Unlimited PossibilitiesThe Windows Azure application showcase

The journey to the cloud has redefined many of our expectations

for software development and delivery. Partners across India are

delivering a tremendous range of powerful software-as-a-service

offerings and I hope you enjoy this selection of our recent stories.

My thanks go out to each of these partners who are taking

advantage of the power of Windows Azure. I hope these examples

will show you what is possible and inspire you to think about how

Windows Azure could take your business to new heights.

Harish Vaidyanathan

Director, Partner Business Evangelism

Microsoft India

Windows Azure is an open and flexible cloud platform-as-a-service that

allows organizations to quickly build and deploy applications across a

global network of Microsoft managed data centres. This lets software

companies – like those in this book – turn great ideas into reality without

the need for big upfront investments. This is computing without limits

and I'm excited to see the innovative ways in which technology is being

used. From CRM apps that empower small businesses to reach the next

level to enterprise-ready logistics solutions, from big data to sales force

automation, this catalogue shows some of the remarkable ways in which

Windows Azure is being used to change the way we do business.

Srikanth Karnakota

Server and Tools Group Lead

Microsoft India

Introduction

Thank you partners,for doing amazing things with Windows Azure.

To learn more about these and other partner solutions for your business needs, visit the

Windows Azure Marketplace at . The Windows Azure

Marketplace helps connect companies seeking innovative cloud-based solutions with

partners who have developed solutions that are ready to use.

To learn more about Windows Azure, visit

http://datamarket.azure.com

www.windowsazure.com.

Cloud takes into account the size of the cure, not the clinic.

www.acuis.net

Lack of IT services was leaving small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Indian

healthcare industry in the lurch, with solutions only available for large hospitals.

Acuis, an Indian healthcare solutions company, believes that it isn't the size of the

organization but the size of the cure that should decide the services and the technologies

used. In order to provide SMEs with IT services that enable ease of use and data entry,

they designed AcuMeda, an end-to-end, cloud-based hospital management system.

This app is deployed on Windows Azure in order to deliver a low-cost, no-capital-

expenditure solution.

It is easy to build an app on the cloud. All you need is an app.With so many programming languages, types of software, and

tools to catch up on, it's inevitable that you'll miss something. NET

developers were in dire need of a way to develop apps on

Windows Azure easily and effectively.

In support of all these fellow developers, AppPoint Software

Solutions, a Bengaluru-based ISV, designed AppsOnAzure, an

application infrastructure platform.

Its intuitive graphical user interface, wide range of templates, and

integrated development environment make deployment to

Windows Azure as simple as a click.

www.apppoint.com

Managing supply chains becomes more efficient in the cloud.The market needed a comprehensive supply chain management system that is

not only robust and easy to implement but also cost-effective. The cloud

provided the platform for a solution, already running live in 25 countries.

Aurionpro, a software-as-a-service ISV based out of Mumbai, has built SCMProFit:

a Windows Azure-based solution that enables collaboration with LSPs, suppliers

and end-to-end visibility of the supply chain. It also provides a platform for

multimodal supply chain execution and tracking of key milestones with triggers

for corrective action. The modular and integrated solution, through a supply

chain control tower with seamless integration between customers and carriers,

improves operational transparency and efficiency for both the enterprise as well

as small and medium businesses.

www.aurionpro.com

From data to insight, via cloud.All enterprises collect data, but the real challenge lies in making sense of

these numbers and figures. Bizosys, a big-data solution provider, has

developed HSearch on Windows Azure, helping companies from different

verticals leverage their data.

HSearch, when deployed in the insurance sector, extracts untapped data

from reports, which can then be used for underwriting new policies,

detecting fraud, and creating new insurance plans. The solution also helps a

famous fashion catalogue portal extract data, structure and merge it from

500 different sites, and thus create a much richer collection. Being highly

scalable and elastic, HSearch is perfectly suited for portfolio risk calculation,

as it can deploy more computing power when required.

Windows Azure thus proves itself to be a compelling platform for big-data

solutions thanks to its ease-of-use and flexible hardware configurations.

www.bizosys.com

Cloud drives growth for SMEs.The high capital investment required for an on-premise CRM/ERP

solution renders it a non-effective option for small and medium

enterprises (SMEs). CentraLogic Consultancy harnessed the benefits of

cloud computing to offer HuHoKa, a powerful tool that allows SMEs to

improve day-to-day business processes.

HuHoKa uses Windows Azure compute to provide available capacity

and Windows Azure Storage for persistent data. It also takes advantage

of Windows Azure SQL Database to accommodate rapid data growth.

Thanks to Windows Azure, SMEs can now get a comprehensive, reliable

and secure computing infrastructure without the corresponding cost

implications.

www.centralogic.net

To go big, go for big data-basedsocial sentiment analysis, via cloud.With social media having significant impact on consumer decision making,

sentiment and brand reputation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are

becoming important factors in the marketing strategy of consumer-focused

businesses.

