4i I love digital technology use Windows Azure to build the best interactive electronic magazine

"4i is Asia's only self-developed, internationally competitive interactive digital publishing system solution. Windows Azure, in addition to its powerful capabilities, can support our services overseas, an advantage that other vendors cannot offer. Because Cloud Publishing is a new area, the Microsoft team is in place with customer service and assistance, and we are very pleased with the technical or marketing support for 4i in helping publishers develop and create Windows apps. "4i I love digital technology director Corrado von Planta Kangouli

I love digital technology is Taiwan's only professional publishing background of the digital Publishing Service team. Through the cloud management integration of hardware, services, content, create innovative "4i" digital interactive publishing system. The first electronic publication was released in 2011. Smooth interface operation, and consistent with typesetting and reading habits, coupled with the first interactive components, for publishers to achieve a successful publication in the cloud success of the bright eye.

Multi-oriented business requirements

The digital wave sweeping the world, the traditional publishing industry has been greatly impacted, in Taiwan, Paper magazine first embraced digitization, but in the past the market for the paper into PDF file model, can not show the digital characteristics and drive digital reading sales. The rise of cloud services in the 2010 began with the global launch of a platform-service (PaaS) cloud business model. To see the high mobility of the quasi portable intelligent device, high capacity, and access to the characteristics of the world's readers, digital reading will become the preferred way of reading newspapers and magazines, "I Love digital technology" in Taiwan to set up a research and development team in Taiwan Digital Publishing survey, including the user experience, production processes, existing solutions portfolio, Prices and services, investment in the development of a new digital interactive publishing system "4i", in just nine months to successfully the first electronic magazine "FHM Man help" shelves, so far more than million downloads, for the digital publication of Taiwan opened a new bureau.

With the traditional publishing professional Know how and excellent digital technology as the core competitiveness, digital publishing system "4i" features are cloud management integrated hardware, services, content. Adhere to provide users in the reading of digital magazines of high quality and fluency, from the page load to pages, and further to a good interactive experience, are the team development of the extremely important aspect. And for publishers, in the transfer of Paper magazine to Electronic magazine process, the past has been a technical barrier, resulting in editing layout design must compromise, time-consuming and laborious. The digital process of "4i" is to break the pattern of the past paper which must be compromised in digital, according to the process design of the publishing house, give the design the leading power to the editor, more dedicated to interactive UI development, and make the layout more flexible.

Because it is a new company, 2010 years at the beginning of cooperation with China Telecom, but soon faced with the high cost of 300,000 per month, because of the fear of users download is not smooth, relative to bear the bandwidth must be open to the maximum wear. The original use of AWS as a cloud platform, but also quickly found deficiencies, not in the service, there is also a lack of expansion of new applications and forward the Chinese market support. 4i I love digital technology quickly chose Microsoft Windows Azure.

"From cost considerations to upgrading our core competitiveness in digital publishing, and even entering the Chinese market, we all need strong partners, and Windows Azure is definitely the best choice." Stable flow service, but also become our business model. "4i I love digital technology director Corrado von Planta Kangouli said.

One-stop Solutions

4i I love digital technology to provide one-stop cloud publishing services, and Windows Azure from the cloud storage space to the UI development, 4i I love the digital technology, is also a very advantageous one-stop cloud services solution. One of the most significant help is traffic services, digital publishing cloud services, users download the flow of reading can not be interrupted, publishing house of the publication of the sale, is concerned about the flow costs. "Can adjust the control flow at any time, for the internal is to enhance the cost management efficiency, for our publishers customers, is to establish a clear and flexible service charging mode." Let's not worry about users downloading interrupts. "4i I love digital technology director Corrado von Planta Kangouli bluntly Windows Azure takes full care of the needs of 4i, publishers and users.

In addition, Windows Azure's advantage for the development team is of course higher degrees of freedom and flexibility, in addition to the METRO style, as the team develops the UI with a focus on reading patterns, like scroll bars and picture button changes, and interactive design support for Av. The film alone supports five permutations and combinations from the embedded to the full screen. Not only does the basic UI help on the hardware, but also in memory control, and with the high elasticity of the virtual machine, there is a great help in developing cross-platform spanning-load apps, or when the firmware changes need to be constantly optimized.

