Cloud computing has emerged as an attractive vehicle in delivering computing services especially to small and medium size companies. The reason is mainly due to the cost effective nature of cloud computing where companies do not have to invest heavily in buying and administering extensive hardware infrastructure. Instead, users in a cloud computing environment will be working with low cost hardware and use the internet to connect with a supercomputing center that will host all data, applications, and services.

Cloud computing also comes with its own set of challenges including security, automatic scaling, performance monitoring, and reliability. At Nextware, we provide the expertise you need to tap into the benefits of cloud computing and overcome its challenges. We leverage Microsoft Azure as the platform for our cloud computing services. The components on this platform include:

• Windows Azure, as the operating system
• Azure AppFabric, a collection of services available to support application on the cloud
• Azure .NET services
• SQL Azure, cloud based version of SQL server

The platform also supports SharePoint Sevices, and Dynamics CRM Services and can run .NET framework applications. If you are looking to take advantage of the cloud computing technology, drop us a line and we will be glad to get back to you and explore the benefits of this technology as it relates to your organization. We are located in Los Angeles, California. If you are in the LA area we'll be happy to meet with you in person.