Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS)

Microsoft Cloud Platform System is the hardware-software solution of a type the "cloud in a box" intended for fast deployment of hybrid cloud services. The platform supports synchronization with a public cloud of Azure and is created based on the equipment of Dell.

2010: The first experience of "a cloud in a box"

In 2010 the company announced the hardware and software system Windows Azure Platform Appliance ("a cloud in a box") which it began to develop together with HP, Dell and Fujitsu. However the project existed not for long.

2013: Gain of cooperation with Dell

In 2013 integration between Microsoft and Dell amplifies. Microsoft credits Dell the size of $2 billion that the company could redeem the shares from the exchange and to become private.

In turn also in 2013 provided by Dell to the customers a full service package for development and transfer of applications on the Windows platform of Azure.

2014: Presentation of Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS)

In October, 2014 Microsoft announced the ready platform intended for local creation of hybrid cloud services. The innovation representing solutions of a type "a cloud in a box" received the name Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS).

Microsoft provided the second incarnation of "a cloud in a box"

Having set this hardware-software complex in the data centers, the companies can be connected to a public cloud of Azure, transfer there the applications and unroll corporate IT services. It became possible thanks to the fact that CPS and Azure use the identical software, including the solutions HyperV, Windows Systems Center and Azure Pack. Thus, users of CPS will be able to have the opportunities inherent to public Azure in a private cloud.

It is reported that the ready Microsoft CPS platform will be available at the beginning of November, 2014. Its cost for customers at the moment is officially not announced. According to some information, which provide the ZDNet edition, it is about more than $2.6 million.

The equipment supplier for CPS selects the world's third producer of servers and computers of Dell to which Microsoft is connected long ago by partner communications. Leaders of this market of HP and IBM also offer own clouds competing with Azure. In particular, HP advances the hybrid HP Helion cloud environment working based on OpenStack.

In fight against Microsoft for corporate clients of IBM integrated with Apple recently. Together the companies began to issue the business applications for iPhone and iPad developed taking into account experience of IBM in the field of analytics of this and cloud computing.