In order to expand the digital publishing market, 4i I love digital technology actively engaged in the development of Windows APP, the vast number of users of Windows and the future market power have confidence, on the other hand through Microsoft can receive professional consulting and market information. "ios Taiwan has no service, but Microsoft has a great help to market development! "Kangouli pointed out that the publishing house to enter the new market mechanism, market information is very important business intelligence, Microsoft also provides APP marketing assistance, within two weeks can be shelves, even the day of the next to the shelves, for 4i I love the digital technology Service advantage again add value."

Assist in all aspects of kinetic energy to promote good partners

Digital Publishing-Speed booster

4i I love digital technology want to be the publisher's best electronic printing plant, Windows Azure savings in hard equipment and software dimensions of the purchase and human costs, so that the team can focus on the interactive UI development, and further strengthen the customer service model, so that innovative digital publishing process model more convenient and smooth.

achieve real effective cost control

In the 4i digital publishing business model, flow control is one of the key profitability, because the customer charges include download traffic costs, we use Windows Azure CDN service can be easily available for traffic scheduling, as well as the VM interface is very convenient, for the team laid a secure control of profit basis.

Team rest assured that customers and users at ease

Windows Azure's cloud services are reliable and stable, not just 4i I love the digital technology team, but also because customers across Asia and Europe, using Windows Azure is equal to the Microsoft Global Leadership brand third party endorsement, for the new company to carry out business, customers are also comfortable with the service operation.

Help to expand the digital publishing market new Blue Sea

4i I love digital technology to help traditional publishers expand the app market for digital publications, Windows Azure can achieve Cross-border integration management cloud services, plus Windows APP unlimited business opportunities. 4i I love digital technology not only is Windows Azure's multiple advantage in efficiency and service, but also the business opportunities that come with it, "the process of the magazine moving from paper to digital is not revolution, and we have a professional vision of editing to open up new markets for publishing." So 4i embraces not just Windows Azure, a powerful cloud service partner, but also the new opportunities that Windows 8 brings to us and our customers, and even the entire digital press. "4i I love digital technology director Corrado von Planta Kangouli said that at present many customers in the digital publishing revenue has been faster than paper published, in Taiwan, 80% of the publications in the 4i Cloud publishing services, more as 4i as the best digital publishing partner, as 4i select Windows Azure To open up the cloud to publish the blue Sea map of the best partners.

Solution Overview

Company Name: 4i I love digital technology
Country/region: Taiwan
Industry: high-tech industry

Customer Profile: I love digital technology is Taiwan's only professional publishing background of the digital Publishing Service team. Through the cloud management integration of hardware, services, content, create innovative "4i" digital interactive publishing system. The first electronic publication was released in 2011. Smooth interface operation, and consistent with typesetting and reading habits, coupled with the first interactive components, for publishers to achieve a successful publication in the cloud success of the bright eye.

Facing the challenge: the digital wave sweeping the world, the traditional publishing industry has been greatly impacted, the Taiwan Paper magazine first embraced digitization, but in the past the market for the paper into PDF file model, can not show the digital characteristics and drive digital reading sales. With the rise of cloud services in the 2010, the high mobility, high capacity and accessibility of the smart devices to the world, digital reading will become the preferred way of reading in newspapers and magazines.

Digital publishing needs to be investigated, including user experience, production processes, existing solution portfolios, prices, and services, to integrate hardware, services, and content through cloud management to provide users with high quality and fluency in reading digital magazines. In the process of transforming the paper magazine into electronic magazine, there has been a technical obstacle in the past, which leads to the compromise of editing layout design and the time-consuming and laborious. In the digital process, it is expected to break the pattern that the paper must have compromised in the past, according to the publisher's process design, give the design the power to the editor, and more dedicated to interactive UI development, making the layout more flexible.

Benefits
• Multi-oriented business requirements
• One-stop Solutions
• Assist in the full range of kinetic energy to improve partners