By now, the ideas of virtualization, the cloud, and connected applications are mature. While the providers of these solutions try to get you to come to them, there is something holding this endeavor back.
Perhaps, it’s security. And we’ve covered that. To recap, many cloud-based services are even more secure than your own set up. They must be. Because beyond the financial harm that could come their way, there is ever present risk to their reputation should their services be breached. In fact, some businesses are still reeling from Microsoft’s Exchange hack. And that took place in January! Microsoft’s answer – as well as other experts – was to move to the cloud. (Read into that what you will.)
Perhaps, though, it’s the level of sophistication that has been introduced into your applications. And, having existed for a long period of time, that sophistication is now part-and-parcel of the application. And this limits other applications from accessing the data – irrespective of its value – that is housed within this application.
And that can stall your business growth.
Rather, you can have integrated applications. Businesses large and small have utilized services such as Microsoft’s Azure Integration Services successfully to:
- Create workflows
- Connect on-premises and cloud-based applications via secure messages
- Use APIs securely for internal and external developers
- Connect supported Azure and third-party services
- And more…
Microsoft’s Azure Integration Services was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave. So if you are considering a transition to cloud services, consider this offering.
And if you are considering Microsoft, be sure to contact Miro Consulting to help guide you through that journey affordably and flexibly.