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ScaleArc Upgrades Its Software to Support Microsoft Azure SQL DatabaseScaleArc, a leading provider of database load balancing software, announced today that it has integrated its ScaleArc for SQL Server software with Microsoft (News - Alert) Azure SQL Database. Customers of Microsoft Azure Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) software can now benefit from the seamless scale out, faster application performance, and high availability features of the ScaleArc software. With this enhancement, customers can now take advantage of the flexibility and simplicity of Azure SQL Database with no application code changes. ScaleArc's database load balancing software deploys between application and Azure SQL Database servers to direct traffic into the database on behalf of the application. The software enables applications to leverage underlying database functionality without programming database logic into the app. ScaleArc also accelerates cloud-native application development, because developers no longer need to program database logic into the application. To fully support enterprise deployments, ScaleArc's software upgrade also supports Azure Active Directory (AAD) for user authentication. "Azure SQL Database offers a level of simplicity and ease of administration that dramatically offloads IT resources," said Justin Barney, president and CEO of ScaleArc. "The challenge has always been whether a company's applications can take advantage of the flexibility and scalability of these cloud resources. With ScaleArc software, Azure SQL Database customers can now leverage that agility with increased application uptime and performance." Joanne Marone, director, database product marketing at Microsoft Corp. added, "When partners like ScaleArc enhance their software to support Microsoft Azure SQL Database, our customers gain access to a broader solution set on the platform. ScaleArc makes it easier for our customers to run database workloads on Azure SQL Database, extending the flexibility and simplicity of our platform to more applications." With this latest release, Azure SQL Database customers can leverage ScaleArc software to:
To learn more about how the ScaleArc software augments Azure IaaS and PaaS offerings, read the Technical Brief on ScaleArc and Azure. About ScaleArc ScaleArc enables continuous availability of apps and accelerates the journey to the cloud. ScaleArc's database load balancing software abstracts apps from the data tier, so organizations of all sizesĀ can shield applications from database downtime and improve application performance with no code changes. ScaleArc simplifies running database workloads in the cloud, enhances DBaaS offerings, and speeds development of new cloud-native apps. Learn more about ScaleArc and its customers and partners atĀ www.ScaleArc.com. ScaleArc and the ScaleArc logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ScaleArc in the United States and other countries. All brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders.
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