How Azure Stack Helps Microsoft Deliver The Promise Of Intelligent Cloud And Edge
Last month at the Ignite conference, Microsoft has announced the commercial availability of Azure Stack, the long-awaited hybrid cloud platform from Redmond.
The product that was supposed to be shipped almost a year ago got delayed due to multiple factors. It’s finally available from select OEM vendors as a hyper-converged appliance. Despite the delay, the Microsoft ecosystem is excited about the hybrid cloud opportunity delivered by Azure Stack.
Azure Stack is shipped at a time when the industry is skeptical about hybrid cloud. Microsoft’s packaging and pricing strategy of Azure Stack, which went through a few iterations causing further delay, got the analysts question about the seriousness. But at the end, Azure Stack comes across as a compelling hybrid cloud platform.
Since the rise of public cloud, the industry has been aggressively pushing the hybrid story to enterprises. Capitalizing on the fact that not every workload can move to the public cloud, many cloud vendors, system integrators and ISVs have promised to connect the enterprise data center seamlessly with the public cloud. Yet, the on-premises integration with the cloud remains a considerable challenge and also an opportunity. Amidst the false promises and the confusion, how does Microsoft plan to deliver on its promise of a true hybrid cloud? How does Azure Stack align with the vision of intelligent cloud and intelligent edge? Let’s explore.
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7 年Thanks for posting Janakiram. Our analysts are writing equally positive reviews on Azure Stack, and that hybrid cloud will likely become the primary cloud usage model.
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7 年I have deployed SDK to figure out the value of Azure Stack.. With my personal experience I believe that’s it's an awesome tool as compared to other private Cloud solutions. Most of the tools today in regards to hybrid cloud with API integration are limited to VM, Network provisioning and create isolated service catalogue for self service provisioning. On Azure stack it is a seamless integration and Azure connector provides amazing cloud busting feature in real world. I strongly believe that the stack in itself is a game changer provided landscape is in and around Microsoft Technologies Toolset.
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7 年Azure Stack is a brilliant strategy by Microsoft. It allows them to grow the Azure footprint on with MRR on customer equipment. It also gives them away to accelerate edge workloads using the same technology. It's a real threat to the other cloud providers and I suspect it will also replace a lot of OpenStack.