Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure offers essential compute, storage, and networking resources on demand, on a pay-as-you-go basis. It enables you to shift business operations to the cloud at your own pace, giving you the ability to transform computing, storage, networking, security, and management for your business.

One of the big reasons is cost. On-premises servers and machines are expensive to purchase and maintain—and that’s not counting additional costs for utilities, security, backup power, and more. Furthermore, if you need to refresh servers or add capacity, you can avoid upfront CapEx costs with pay-as-you-go cloud services.

On-premises servers and software require a lot of maintenance from skilled workers. With limited IT budgets and potential labor shortages, shifting to an IaaS model can free your IT staff to focus on more value-added activities. Basically, Azure frees up time used for maintaining an infrastructure, provides latest technologies, as well as access to advanced analytics, BI and artificial intelligence.

Short-term benefits: Helps shift from CapEx to OpEx model, and lets you quickly update your licensing or hardware Long-term benefits: Since Azure solutions are fully managed and always up-to-date, you can improve customer experience and save on IT overhead. Azure also offers the ability to add intelligence to your apps and websites with cognitive services like Azure Bot Services.