any adverse situation, so that you do not depend on a specific location for the security and storage of your data.
Result
If we give an example from our daily life, our goal to use a light source is to brighten our environment. During this usage, we press the switch and our light source brighten the environment. In this process, we do not want to deal with cycles such as the production processes in various power plants, the arrival of this electricity to city transformers with high voltage lines, the transmission of this electricity from here to our place of usage and the lighting of our light source, and we do not want to think about their maintenance costs. We’d like to pay as much as we use. If we start from here, we will not have to deal with infrastructure, hardware and sof tware resources through the cloud computing service that we will use. We can concentrate directly on our work. We pay as much as the service we use, and in this way we can create a flexible payment plan according to the flow of our work.
If Microsoft Windows Azure, a brand value, is preferred among the platforms that offer these services, these services will be used perfectly. As IntSoft, we work with great care within the network of Microsoft partners. We provide our partners with the necessary support during Microsoft Azure’s installation, management, and consulting processes. Today, when technology is not the same as it was a second ago; With the “Microsoft Azure” platform to be established by IntSoft in line with your company’s needs, you can get stronger by saving unnecessary costs and workload related to information systems, saving time, we invite you to work with together.
References
[1] NIST-National Institute of Standarts and Technology
[2] Eğitim ve Öğretim Araştırmaları Dergisi Journal of Research in Education and Teaching Ağustos 2013 Cilt:2 Sayı:3 Makale No:23 ISSN: 2146-9199
