MICROSOFT AZURE
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MAKE YOUR MOVE
POISED FOR ANY OPPORTUNITY
It’s a busy and fast-moving world. Markets expand and contract, competitors dwindle or thrive, economies fluctuate and technology moves ever onward.
A basic analysis can tell you where you are. It can help you get a feel for things in the midst of change. It can help you survive. But you can do more than survive. You can thrive.
47% of organizations will move their ERP to
the cloud in the next 5 years according to Gartner1.
The benefit, according to an Aberdeen Group
survey2, is that over two years, organizations
running enterprise software in the cloud reported two times greater profitability and savings, and three times faster decision times than companies stuck on the ground.
Equipped with knowledge and the right tools, you can see opportunities – and have the speed, flexibility and agility to take advantage of them.
Deploying IFS® products on the Microsoft® Azure®
cloud gives you that power. It brings together a recognized leader in enterprise software with an outstanding cloud-based platform for providing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) or a fully managed cloud.
It’s a powerful combination. Take advantage of it, and you’ll gain the insight. You’ll spot the opportunity.
You’ll be ready to pounce.
1“Survey Analysis: Adoption of Cloud ERP”, 2013 Through 2023” published on January 24, 2014, written by Nigel Rayner 2Aberdeen Group., August 2014
IFS Cloud – IaaS
™
on Microsoft Azure
is a single-tenant IaaS option that enables customers to deploy IFS products on virtual servers in Microsoft Azure, rather than in their own data center. This option is great for customers who want to retain control over the application layer themselves, or who have an existing partner whom they wish to manage the IFS products for them.
IFS Managed Cloud
™
on Microsoft Azure
is a full-service, managed single-tenant offering where IFS manages the cloud infrastructure, operating system, database, middleware and IFS products. This provides customers with the confidence that the people who created the software are also the ones managing their environments, together with the scale and agility inherently built into a cloud solution delivered on Microsoft Azure.
IFS Applications has been tested and optimized to work seamlessly on Microsoft Azure. When you choose IFS Managed Cloud on Microsoft Azure, you sign one contract and IFS delivers one seamlessly integrated service – it is as simple as that. By having IFS manage your environment, your company can leverage IFS’s expertise and the economics of the cloud without needing to retain costly skills and infrastructure. We do the maintenance for you. This way you can focus on delivering value using IFS’s software rather than managing it.
IFS’s cloud solutions are available in the following service models:
CLOUD
AS YOU WANT IT
You Manage IFS Cloud – IaaS on Microsoft Azure IFS Managed Cloud on Microsoft Azure
You Manage You Manage
THE IFS MANAGED
CLOUD
When running a global business, there are many background processes in place to help you to manage your day-to-day business.
Software installations need to be maintained, servers monitored and databases optimized. Many factors work together to power the IT infrastructure that your organization needs. At the same time, the market is demanding companies to be constantly up and running, and fully flexible, which can be a hard requirement to meet. You need to have the right
IT competence and you need to avoid costly problems.
But what if the right competence is a scarce resource? It might be difficult to find staff with the database and infrastructure skills you need. And even if you find them, what happens when they walk out the door to go home at night, for vacation or to pursue opportunities elsewhere? Even staff with the best
intentions, fully committed to making your IT work, have times when they are unavailable, which can make running your own servers and maintaining your own installations a challenge. IFS Managed Cloud on Microsoft Azure allows you to bypass these potential obstacles by combining leading enterprise software with one of the world’s most trusted cloud platforms. That way you will be working both with IFS products designed to be flexible and help you tackle any changes the market throws at you, as well as with Microsoft Azure’s many technical advantages – with 24x7x365 enterprise-level support.
IFS Managed Cloud on Microsoft Azure provides you with the reassurance that IFS will set up and maintain your cloud infrastructure, database, and middleware so that it is fully optimized for IFS products.
This lets you free up resources so that you
can do what you do best
– run your business.
1Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, Lydia Leong et al, May 28 2014
2Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Single-Instance ERP for Product-Centric Midmarket Companies, Christian Hestermann et al., Nov 26, 2014 3Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Field Service Management, William McNeill et al., Dec 22, 2014
WE’RE BETTER
TOGETHER
IFS develops enterprise software that is as flexible as you need it to be.
Enterprise software from IFS is based on a modern platform that supports leading commercial and open-source products. Our solutions are future-proof because they incorporate proven state-of-the-art technology built to industry standards, while serving as a platform for innovation that flexes with your changing business requirements.
Microsoft Azure is a world-leading cloud platform that delivers the flexibility global enterprises demand.
As many as 57% of Fortune 500 companies already use Microsoft Azure to exploit benefits such as reduced capital expenditure, easier maintenance and increased flexibility.
Microsoft Azure is a 2014 leader in the Gartner
Magic Quadrant1. So too is IFS for both its ERP2
and ESM solutions3.
IFS Cloud on Microsoft Azure.
Together, we provide the agility, flexibility and reliability your
enterprise needs.
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WHY MICROSOFT
AZURE?
IFS
chose the Microsoft Azure platform because its agility, flexibility and reliability match
our own technology principles.
Microsoft Azure is a market-leading public cloud platform with enterprise grade services,
offering great integration with our customers’ IT environment, and supporting all the
technologies we use in IFS products. Further, Microsoft Azure is thoroughly tested with
IFS products to fully support the very latest functionality. As a consequence, you can trust
your software to run smoothly on a secure, reliable world-leading cloud platform. Just enjoy
the full advantages of being in the cloud and leave hardware and database matters to us.
ADVANTAGES OF THE
IFS MANAGED CLOUD
Clear SLA, optimized OS and service patching
With a clearly defined SLA as well as automatic OS and service patching, you can ensure your business stays up and running.
Deploy quickly and respond to change
IFS and Microsoft have worked to make it easy to deploy, use, and change IFS products on Microsoft Azure. For existing users, you may simply move your licenses over to Azure the next time you upgrade. For new users, there is a full range of services in place to get you up and running as fast as possible – and keep you up and running. Either way, the solution is easy to change as your business evolves.
Choose if/when to upgrade and how to customize your cloud
IFS Cloud on Microsoft Azure is based on prepackaged and proven infrastructure
configurations designed to ensure IFS products run optimally, while imposing no constraints on tailoring IFS products to meet your specific business needs. With both the IFS Cloud – IaaS on Microsoft Azure and the IFS Managed Cloud solutions you decide when, or whether, to upgrade.
Access IFS products anytime, anywhere
The cloud gives you round-the-clock access to your data, and together with mobile devices and applications the ability to choose when and where to work, with all the security and back-ups that the cloud offers.
Bring your existing database licenses into the cloud
Even though you may have database licenses that span well into the foreseeable future, you can bring them into the cloud without losing money.
Scale up and down as you please
Both deployment options allow you to scale up or down as you choose. This makes it easy to tailor your cloud demands according to the needs of your business. No need to plan capacity requirements in advance, just tweak as you go.
Global enterprise support around the clock
Microsoft Azure is being cared for all hours of the day by skilled Microsoft specialists around the world, making your business less vulnerable to unforeseen problems. Deploying IFS products on Microsoft Azure gives a 24x7x365 professionally managed solution.
Azure delivers enterprise grade security
Your cloud is set up in a private isolated environment on Azure. This approach keeps your data separate and secure. Microsoft Azure is compliant with international security/data protection standards and is authorized for use in all the countries IFS operates.
IFS products have been fully tested and optimized for Azure
As part of the IaaS and managed service offering, IFS products have been tested and optimized to
work seamlessly on Microsoft Azure. • Azure is available in 140 countries
• IFS products are sold and supported worldwide through local offices and partners
• Enterprise software is accessible at any time and from any place
• $15 billion Microsoft investment in global datacenter infrastructure
• The single best option for enterprise-grade cloud services
• Azure scalability removes the burden and cost of unnecessary hardware
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