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Using the Windows Azure platform, 3M created a Web-based application that gives designers the ability to invoke complex algorithms to analyze the effectiveness of a design, based on how the human eye will respond. More...

Acumatica chose to develop its software-plus-services application using Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL Azure and Microsoft .NET Services. The company developed its hosted offering in five weeks, reduced capital expenditures and reduced the deployment time for customers. More...

Advanced Telemetry is using the Windows Azure platform for hosted application and data storage plus the Visual WebGui application platform from Microsoft BizSpark partner Gizmox to provide rapid development and run-time efficiencies for cloud applications. More...

Archetype migrated its existing Archetype Media Platform solution to the Windows Azure platform and developed additional components specifically to take advantage of the new system. More...

Using the Microsoft-hosted Windows Azure platform, AP created a highly scalable solution that simplifies capacity planning and creates new business opportunities. More...

Active Web Solutions (AWS) used GeoPoint to build MOB Guardian, a search-and-rescue application for fishing vessels. To extend GeoPoint to more scenarios, AWS migrated it to the Windows Azure platform and attained massive scalability, richer functionality, and lower infrastructure costs. More...

Cast Iron Systems helps organizations connect cloud applications with on-premises applications. When Microsoft announced the Windows Azure platform, Cast Iron set out to enhance its Cast Iron Integration Solution with Windows Azure platform connectivity. Using the Service Bus and Access Control Service, Cast Iron created the needed connectors in just one day. More...

CCH, which provides software for business professionals, adapted its sales tax-calculation application to run on the Windows Azure platform. CCH expects its use of Windows Azure to result in greater choice for customers, the ability to scale on demand, and lower costs. More...

Working with Microsoft, EEA developed the Eye On Earth platform, based on the Windows Azure cloud services operating system. Users can view water or air quality from the 32 member countries of the EEA, using high-definition Bing maps. More...

Glympse provides a Web-based location-sharing solution for use with GPS-enabled phones. Glympse turned to the Windows Azure platform because it offers integrated development tools and less of a management burden than the hosting service from Amazon that Glympse was using. More...

GoGrid partnered with Blue Star Infotech to develop a suite of tools that help customers seamlessly build and deploy applications for Windows Azure. More...

GXS was eager to find a cost-effective way to add more detailed, on-demand analytics services to its industry-leading business-to-business e-commerce platform, GXS Trading Grid. The company turned to Microsoft Gold Certified Partner MindTree to help develop a solution based on Windows Azure. More...

Utilities need a high-performance, low-cost way to distribute real-time pricing data to customers so that they can make smarter consumption decisions. Invensys responded by creating a smart grid communications platform using The Service Bus and Access Control Service, both part of the Windows Azure platform. More...

Kelley Blue Book decided to host and manage its Web site using a software-plus-services model. After evaluating software-plus-services solutions, the company implemented the Windows Azure platformwhich proved to be a straightforward process. More...

Lokad decided to implement its software-plus-services forecasting application on the Windows Azure platform. As a result, Lokad reduced IT maintenance costs compared to traditional approaches, delivered more powerful and accurate forecasts to its customers, and improved its ability to expand into new markets. More...

To avoid significant hardware and other infrastructure costs, OCCMundial.com used the Windows Azure platform to host OCCMatch through a Microsoft data center, providing easy solution scalability and enhancing value for OCCMundial.com customers. More...

Origin Digital, a video application service provider, wanted to increase transcoding throughput without increasing capital expense. To gain dynamic scalability within a familiar development environment, the company built an innovative transcoding application called Cloudcoder on the Windows Azure platform. More...

SugarCRM recently ported its application to the Windows Azure platform to enable its customers and value-added resellers to take advantage of real-time scalability, geographically dispersed Microsoft® data centers, and maximum data availability to gain high end performance without investing in additional infrastructure. More...