The solution is being used for daily purposes.
Mobility & IT Project Manager at Voicevine Pty Ltd
Is competitively priced and has great technical support
Pros and Cons
- "Technical support is excellent."
- "Improvements should be made as per customer requirements."
What is our primary use case?
What needs improvement?
Improvements should be made as per customer requirements.
For how long have I used the solution?
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution.
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How are customer service and support?
Technical support is excellent.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is complex.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is competitive.
What other advice do I have?
Overall I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller
Last updated: May 19, 2024
Flag as inappropriatePrincipal Solutions Architect at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
Serves as a reliable backend for databases
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Azure Object Storage for us is its simplicity and reliability as a storage solution."
- "We experienced an outage issue recently, which affected its overall stability and reliability."
What is our primary use case?
I use Microsoft Azure Object Storage for various purposes in my projects. It is versatile enough to support our production platform, allowing us to store and manage unstructured data efficiently. It serves as a reliable backend for our databases and provides storage for Kubernetes containers.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Azure Object Storage for us is its simplicity and reliability as a storage solution.
What needs improvement?
As of now, we don't see any room for improvement in Azure Object Storage. It meets our storage needs perfectly, and since we primarily use it for storage purposes without encountering any issues, there aren't any specific areas we feel need improvement. It works well for our current requirements.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Azure Object Storage for about a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability of Azure Object Storage as a three out of ten. We experienced an outage issue recently, which affected its overall stability and reliability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability as a ten out of ten. It is definitely scalable enough for our needs. Ten people use the solution at our company.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is great.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is fairly simple.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing of Azure Object Storage is fine, but it could be a little less expensive. I would rate it as a five out of ten in terms of costliness.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate the solution as a seven out of ten.
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Cloud Solution Architect at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Offers ease of use and good performance to users but needs to improve on the stability part
Pros and Cons
- "The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."
- "The stability of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
What is our primary use case?
I use the solution in my company for business applications and to move content.
What is most valuable?
I can't speak about the specific features I like about the product, but I know that it was used for our company's processes. The most valuable features of the solution are related to its ease of use and performance.
What needs improvement?
The stability of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been Microsoft Azure Object Storage for 7 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability-wise, my company didn't face any issues. I rate the solution's scalability out of seven out of ten.
It is not a tool used by users since it is for the system. The front-end system uses the storage.
How was the initial setup?
The product's initial setup phase is straightforward.
For the product's deployment phase, my company used CI/CD pipelines and the DevOps process, but the storage can be accessed through laptops and Azure Storage Explorer, which was a great feature.
What about the implementation team?
The product was deployed with the help of our company's in-house team.
What was our ROI?
The product works on a real-time and optimized basis. The scalability offered by the product is one of its benefits. You don't have to wait for your company's infrastructure team to increase the storage, as it can grow on its own.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The tool has a pay-per-use pricing model. You need to pay for what you are consuming. It is not a complex model. It is not an expensive product. There is no need to pay extra money for the licensing costs since the price is based on the storage you consume.
What other advice do I have?
The tool is useful for our company's client engagement and for the automation of their business applications.
The product's security measures are good. I rate the tool's security measures an eight out of ten.
Speaking about the integration capabilities of the product, I can say that my company serves as a system integrator of the tool for our clients.
The product integrates with our customers' existing ecosystems.
Microsoft Azure Object Storage is a straightforward product that is available with good documentation and is useful for a good number of use cases. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it.
I rate the tool a seven or eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Integrator
Last updated: Apr 25, 2024
Flag as inappropriateSenior Engineering Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 5,001-10,000 employees
A Scalable and Stable Cloud-based solution for Big Data Processing with a good Support Team
Pros and Cons
- "It is a stable solution and serve our purposes"
- "The pricing of the solution can be improved."
What is our primary use case?
Microsoft Azure Object Storage is being used for Big Data Processes.
What is most valuable?
It is a stable solution and serve our purposes.
What needs improvement?
The pricing of the solution can be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I am using the solution for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution. I rate the stability a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. Around hundred users are using the solution presently. We extensively used the solution. Even that we process data, we have large amounts of data. We intentionally use it, but we use it from the processing perspective, not from the end user listing.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support team is very good.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy. For the deployment we have we have Data Form Scripts. So there are CDs for deploying everything in the in the cloud. Three to four software engineers are required for the maintenance of the solution.
What about the implementation team?
The solution was implemented by a third-party vendor.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing can be improved. There is an yearly licensing cost for the solution. There are some reserve instances that are additional to the licensing cost.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Principal Enterprise Architect at a construction company with 201-500 employees
Highly scalable and the performance is good, especially with unstructured data
Pros and Cons
- "I would like to have out-of-the-box connectors to make integration with other products easier."
What is our primary use case?
We use the Azure Object Storage for our IoT use case. We have thousands of vendors using our machines and they are sending machine performance data to Azure. We then use this data for analytics and product management.
