The right cloud enabler for Azure
In today’s data-driven world, companies face the challenge of ensuring robust data archiving while maintaining uninterrupted production systems. CHRONOS offers a powerful solution as a first-class cloud enabler for Microsoft Azure. Through seamless integration with Azure’s diverse services, CHRONOS creates a flexibly scalable environment for managing, storing and using company data in the cloud.
Seamless data transfer to the Azure cloud
The first step towards future-proof data archiving with CHRONOS is the seamless transfer of selected data fields to the Azure cloud. Companies can precisely define which specific data should be migrated to the cloud. At the same time, CHRONOS offers powerful anonymization functions to protect sensitive information and comply with data protection regulations.
The result is a precise digital twin of the production data that is securely stored in the Azure cloud. By using Azure’s highly available and scalable infrastructure, CHRONOS ensures that the data is always available and protected against loss. Companies thus benefit from the reliability and performance of the Azure platform without having to invest in complex IT infrastructures themselves.
Efficient archiving and intelligent data management
Once the data is in the Azure cloud, CHRONOS enables efficient archiving processes. In contrast to traditional archiving on production systems, archiving now takes place on the cloud-based digital twin. This innovative approach ensures that the production environment remains unaffected and interruptions to ongoing operations are avoided.
By leveraging Azure’s scalable storage options, CHRONOS optimizes storage requirements and significantly simplifies data management. Companies can flexibly decide which data should be archived long-term and which only needs to be stored temporarily. This allows storage costs to be effectively controlled and the data landscape to be kept clear.
In addition, the integration of CHRONOS with Azure’s intelligent data management services offers further benefits. By using Azure Data Lifecycle Management, companies can define policies to automatically control the retention period of data. For example, older data records can be automatically deleted after a certain period of time or moved to more cost-effective storage levels. This helps to meet compliance requirements and optimizes data storage costs.
Extended data usage through Azure Services
A key benefit of cloud-based data archiving with CHRONOS is the possibility of extended data usage. Data archived in Azure can be seamlessly combined with a variety of Azure services to generate additional business value.
By integrating with Azure Analytics Services such as Azure Synapse Analytics or Azure Databricks, companies can perform advanced analytics and gain valuable insights from their archived data. For example, historical sales data can be analyzed to identify trends and improve demand forecasting. The extended use of data in Azure also enables the optimization of business processes or the development of new, data-based products and services.
By using Azure Machine Learning, companies can also apply machine learning models to their archived data. For example, algorithms for fraud detection or predictive maintenance can be developed and trained on historical data. The results can then be fed back into the production environment to automate processes and increase operational efficiency.
Another benefit of extended data usage with CHRONOS and Azure is the ability to securely share data with external partners and stakeholders. By using Azure Data Share, companies can easily and securely share selected data sets with other parties without losing control of the data. This opens up new opportunities for collaboration and data sharing across company boundaries.
Compliance and security through Microsoft Azure
An important aspect of cloud-based data archiving is meeting compliance requirements and ensuring data security. CHRONOS in combination with Microsoft Azure offers maximum protection and control here.
Azure has comprehensive security functions and fulfills a large number of international compliance standards. By using Azure Security Center, companies gain a central overview of the security status of their cloud-based data and can detect and ward off potential threats at an early stage. Azure also offers a variety of encryption options to protect data both at rest and in transit.
By integrating CHRONOS with Azure Active Directory, companies can also implement granular access control to their archived data. This ensures that only authorized persons have access to sensitive information and that access is traceable at all times.
Scalability and cost efficiency in the Azure cloud
Another advantage of CHRONOS as a cloud enabler for Azure is the scalability and cost efficiency of the approach. By using Azure’s flexible infrastructure, companies can dynamically adapt their data archiving and usage to the respective requirements.
For example, if additional storage capacity is required, this can be easily added in Azure without the need to procure and install physical hardware. The computing power for analyses and other processing steps can also be scaled elastically as required to avoid bottlenecks and ensure optimum performance.
Thanks to Azure’s usage-based billing, companies only pay for the resources they actually use. This enables significantly higher cost efficiency compared to operating their own infrastructure, where unused capacity must also be maintained and paid for. By combining CHRONOS with the cost-optimizing functions of Azure, such as reserved instances or automatic shutdown of unused resources, IT costs can be further reduced and adapted to actual requirements.
Conclusion
CHRONOS is proving to be the right cloud enabler for Microsoft Azure when it comes to future-proof archiving and extended use of company data. Seamless integration with the wide range of Azure services creates a holistic solution that enables companies to exploit the full potential of their data.
From the trouble-free migration of data to the cloud and efficient archiving to the enrichment of data through advanced analytics and AI applications – CHRONOS and Azure are the perfect combination for the requirements of modern companies. Azure’s scalable and cost-efficient infrastructure, combined with its comprehensive security and compliance functions, ensures future-proof and trustworthy operation.
Companies that rely on CHRONOS and Azure benefit from an innovative solution that brings their data securely and easily into the cloud and opens the door to new, data-based business models and optimizations. This means they are ideally equipped for the challenges and opportunities of a data-driven future.
