Ling computers speed up attacks on the international market with cloud services

"We have long regarded Microsoft as a major partner because it treats Taiwan the most and makes us, like the US and the rest of the world, in the http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/21263.html" > The first time we can get the latest products and technical information, there is no digital gap, to ensure our international competitiveness. Therefore, when choosing a cloud platform, we naturally choose Windows Azure as the first choice. "Michael Ling Egrets computer general Manager

With the abundant resources accumulated in the field of system integration, as well as the practical experience of assisting the financial securities, telecommunications, medical institutions, government and police, and hi-tech manufacturing industries, the egrets computer has been actively developing professional information service and value added software services in recent years. Because of this, Ling Egrets foresight in 2009 to join the Cloud computing field, through the production of a diversified antenna layout, and in June this year, the original project monitoring platform "syscom Customer portal" successfully transplanted to Windows Azure cloud platform run.

Business requirements

Michael, managing director of the Taiwan Cloud Computing Industry Association, pointed out that the cloud computing industry has received much attention from the government, has drawn up development plans in 2009, and has echoed the industry, followed by the establishment of the Taiwan Cloud Services Industry Alliance in 2010, and the conversion of the Taiwan Cloud Computing Industry Association in 2011.

However, at that time, the major cloud platform suppliers in the market were in the United States, although Taiwan could order the service through the Internet, but the accounting operations for the subsequent presentation of the expenses were quite complex, and the service level and response speed were question marks. Until Windows Azure officially launched in Taiwan, the challenges were solved, and Ling completed the transplant work in just one months, launching the first cloud service.

Ling is a minority of Taiwan to provide cross-border information services manufacturers, in China, Japan, the United States, Thailand and Vietnam have a foothold, in order to enable domestic and foreign customers can conveniently for the Commission by the Ling Egrets development projects Online management, specifically designed a project monitoring platform "syscom Customer portal", Provide time monitoring, quantitative analysis, quality management, periodic reports, project documents and event tracking functions.

Only through the Web browser, customers can be online to the Ling Egrets website and operate, but relatively, the Ling Egrets must build their own and dimensional transport including hardware and software and the network's complete operating environment. Michael General manager said: "Everyone hates Tube machines, branch offices are not usually equipped with a complete computer room, the result is all concentrated to the head office, the formation of a heavy burden." 」

According to Ling estimates, in order to operate "syscom Customer portal", including host acquisition, operating system and database authorization, network transmission and other costs, in five years, the average annual cost of nearly million, which does not include the dimension of manpower, room space and electricity costs. Moreover, in order to support customers in different time zones, the system is almost impossible to shut down, but to maintain a 24-hour operation, even if the idle also need to be in the room at any time, the human cost is bound to be more expensive.

Solution

"We have long regarded Microsoft as a major partner because it is the most non-discriminatory to Taiwan, allowing us to get the latest product and technical information in the first place, without the digital divide, and to ensure our international competitiveness," said general manager Michael. Therefore, when choosing a cloud platform, we naturally choose Windows Azure as the first choice. 」

In fact, Windows Azure has many of its leading competitors in addition to long-term trust and partnership. The first is denominated in TWD and can open an invoice, it is possible to exempt additional operating procedures and even costs from accounting operations, and second, Microsoft's support and diversification services in Taiwan, especially for its partners, such as MSDN, TechNet, and courses, have made competitors more difficult to compete with.

Ling a one-month time transplant system, at the end of June this year to launch the Azure as the platform, truly avatar cloud service syscom Customer Portal. With this successful precedent, the next Ling Egrets to research and development of a number of products will be pushed up the cloud, the future of the initiative to propose planning cases, in line with customer interests and needs of the premise, but also more opportunities to use Windows Azure to plan, develop and provide customers with cloud services.

Michael General manager said: ""windows Azure helps to create a more win situation. " With Azure as the cloud platform, Ling can concentrate on development work, and cloud services can easily be extended to employees, customers and partners. And in the client, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, the highest priority is the cost, if you can through Windows Azure can not only substantial cost savings, but also to take the initiative to master Financial Planning. 」

Benefit

• Combine SLAs to provide dual brand protection
In order to enter the global information services market, Ling Egrets actively into the overall quality system upgrade, through the ISO 9002, ISO 9001 quality certification, as well as the Ministry of Economic evaluation, even in 2006 has passed the CMMI level 5 of the rigorous review, 2011 more through the CMMI-DEVV 1.2 Level 5 evaluation, to become the only effective CMMI ML 5 evaluation through the company throughout Taiwan. Ling's quality attitude has no doubt in the customer's mind. However, Michael General manager pointed out that the same cloud platform for comparison, customer confidence in Microsoft is definitely far better than the Ling egrets, and because of this, Ling Egrets using Windows Azure as a cloud platform, is tantamount to providing customers with dual brand protection. More importantly, Windows Azure is the leading competitor, providing service level assurance (SLA) and more reliable support for Ling's quality of service.

• Jump off market restrictions and quickly enter the international
Windows Azure offers multilingual support for software services that is a great help to the fastest speed of sales activities, to the Ling attack on the international market can be said to be a powerful thing to mention, Windows Azure can also assist the Ling to jump off the protection trade restrictions set up by the national market. For example, Ling has a stronghold in Vietnam and already has ongoing projects, but local laws stipulate that information services vendors such as Ling can only provide software, and that other devices must work with local companies, so that, instead of providing a holistic solution to customers, they may even be forced to adopt cost-effective hard equipment. With Windows Azure, providing software solutions in the form of cloud services, you can get rid of the limitations and burdens of the hardware surface, and Ling can focus more on development work.

• No sense of customer transfer, service cost savings of up to 47
"syscom Customer portal" is a project monitoring platform provided to customers by Ling Egrets, the client can login to view the project information and manage it in real time only with web browser. However, in the case of the Ling egrets, it is necessary to build and carry out the entire system, including host purchase, operating system and database authorization, network transmission and other costs, to five years, the average annual cost of nearly million. After porting the system to Windows Azure, customers do not have to change the way they operate and use it, but Ling estimates that up to 47 of the cost per year can be saved, as well as the ability to dynamically adjust the subscription to the resource as the number of customers changes, while also eliminating the associated transport and standby personnel.

• Forming industrial settlements to attract foreign customers
Michael General Manager describes the effect of Windows Azure is short empty long, on the one hand to make the previous difficult cloud become readily available, on the other hand will attract more peer input, bring more competitors, many small companies will be more easily into the market.
He said: "Although more competitors, but Taiwan's software and services industry will also develop upward, by clustering effect to attract more foreign clients to look to Taiwan, in the long term is definitely a positive effect." 」

Solution Overview

Company Name: Ling Egrets Computer
Country/region: Taiwan
Industry: high-tech industry

Customer Profile: Founded in 1975, the Egrets computer, committed to system integration, to assist all types of industrial customers to meet the challenges of success, is a minority of Taiwan to provide cross-border information services manufacturers, but also the only one with the effective CMMI ML 5 evaluation of the company. In recent years, Ling Egrets actively develop professional type of information services and value-added software services, transforming into a knowledge-based economy-oriented international IT service providers.

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