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\u201cAzure gives us much more flexibility all round, with access in a secure cloud environment.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u2013 Stewart Martin, partner, Edmund\u00a0Carr<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Join the world\u2019s leading public cloud provider. You\u2019ll be in good company \u2013 over 90% of Fortune 500 companies are already using the Microsoft Cloud environment.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Data centre modernisation<\/strong> will transform the way you work. But choosing the right cloud provider and delivery partner is equally as important as making the decision to transform in the first place. So why is Microsoft so far ahead of its competitors when it comes to public cloud?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

In\u00a0short\u00a0its trust.\u00a0Yes\u00a0Microsoft has raised its game in the services available but it ultimately comes down to a proven track record of helping businesses truly transform.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Here are just a few of the reasons businesses are using Azure for their data centre modernisation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Improve ROI<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Microsoft commissioned Forrester Consulting to analyse the economic impact of Azure on its customers. They developed a representative business model which reported a 466% ROI, achieved through a combination of:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Drastically reduced data centre costs \u2013 through consolidation and footprint reduction.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Reduced IT outsourcing costs \u2013 efficiency driven services drive down costs<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Process re-engineering \u2013 save time better spent on strategic planning<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Increased sales and profits \u2013 achieve new and larger customer sales<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    \u201cWithout Azure, we would need to build out dozens of data centres to provide the same service and meet client requirements that we can with Azure.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u2013 VP of product development, US services and hosting firm<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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    Achieve truly agile infrastructure<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Increase your data centres agility with on demand, near limitless cloud scalability with Azure. Reach new markets using Microsoft\u2019s global hyper-scale infrastructure of more than 100 data centres across 36 regions worldwide. Twice those of AWS and 6 times Google\u2019s data centre regions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    \u201cAzure makes it a lot easier for us to deliver on our vision without getting stuck on the individual IT components. We can focus on our end solution and delivering real value to customers rather than on managing the infrastructure.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u2013 Richard\u00a0Beesley, Rolls-Royce<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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    Future proof your business<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

    In the future business\u00a0landscape\u00a0every company will be a software company. Industry disruptors such as Airbnb, Uber and Netflix have already proved that businesses need to rapidly innovate and remain flexible to compete in the future marketplace. Modernising your data centre with Azure allows you to achieve new levels of agility. Be proactive in the face of disruptive competitors.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u201c(With Azure)\u00a0It\u2019s all about making sure we\u2019re ready for the future.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u2013 Stephen Court, IT supervisor,\u00a0Crondall\u00a0Energy<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Find out why you should join the world’s leading cloud provider, Microsoft Azure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2],"tags":[],"post_media_type":[24],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-introduction-to-azure","category-azure","post_media_type-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhy you should choose Azure for data centre modernisation - Learning Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/clouddirect.net\/learning-hub\/why-you-should-choose-azure-for-data-centre-modernisation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why you should choose Azure for data centre modernisation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find out why you should join the world's leading cloud provider, Microsoft Azure.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/clouddirect.net\/learning-hub\/why-you-should-choose-azure-for-data-centre-modernisation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Learning Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-29T12:44:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-25T21:37:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/clouddirect.net\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/why-choose-azure.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clouddirect.net\\\/learning-hub\\\/why-you-should-choose-azure-for-data-centre-modernisation\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clouddirect.net\\\/learning-hub\\\/why-you-should-choose-azure-for-data-centre-modernisation\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Why you should choose Azure for data centre modernisation\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-29T12:44:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-25T21:37:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clouddirect.net\\\/learning-hub\\\/why-you-should-choose-azure-for-data-centre-modernisation\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":429,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clouddirect.net\\\/learning-hub\\\/why-you-should-choose-azure-for-data-centre-modernisation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clouddirect.net\\\/learning-hub\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/why-choose-azure.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"An Introduction to Azure\",\"Azure\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/clouddirect.net\\\/learning-hub\\\/why-you-should-choose-azure-for-data-centre-modernisation\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clouddirect.net\\\/learning-hub\\\/why-you-should-choose-azure-for-data-centre-modernisation\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clouddirect.net\\\/learning-hub\\\/why-you-should-choose-azure-for-data-centre-modernisation\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why you should choose Azure for data centre modernisation - 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