RightScale to support Microsoft Azure!

MICROSOFT PDC09, LOS ANGELES – Nov. 17, 2009 – RightScale®, Inc., the leader in cloud computing management, today announced planned support for the Windows Azure platform. This support will enable customers to deploy RightScale-managed applications to Windows Azure and take advantage of the unique properties offered by the Windows Azure platform. RightScale’s intent to support Windows Azure underscores its commitment to providing customers with a wide range of cloud infrastructures for maximum flexibility and portability in their cloud deployments.

“Our planned support for the Windows Azure platform within RightScale is important because it will expand the set of cloud infrastructure providers available to RightScale users to include Microsoft, a key vendor in the evolving cloud market,” said Michael Crandell, RightScale CEO and founder. “Through the new Service Management API, RightScale will support the Windows Azure infrastructure-level services, similar to its support of other Infrastructure-as-a-Service clouds, such as Amazon and Rackspace. This will vastly increase freedom of choice, providing users of other cloud platforms access to the Windows Azure platform, while simultaneously enabling Windows Azure users access to other cloud platforms.”

RightScale lets any organization tap the enormous power of cloud computing for scalable, cost-effective IT infrastructure on demand, with complete control and portability. The RightScale Cloud Management Platform reduces the complexity of cloud computing, enabling organizations to quickly deploy business-critical applications without the risk of lock-in at any level. Customers can easily deploy, manage and dynamically scale complex, multi-cloud applications on the fully-automated RightScale platform.

“The Windows Azure platform represents a fast-growing segment of the cloud computing market,” added Thorsten von Eicken, RightScale CTO and founder. “We know there are many customers who have based their IT operations on Microsoft technology, and this will provide an attractive path for them.”

The RightScale Cloud Management Platform today supports a range of cloud infrastructures, including Amazon EC2, VMWare vCloud, GoGrid, and Eucalyptus. RightScale is also working with Rackspace to assure compatibility with their cloud offerings.

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