Auckland-based telecommunications provider becomes first Australasian telco to connect with, and provide, a private access service to Microsoft’s Azure platform via ExpressRoute.
"We wanted to focus on our core product, kiwifruit, and let our partners manage our IT infrastructure so we can scale without constraints,” says Andrew Goodin, global manager of information systems for Zespri.
New Zealand companies invest in Microsoft Azure to drive innovation and deliver better outcomes for their customers.
We are just at the starting point when it comes to price wars between competing global cloud providers and customers will continue to benefit from falling costs, according to Steven Martin, GM for cloud and enterprise at Microsoft.
Cisco this week expanded its datacentre arrangement with Microsoft with a multiyear sales and go-to-market effort for integrated products. The deal builds upon one agreed to 15 months ago, when the two companies combined cloud offerings under their respective Cisco Unified Data Center and Microsoft Fast Track 3.0 architectures.
“Clients want this technology from the cloud, but they’re sensitive about data sovereignty. Revera is a safe, home soil alternative,” says CEO Robin Cockayne.
New Zealand is one of the top-most adopters of the Windows Azure platform among independent software vendors (ISVs), and if indications are anything to go by, it might soon be one of the top enterprise adopters of the platform as well.