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Microsoft Azure is an enterprise solution that offers infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (Paas), software as a service (SaaS), and serverless cloud computing options.

Highly scalable, Azure allows you to only pay for the services that you need while keeping your data secure. The challenge is, how do you know which services you need? 

As a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Azure — in the areas of Data & AI, Infrastructure, and Digital & App Innovation, our team of professionals collaborate with you to truly understand your business and technical requirements.

We can then help you accelerate your modern software delivery via cloud technologies.

Together, we can build solutions that allow you to migrate to the cloud safely and efficiently — on your own terms.

OUR MICROSOFT AZURE CONSULTING SERVICES

We can help you create and implement the business and technology strategies necessary for your organization to succeed in the cloud with Microsoft Azure. Our Microsoft consultants have the best practices, documentation and tools that cloud architects, IT professionals and business decision-makers need to successfully achieve short-term and long-term objectives.

Cloud-Native Development

Modern, cloud-native systems take full advantage of the cloud service model. They allow you to design modern applications that embrace rapid change, large scale, and resilience, in the modern, dynamic environment Azure cloud delivers.

Application Modernization Using Azure optimizes your cloud investment by refactoring applications and leveraging cloud-native technologies to realize increased scalability, flexibility and cost savings through serverless computing, containerization and more. 

Cloud Strategy

By using cloud-based approaches, you can improve business agility, reduce costs, accelerate time to market and enable expansion into new markets. To take advantage of this great potential, start by documenting your business strategy in a way that’s both understandable to cloud technicians and palatable to your business stakeholders.

We can help by identifying the right processes, tooling, standards and people your company needs to confidently deliver cloud software that aligns with your business strategy.

Cloud Migration

Migrating to the cloud isn’t just about improving scalability and security. It’s also about improving your financial resilience by shifting from a traditional upfront expenditure to a more flexible pay-as-you-go model.

We help you determine which applications are the best candidates for migration in your business, and by which migration strategy, so you can prioritize your time and budget.

Innovation

Today’s businesses need to innovate at a rapid pace to be competitive in the marketplace. Delivering high-quality, modern applications requires tools and processes that are critical to implementing this constant cycle of innovation.

Our innovation services focus on the trends in technology and where they best fit your organization, including Azure Machine Learning, Azure Blockchain, Azure AI, and Azure IoT.

Client Story

Powering M&A Migration
with Microsoft Azure

After the online backup company, Carbonite acquired a new business, it needed to rapidly transition legacy systems to a cloud-optimized maturity model using Microsoft Azure. Over a weekend, we helped migrate applications and functionality to Carbonite’s existing infrastructure with minimal disruption to employees and customers.

Carbonite’s applications now scale faster, enabling more frequent releases and supporting new processes more quickly.

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Client First Approach

Centric has been a pleasure to do business with. I continue to be impressed with the level of talent the Centric leadership team has brought to the project. Their ‘client first’ approach has brought a freshness to the experience which can be seen in every person on the team.

David O'Toole, Director of Strategic Program Operations, World Wide Technology

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Our Microsoft Azure FAQs

We know that understanding and implementing Amazon Web Services’ vast array of services can be overwhelming at times. Our FAQ section addresses the processes and methodologies that might align to your specific objectives and goals. Read about our approach, technical capabilities and experience to unlock the full potential of Microsoft Azure for your business.

What specific industries do you have experience with when providing Microsoft Azure services?
We have experience providing Azure services across Insurance, Finance, E&U, Government, Retail, Automotive, Supply Chain, Air Transportation, and more.
Can you describe the process and support provided for cloud migration projects?
Our process is built upon industry standards such as Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF). This includes helping clients with their cloud strategy, adoption and readiness, workload rationalization, and solutioning. We help clients build the technical foundation with a well architected landing zone, create skilling plans across their cloud RACI, and execute upon a cloud adoption project plan broken into waves based on the complexity of the workload.
What methodologies do you use for application modernization using Azure?
Application Modernization varies based on the state of a given application. We utilize classic ‘lift and shift’ where appropriate to migrate applications along with their infrastructure to the cloud. We use Cloud Optimized Modernization to streamline deployments to the cloud with containerization and DevOps processes. We also employ Cloud-Native Modernization with a modernization strategy based on Database, Process or Application modernization to drive the cloud native solution best fit for the workload.
How do you ensure security and compliance during cloud transitions?
A successful cloud migration is built upon a solid foundation and security in cloud is no different. The deployment of a well architected landing zone, in alignment with security compliance standards such as CIS and NIST, includes the foundational technologies and policies for monitoring, logging, and enforcement of security best practices. Pair that with ensuring the team is properly skilled and continuous improvement of processes.
What are the main benefits of using Azure for cloud-native development?
Azure provides auto-scaling capabilities, allowing applications to handle varying workloads efficiently. Azure offers a wide range of platform services, such as Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, Azure Data Platform, Azure Logic Apps, and more. These services abstract infrastructure management, allowing developers to focus on building and deploying applications. Azure integrates seamlessly with popular DevOps tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, plus Infrastructure as Code like Terraform and Bicep. This streamlines the development, testing, and deployment processes.
How do you tailor cloud strategies to align with unique business goals?
We ensure we know the full picture of the business landscape, including all of the current infrastructure and the solutions that infrastructure currently provides to the business. We align that with an understanding of motivators and what business outcomes the business wants to achieve by utilizing the cloud. Lastly, we rationalize the workloads in the current infrastructure and evaluate what strategy makes sense for that given workload by asking how cloud impacts our ability to achieve motivators and business outcomes.
What types of innovation services do you offer, and how can they benefit my business?
Our approach to the cloud is solution and innovation driven. We help clients realize the potential of modern solutions such as AI, advanced analytics, desktop virtualization, and application modernization through proof of concepts, first adoption productions, large scale migrations, and reimagining current solutions to be cloud native. These meet an organization where they are in their journey of cloud innovation and help build a business case, skill up a team, or add capacity to rapidly accelerate.

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