Cognosys developed CgSocialAnalyst, a sentiment and reputation analytics

solution that provides business intelligence to decipher huge amounts of data on

social networks. Analyzing this data helps in more accurate and detailed

performance monitoring of advertisement expenditures, product inventories and

product enhancements. In this way CgSocialAnalyst provides deep insight into

customer preferences, purchase patterns and market trends.

www.cogno-sys.com

When it comes to un-complicating complex data, Cognizant's Octane DataInsight

uses the power of Windows Azure to give businesses a competitive edge.

Octane DataInsight is a powerful business intelligence framework that simplifies

IT by integrating easily with disparate data sources. It enables enterprises to

achieve faster time-to-value with the scalability benefits of the Windows Azure

platform. The framework enables businesses to address scenarios encompassing

self-service BI, data loading, configuration-driven data transformation,

operational reporting and data visualizations.

Thanks to Windows Azure, data is now not just easy to understand but can also

be accessed by users on the go, through their mobile phones.

www.cognizant.com

Business intelligence, on the go.In the cloud.

They do say learning never stops but no one ever says that learning is easy. Now thanks to

Evolve LMS, it will be.

Evolve LMS is a learning management system, comprising a rich feature-set with the

freedom of flexible models such as on-demand, pay-as-you-go, on-cloud or on-premise.

It is easy to implement and cost-effective, enabling organizations to deliver instructor-led

training, e-learning, certifications and enterprise-wide social learning. The system

generates comprehensive reports, thus enabling businesses to gain crucial insights from

the training programs.

With the cloud power of Windows Azure, not only can employees continue honing their

skills but with Evolve LMS being available on mobile, now they can do it from wherever

they please.

www.enthralltech.com

Looking for strategy-oriented learning? Climb aboard the cloud.

You can see everything from the cloud, even sales.Today there is competition on every account. And it is found

that the best way to better efforts and maximize results in

these times is by looking inward. It's only by tracking progress

that a team can strive to do better every time.

In order to help sales teams track their salespersons on the

field, Flick2know designed Field Assist, an easy-to-use, real-

time field sales tracking solution.

The cloud-based solution developed using Windows Azure,

Windows Azure Cache and SQL Database helps capture the

performance of each salesman and analyze customer

behavior in real time, using QR technology.

www.fieldassist.in

Today's fast changing market dynamics require enterprises to quickly

plan and re-plan their supply chains. Gazelle's LookAhead is a

Windows Azure based solution that helps businesses stay competitive

through continuous updates with evolving market scenarios.

LookAhead provides updates for order-capturing, forecasting, and

supply chain planning and optimization. As most of the planning is

done in the first week of the month, users need to maintain the

application for just that period of time, instead of blocking

infrastructure throughout.

Powered by Windows Azure's flexibility and ease of use, LookAhead

aims to enable businesses to reduce their documented inventory

within a global ERP system.

www.gazelle.in

Plan ahead. Soar high. Let the cloud show you how.

Keep contracts compliant in the cloud.Research shows that inefficient legacy processes, difficult to implement

current offerings, limited time, and decreasing budgets lead to 8 out of 10

departmental contracting processes being out of compliance in one or

more aspects. This can be the reason for a lot of discrepancies and

companies may incur significant costs in penalties and revenue leakage.

It is to eliminate this that startup ISV Icertis created an end-to-end

contract management solution that helps organizations streamline and

optimize their contracting processes. The Icertis Contract Management

(ICM) solution has a self-service feature that reduces IT and business

support costs while increasing user satisfaction. ICM runs in the web role

in Windows Azure.

www.icertis.com

On cloud means once on, always on.The competitive market scenario today demands a solution that can

keep an enterprise always on – on-premises, on cloud, and on any device.

ILANTUS Technologies has developed Sign-On Express, enabling

enterprises to do just that.

Built on the Windows Azure software-as-a-service platform, Sign-On

Express is architected for high availability and high scalability. It provides

a seamless, single sign-on experience to users across all browser-based

applications of an enterprise. The solution is designed for complete

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and gets deployed in just a few hours,

with each application getting on-boarded in a matter of minutes.

Even in this day and age, enterprises know that their data is safe with

Sign-On Express' full authentication, reporting and audit capabilities,

powered by the highest security standards of Windows Azure.

www.ilantus.com

When it comes to managing health insurance claims for the below

poverty line mass across Indian states, volume does matter. ClaimsLive,

built by Bengaluru-based iNube Software Solutions enables insurance

companies and TPAs to seamlessly process health insurance claims

emanating from various health insurance schemes like RSBY sponsored by

Central and State Governments. RSBY scheme, which is sponsored by the

Central Government, provides health insurance cover to over 140 million

people who are below the poverty line.

