Digital Transformation\nspecialist Bluegrass Digital has completed a large migration of over 50 .Net\nand Linux websites to Azure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nmigration covered a range of website CMS platforms such as WordPress, Drupal\nand Umbraco which have been deployed to different regions across Europe, US and\nAfrica based on customer needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More companies\nare using Azure to build applications faster and are also now using smarter\ntools to manage performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\noffers many different options for app development in the cloud. This is the\nsecond wave of cloud computing – where companies like Bluegrass focus on\ndelivering the innovation their customers demand, not the infrastructure\nrequired to run them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bluegrass\nDigital is a specialist web and mobile software development company helping\ncompanies deliver Digital Transformation in their business. The company also\nboasts Microsoft competencies in Azure Cloud Platform and Azure Application\nDevelopment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nick\nDurrant, Bluegrass Digital CEO, believes there are significant savings for\ncustomers moving to Azure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe run\napplications across Azure, AWS and Google Cloud, but over the past few years we\ndecided to focus more on building competency in Azure given our Microsoft\npartnership,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the\nnew Azure data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town, Microsoft can now deliver\nall the benefits of the cloud to a local South African market at local pricing.\nAzure is fast in terms of deployment, operation, and scalability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bluegrass\nprovides its clients with skills and support in managing their applications\nusing its \u2018Business as usual\u2019 model. This gives the competitive advantage for\nthe companies to adopt Azure. Being the most up to date cloud technology, the\ninfrastructure and applications could be made agile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have\nalso invested heavily in educating our team on Azure,\u201d added Durrant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis\nyear alone, we have already been involved in many migrations to Azure. We help\nour clients drive business growth through data-led user experiences, innovation\nand technology built to scale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With\nAzure, companies can now modernise their applications with the flexibility of\nthe cloud and with low latency and the power of these data centres, they can\nconsider things like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMore\nrecently we partnered with Clover SA to redesign and re-platform many of their\nB2B and B2C websites from the ground up,\u201d said Durrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\nconsolidated their corporate and brand digital assets onto a single technology\nstack and migrated all their websites to the cloud on Microsoft Azure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Durrant\nsays there\u2019s more maturity in the UK and US markets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor\nSouth Africa, there are reasons for that,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLocally\nwe\u2019ve had problems with latency, connectivity, the basic geography. Data\nsovereignty has been an issue and There\u2019s been a lack of trust, from the CIO\u2019s\nperspective.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Azure helps\ncompanies transform and reduce costs with an energy-efficient infrastructure\nspanning more than 100 highly secure facilities worldwide, linked by one of the\nlargest networks on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Reduce\nthe cost, the time, and the complexity of operating a global infrastructure\nwhile meeting your local data residency needs,\u201d said Durrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAzure\nlets you deliver services at the scale you need to reach your customers and\npartners, wherever they are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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