We use it both in our development and production environments.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable options are performance and scalability. These two things are really effective.
What needs improvement?
The cost should be reduced to make it more competitive. There are other vendors that provide good solutions, so if Microsoft were more competitive in terms of pricing then it would be one reason for us to continue with them.
I would like to have out-of-the-box connectors to make integration with other products easier.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Azure Object Storage for the past two and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Azure is 100% stable, although there was an issue one time when the entire service was down for a day. This had a big impact, globally, although they were able to compromise with people who were affected.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution is used by the consumers of our products, of which there are at least 10,000.
How are customer service and technical support?
Microsoft technical support is good because we have an enterprise agreement. We are happy with it.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We had our own servers, on-premises, and then we migrated to Azure.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was of medium difficulty. I would not say that it is simple or complex, and they have good documentation to help.
It took more than six months to fully migrate to the Azure environment.
What about the implementation team?
In the beginning, we had assistance from Microsoft. They helped us to come up with the proof of concept and the use case for our business. After that, our internal team took over. I would say that we had about 10% external help.
What other advice do I have?
Azure Object Storage is a product that I strongly recommend for storing all of your unstructured data. Similarly, if you don't know what kinds of data you need to store, then this is the right choice. It also does well if you have massive volume.
There is an IoT hub that is going to be released and my hope is that it includes many advanced features.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Software QA Lead at Ajman Municipality
Streamlined with good data management but room for deployment process improvements
Pros and Cons
- "It has helped with data management."
- "The deployment process needs improvement, and it requires a lot of expertise to use and to utilize it."
What is our primary use case?
The solution is used for the compilation of information for the company.
How has it helped my organization?
It has helped with data management.
What needs improvement?
The deployment process needs improvement, and it requires a lot of expertise to use and to utilize it.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Azure Object Storage for only one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the solution is rated as seven out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable, and I would rate its scalability as eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
Microsoft technical support is helpful. I would rate their support as eight out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
What about the implementation team?
The deployment was handled by a third-party company.
What was our ROI?
We have not yet fully completed one year of usage, so we cannot judge the ROI at this time. Still, we hope it will benefit our company.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is higher than CNC. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the pricing as six to seven.
What other advice do I have?
I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: Oct 30, 2024
Flag as inappropriateData Engineer at Royal Cyber Inc.
Provides efficient data storage features and has good stability
Pros and Cons
- "We can easily create a storage layer in any system."
- "Its user interface could be better."
What is most valuable?
We can store and load data into Snowflake using the product. We can easily create a storage layer in any system. We can store and backup data at any point before transformation.
What needs improvement?
The product's cost needs improvement during the POC stage. Additionally, its user interface could be better compared to AWS and GCP.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable product. I rate its stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the product's scalability a nine out of ten.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We are running AWS and GCP as well.
How was the initial setup?
I rate the initial setup process a seven out of ten. You need to understand many things by referring to the documentation before implementing it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate Azure Blob storage's pricing a seven out of ten. Additional costs depend on the data and complexity of the project.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Azure Blob storage an eight out of ten.
I recommend it to others as it is a leading cloud provider. I advise the customers to consider the cost. If you find it expensive, you can go for GCP and AWS.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Director - Prudential Supervision at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Powerful, easy to use, and expands well
Pros and Cons
- "It's easy to use."
- "We're still testing the solution. It's too early to make any suggestions as to what may be missing."
What is our primary use case?
It's primarily used by our data science team. They use it to augment any of the works that they probably cannot do very well in KNIME.
What is most valuable?
It's a very powerful tool, however, we don't use it to the right level. We are still learning the tool. We have this very powerful engine that we are not yet utilizing to the next level. At the moment, we're just trying to see whether we have automated ML scripts that we can adopt to train a model, for example. Really we're using it for proof of concept. We haven't deployed anything to production.
It's easy to use.
What needs improvement?
We're still testing the solution. It's too early to make any suggestions as to what may be missing.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using the solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is quite good. there are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze, it is reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We've never had any problem with scaling. It is scalable. Being a government institution and having that contract signed at the government level, we just have to request additional resources or storage capacity. It's very good.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is very good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We initially started our journey on KNIME and we run KNIME side by side, so data scientists can have the ability to do their models either in Lime or, if they choose to, they can also do that in Azure.
How was the initial setup?
The solution is very easy to set up. It's not overly complex.
What about the implementation team?
We've got this Microsoft contract and we have round-the-clock Microsoft engineers who are able to actually assist us with any problems.
What other advice do I have?
We're customers and end-users.
It's a very powerful tool. I love the fact that Microsoft was really committed to improving it. Therefore, from the early days that we started using it, we can actually see that continuously there are changes and improvements. They do listen to their customers. They really try to make sure that they have a best-in-class product.
Microsoft would be very good for very big organizations. In terms of KNIME, the good thing is you can actually scale it down with a small organization that doesn't want to really go really big. They both work and they're complementary.
I would rate it eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
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