DocCom is preparing for a viral future by moving to one of
the world's most sophisticated cloud computing
platforms.
We are one of the first healthcare companies in the
country to start using Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud
platform.
It means we will comfortably cope with sudden and major
surges in demand from next month when it becomes free to register
for DocCom.Me, our networking platform for healthcare
professionals.
By reducing the need for significant capital expenditure
on infrastructure and hardware engineers, we will be able to focus
on developing our applications, leaving Microsoft to manage and
scale our infrastructure and paying them only for the capacity we
use.
"Azure is the ideal solution for us," said Jonathon Shaw,
DocCom's co-founder and technical director. "We run the world's
first enterprise networking platform exclusively for the healthcare
space, and we have a massive opportunity to become the preferred
method of communication for every healthcare professional globally.
Of course, to achieve that we must be fast, reliable and able to
handle a viral future, with sharp and unpredictable surges in
demand.
"What I like about Azure is that it takes away much of
this uncertainty about our growth and gives us complete elastic
scalability. Also, it means our brilliant team of software
engineers can focus on what they do best."
Darren Strange, ISV for Azure incubation at Microsoft
said: "What DocCom is doing with Windows Azure is really innovative
and amongst the first wave of applications that will transform
healthcare using the cloud."
DocCom has been working with Microsoft architects since
March 2010 when it won the Microsoft Bizspark UK competition to
find the business application with the best cloud
potential.
