Shanghai Blue Cloud Network Technology Co., Ltd., Microsoft Azure, formerly known as "Windows Azure", a cloud-based operating system of Microsoft Corporation of the United States, VNET is responsible for its independent operation in Chinese mainland, specializing in providing server and network equipment hosting services/managed network services/content distribution network and cloud computing services
In China, Microsoft Azure operated by VNET is a public cloud platform independently operated in Chinese mainland, which is physically and logically independent from the Azure services operated by Microsoft in other parts of the world, and adopts Microsoft's Azure technology to provide customers with consistent global service quality assurance. All customer data, the applications that process it, and the data centers that host VNET's online services are all located in China. Data centers located in China East (Shanghai) and China North (Beijing) provide geo-replication in geographies more than 1,000 kilometers apart, providing business continuity support for Azure services and data reliability.
In terms of network access, the data centers of Microsoft Azure operated by VNET are directly connected to the provincial core network nodes of multiple mainstream operators (China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile) through BGP, providing users with a high-speed and stable network access experience. The two data centers in the east and north of China use the same address broadcast and BGP routing policies, so that users can access Azure services in the two data centers nearby to achieve the best network performance experience.
All data centers are selected from the top data centers of domestic telecom operators, and on the basis of green energy saving, N 1 or 2N uninterruptible power supply protection is adopted. In addition, high-power diesel generators provide backup power to the data center, with on-site diesel storage and a fuel supply agreement at the nearest gas station. The data center computer room is equipped with raised floors and cold aisles, which form an efficient cooling cycle with the back-end refrigeration system, chillers, cooling towers and ice pools, providing a stable and suitable environment for the servers running in the data center. It is equipped with a fresh air system to minimize the PUE of the data center when the weather conditions are suitable.
Azure is an open platform – it supports a wide range of server operating systems, programming languages, frameworks, packages, development tools, databases, and client devices, including open source software and systems. For example, run Linux containers integrated with Docker, connect to MySQL and Redis PaaS services, and use JavaScript, Python, . Develop apps in NET, PHP, Java, and Node.js; build backends for iOS, Android, and Windows devices. With the fundamental principle that "Microsoft loves open source", Azure cloud services support the same technology that millions of developers and IT professionals rely on and trust. The Microsoft Open Source Technology Center works closely with Azure's team of engineers and the open source community to provide customers with "best-in-class" tools and technologies to design, develop, deploy, and manage cloud services and applications, protecting their existing investments in technology and training.
Company Profile
Shanghai Blue Cloud Network Technology Co., Ltd., established in March 2013, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of VNET specifically for the purpose of providing Windows Azure and Office 365 services in China.
Shanghai Blue Cloud provides flexible, reliable and high-value Windows Azure and Office 365 public cloud services for large enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and individual customers, and becomes a one-stop operator of cloud services based on Microsoft technology in China, providing end-to-end public cloud services including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and customer service. The company now has an expert cloud computing operation and service team composed of more than 300 employees, providing Chinese users with both financially guaranteed Azure SLA SLA of 99.95% and 99.9% SLA Office 365 platform and services, covering infrastructure operation and maintenance, software operation and maintenance, system development, compliance consulting, customer technical and business support, etc., providing Chinese customers with a 7× 24 all-weather operation and maintenance experience and an internationally consistent SLA guarantee.
Shanghai Blue Cloud's parent company, VNET (NASDAQ: VNET), is China's largest neutral telecom Internet infrastructure service provider and successfully listed on NASDAQ in April 2011. VNET provides industry-leading server and network equipment hosting services, managed network services, content delivery network and cloud computing services to customers. VNET operates more than 80 distributed data centers in more than 40 cities across the country, with more than 2,000 diverse and stable customer groups. In November 2012, Microsoft, VNET and the Shanghai Municipal Government jointly announced a strategic partnership agreement, whereby Microsoft licenses the technology to VNET, and VNET establishes a wholly-owned subsidiary to operate in China and provide Office 365 and Windows Azure services to Chinese customers.
