eClaris Software launches Cloud Application, Avoids More Than $1 Million in IT Costs

Hanu suggested eClaris to migrate PHIGRID that avoided upfront IT expenses of more than US$1 million, reduced time to market by 25 percent, and improved customer service.

Princeton, NJ (prHWY.com) August 17, 2012 - eClaris engaged Microsoft Partner Network member Hanu Software to build PHIGRID into a commercial application. Hanu suggested eClaris migrate PHIGRID to Windows Azure to avoid purchasing and managing on-premises server and storage infrastructure, which had become a serious barrier to marketing the new product.

eClaris Software Founder and President, Jacques Nack Ngue found that help when he met Anil Singh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hanu Software, on a flight to New York. Hanu Software is a member of the Microsoft Partner Network, with Gold competency in Web Development. Ngue saw that the company's experience in developing solutions using Microsoft .NET software made it an ideal candidate for helping eClaris create a marketable legal project-management application. In February 2010, Hanu developers began writing the application, dubbed PHIGRID, in Microsoft ASP .NET, a web application framework that's a component of the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.

Hanu began talking to eClaris about the potential of hosting PHIGRID on cloud platform technology. The company had planned to host PHIGRID at its own data center, and Ngue liked the idea of avoiding the significant costs of acquiring the infrastructure to support the new product. However, he was skeptical.

Unlike Windows Azure, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud required some form of server maintenance, and it didn't offer the same level of integration with on-premises solutions," says Ngue. He adds, "When we reached out for information, the Microsoft team showed more support and interest in helping us achieve our business goals. Ngue asked Hanu to port PHIGRID to Windows Azure. In March 2011, Hanu migrated the existing .NET code to Windows Azure and then finished developing PHIGRID as a Microsoft cloud services solution. It was ready to launch in July 2011. "Hanu was an essential part of our ability to execute this project and even though this is only version one and there is much work to do, they got us to where we are now."

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