1. A Cost-Effective and Scalable Public Emergency Solution Made Possible by the Power of Azure
“Microsoft Azure enables our ISV business by allowing us to grow as our demand increases, with no heavy upfront investment in infrastructure.” – Cristiano Alencastro, Technology Director, Allen Informática
SITUATION
Allen decided to become an ISV and develop its own intellectual property. One challenge was to build a scalable, cost-effective architecture for a SaaS business model that supports the Command and Control solution, which enables risk awareness and better response time to public safety incidents. Allen needed a scalable, reliable cloud platform that could meet fluctuating demand.
MICROSOFT AZURE ISV:
Allen Informática
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LOCATION: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ORG SIZE: 2,200 employees
MICROSOFT AZURE ISV PROFILE:
Allen, a technology company and partner of technology manufacturers, seeks to deliver the most compliant solutions to customers. Allen has qualified teams, over 1,300 certifications, and 29 years of experience, which enables it to provide customers with cost reduction, quality of information, security, and ROI.
SOLUTION
Microsoft Azure was the best fit for the needs of Allen and its clients. The Command and Control system can integrate with cameras, GPS, rain gauges, sensors for measuring river levels, among other data sources that assist the various departments in maintaining city safety. The solution is built using Microsoft Azure Service Bus, Web Apps, Azure SQL Database, and Virtual Machines to support its full feature set. Azure’s reliability and ability to scale in emergency scenarios is a critical feature for this service.
BENEFITS
Azure’s ability to increase or decrease backend service according to demand gives the solution increased performance.
Azure’s high availability gives more reliability for the system to address the ever-increasing population interactions.