ClaimsLive platform, built using the power of Windows Azure, provides

scalability based on the business needs. Today it seamlessly handles more

than 15,000 claim transactions per day. More than 5000 claim

investigations are done over mobile devices connected through Windows

Azure each month. With the power of Windows Azure, insurance

companies and TPAs can breathe easy while managing the day-to-day

processing of mass claims.

www.inubesolutions.com

How cloud is helping healthcare help the country.

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Taking advantage of Windows Azure's ability to process large volumes of

information, AnalyZr can be used to develop reports, dashboards and

business intelligence. This is done by converging both structured and

unstructured data from various sources, along with self-service reports,

charts and dashboards via the cloud. Leveraging Windows Azure

HDInsight with Windows 8 native application support also allows

Npedia to offer the best of the cloud for big data analytics with a

touch- enabled interface with reports and charts.

The fully web-enabled cloud solution and Windows 8 native support

leverages the benefits of Windows Azure along with an organisation's

existing investment in MIS systems to provide a powerful user interface

which works on all devices. Npedia helps organizations with their

business intelligence, reporting and big data analytics needs, to deliver

a rapid ROI with minimal IT involvement.

www.npediatech.com

Cloud can break down big data into bite-sized pieces.

When the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) was

looking to upgrade to new technology systems that would yield increased quality

of service, Orion India Systems Pvt. Ltd. knew the solution was in the cloud.

CAREERS is an integrated set of software applications and modules that helps

CISCE affiliate new schools, register candidates and conduct exams. The solution

was built by creating a virtual network on Windows Azure and hosting different

services on VMs configured on this network. All the traffic from branch offices is

routed to the CISCE's head office, which in turn, connects it to Windows Azure

with site-to-site connectivity.

Thanks to Windows Azure, CISCE can maintain the quality of education in India,

now even more easily.

www.orioninc.in

Expect quality education,thanks to cloud.

As consumers move to the Internet, retailers, businesses and manufacturers are

ready to create e-commerce websites and online stores. But this takes more

than just acquiring a domain name; it involves the complexity of technology,

investment in IT infrastructure, and placement of a technical team to develop

and support the solution. All this result in increased time to market.

Hyderabad-based technology company Reasoning Global developed MartJack,

a zero-capital-investment, enterprise-class e-commerce solution that helps

businesses develop their online stores and manage them easily. It offers a

complete e-commerce experience, allowing businesses to establish a storefront,

promote it using digital channels, and manage catalogs, orders, payments and

fulfillment. More than 2,000 retailers and brands across the globe have trusted

the MartJack solution.

Since the solution is offered in a software-as-a-service model and is built on

Microsoft technology, Windows Azure was the best cloud option, and

Reasoning Global leveraged Windows Azure's security, scalability, and ease of

use for MartJack.

www.ereasoning.com

Partner with the cloud and make the web your new storefront.

RESERVED

Thought about dining à la cloud?People love eating out, but everyone hates waiting for a table.

There have been cases where this has even led to restaurants

losing patrons. Till Shawman Software saved the day.

Book Our Table is a web portal developed using software-as-a-

service on Windows Azure. The portal facilitates restaurant

owners in managing table availability and reservations.

Bookourtable.com enables registered restaurants to create

users and assign them special roles, capture detailed views of

customers, get reports, study analysis and much more.

So now with the help of Windows Azure, restaurants can ease

their employees' workload and keep their customers coming

back for more.

www.shawmansoftware.com

Automate your sales force with the cloud.The sales process of the pharmaceutical sector is taxing and involves

partners who are critical and unique. While medical reps in the field interact

with doctors in order to collect data to be analyzed by the management, a

simple CRM solution cannot work in such a large arena. This is mostly

because of different strategies that various partners employ in the field.

It was thus essential to create a sales force automation solution exclusively

for the pharmaceutical industry to help manage the business. Therefore,

Swaas Systems developed Hi Doctor. Developed in a software-as-service-

model, Hi Doctor offers benefits such as lower TCO, easy scalability when

required, and no IT management costs.

By deploying the cloud-based solution, Swaas Systems is taking advantage

of the scalability, availability, security and global reach of the Windows

Azure platform.

www.swaas.net

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions might seem out of reach for businesses

without IT infrastructure, resources or the time to learn complex management systems.

India-based IT innovators, SWASH Convergence built KENCloud™ ERP powered by

Windows Azure, to deliver scalability from a one-user scenario to enterprise in seconds

with no ownership costs. It is a simple to use, cross-platform, device-independent, end-to-

end ERP solution. KENCloud™ equates for the complete lifecycle of business requirements

with a unique three-click result orientation for any desired transaction or output.

KENCloud™ ERP evolved as a robust platform with integration in Windows Azure

platform-as-a-service. Its authentication & identity is secured by Windows Azure Active

Directory and it is the first hybrid data environment using SQL Azure 2012 in combination

with big data for rich analytics, data mining & high data security. In a nutshell, KENCloud™

brings together a powerful cloud platform and a highly robust, comprehensive, integrated

ERP solution that scales easily across the needs of small businesses and large enterprises.

www.swashconvergence.com

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