RighScale Looks To Windows Azure To Expand Infrastructure Provider Ecosystem

RightScale announced that it would support the Windows Azure platform. The move was in step with the company's desire to support multiple infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud computing providers, such as Amazon and Rackspace, through its Service Management API. According to the company, the goal is to provide customers with "maximum flexibility and portability in their cloud deployments". RightScale continues to gain momentum as it builds alliances to underscore its theme of application portability across cloud infrastructures.

"Our planned support for the Windows Azure platform within RightScale is important because it will expand the set of cloud infrastructure providers available to RightScale users to include Microsoft, a key vendor in the evolving cloud market," said Michael Crandell, RightScale CEO and founder. "Through the new Service Management API, RightScale will support the Windows Azure infrastructure-level services, similar to its support of other Infrastructure-as-a-Service clouds, such as Amazon and Rackspace. This will vastly increase freedom of choice, providing users of other cloud platforms access to the Windows Azure platform, while simultaneously enabling Windows Azure users access to other cloud platforms."

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