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Cloud Computing

Castle Rock Innovations has the experience and expertise required to deliver the savings and operational advantages of cloud computing to your business.

Our professional services help your organization evaluate, plan for and introduce cloud computing. With our experts, you'll know the financial benefit of moving to the cloud, how to achieve that goal and have the help you need to succeed.

Castle Rock Innovations' Cloud Computing Solutions:

Cloud Financial Calculator We provide Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Return On Investment (ROI) calculations to evaluate the selection of cloud development and implementation strategies.
Cloud Strategy and Planning We serve as trusted advisors in areas encompassing portfolio management, transition planning and sequencing, risk management assessment, cloud policy consulting, cloud governance policies, cloud data strategies, technology forecasting, and other related strategic service areas.
Cloud Application Development We support the development, deployment, and management of applications in the cloud as well as the reengineering of legacy systems, data management, and application and service integration.
Cloud Services Subscriptions As a Microsoft Gold Partner and reseller, subscriptions to Microsoft's online services are available through Castle Rock Innovations.
Cloud Services Management We manage cloud environments, removing the burden from your technical support staff.



What is Cloud Computing?
Definition: "Cloud computing is on-demand access to virtualized IT resources that are housed outside of your own data center, shared by others, simple to use, paid for via subscription, and accessed over the web."

Benefits:
  • Access to data from any location with an Internet connection
  • No upfront capital expenditures for hardware or software licenses
  • No ongoing costs of maintaining and upgrading an on-site system's hardware and software
  • Pay-as-you-go subscription model allows for reduced operating expenses
  • Can add and remove capacity based on real rather than projected storage needs
Considerations:
  • Standards affecting cloud computing deployment choices
  • How to integrate cloud computing into existing infrastructure and processes
  • Deciding which cloud deployment option is right for your organization
  • Evaluating costs of private versus public cloud deployments
Spend less on operations. And more on innovations.

If you're looking for a way to reduce operational spending - without limiting your business's ability to turn out powerful applications and services - the Windows Azure™ platform is the way to go.

You'll reduce up-front technology purchases AND give your developers a familiar environment to work in, with the skills and tools they already know.

You only pay for what you use. Capacity can be reduced as needed to lower costs, or increased to meet demand. You'll meet customer and business needs, without any servers gathering dust.

The Windows Azure platform is a platform as a service. It comes pre-configured, and Microsoft handles the management.
  • You won't have to invest the money, time and effort in procuring and configuring on-premises infrastructure.
  • There's no need for you to implement fail-over or redundancy systems.
  • It's fully configured and managed, freeing your resources from building and managing Virtual Machines or patching the OS.
  • It's completely integrated with Visual Studio and the .NET framework, so there's no need to re-train your development team or purchase new software tools. It also works with Eclipse, Java, PHP and Ruby.
Castle Rock Innovations helps our customers understand the costs and benefits of migration to Windows Azure and SQL Azure. We assess the suitability of applications for migration, convert and develop applications for this platform, develop migration plans and perform implementations.

Applications "built for Azure" may be hosted on a client's Azure services account, or provided by Castle Rock Innovations as a bundled package including both the application and hosting services.



Self-Managing, Scalable, Business-Ready

Microsoft SQL Azure™ Database is the secure relational database based on familiar SQL Server technologies that you've come to rely on. The difference is that it's a cloud database running in Microsoft datacenters around the globe. High-availability and fault tolerance are built in - giving you the ability to start small or serve a global customer base immediately.



The Business Productivity Online Suite is a set of Microsoft hosted communications and collaboration solutions delivered to you as a subscription. The suite includes:
  • SharePoint Online
  • Exchange Online
  • Office Communications Online
  • Office Live Meeting Online
Our experts can help you assess your online services requirements, provide subscriptions, plan the introduction of these services into your organization and manage your online services environment.



Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services (EHS) offers online tools to help your organization protect itself from spam and malware, satisfy retention requirements for e-discovery and compliance and encrypt data to preserve confidentiality.

These services are quick and easy to implement. Because they are deployed over the Internet, there is no need to modify your existing e-mail infrastructure, install and maintain any new hardware or specialized software, or invest in training for IT staff or end users.

Count on Castle Rock Innovations for an assessment of your needs, professional advice and licensing arrangements.