1. Computing Power and Storage in the Cloud Bring Web Mobility to Construction Estimating
MINI-CASE STUDY
“Microsoft Azure storage and scalability empower us to move nimbly as our customer base grows, without the challenge of ballooning overhead.” – Justin Ogilby, CIO, Cloud Takeoff
SITUATION
The construction industry had a need for a web-based application that would allow workers, especially estimators who are out of the office a lot, to access plan files and project-critical documents from anywhere. The trick was finding a cloud platform that supplied the storage capability for large plan files and the reliability for mission-critical access, both of which construction businesses demand.
MICROSOFT AZURE ISV:
To-Scale Software, dba Cloud Takeoff
WEB SITE:
LOCATION: Mason, Ohio, US
ORG SIZE: 15-20
MICROSOFT AZURE ISV PROFILE:
Cloud Takeoff brings together the very latest in web technologies to deliver a powerful yet surprisingly easy-to-use solution that is web-based and delivered in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. Cloud Takeoff believes that it will transform the way the construction industry estimates, collaborates, and works using digital plans.
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SOLUTION
Microsoft Azure offered a reliable, web-based platform, allowing Cloud Takeoff to focus development efforts on building an application that leveraged the best in web technologies for its customers, rather than spending time managing a server farm and load bearing requirements that can fluctuate daily. Cloud Takeoff employs many features of Microsoft Azure: Blob and table storage; Microsoft Azure Queue; web and worker roles; Microsoft Azure SQL Database; Autoscaling; virtual network; and backup vaults.
BENEFITS
Microsoft Azure storage gives clients access to their entire portfolio no matter where they go.
Microsoft Azure takes care of the infrastructure, allowing Cloud Takeoff to focus on app development.