PageUp People said hosting its CareerPath application in the cloud is saving the company $130,000 per annum. The Melbourne-based developer of staff management software has hosted the application with Microsoft Windows Azure. The CareerPath software allows employers manage career development of staff and identify top performers and potential flight risks. PageUp People designed the application’s CareerDNA search engine with open source database tool, RavenDB. “Without the ability to elastically scale CareerPath to peak periods using Azure, we would have had to spend an additional $30,000 per year on hardware,” said PageUp People CIO, Simon Cariss. “Since deploying CareerPath on Azure, we haven’t had to invest time in managing the application infrastructure,” he added. “The system almost runs itself, which has freed the infrastructure team to work on strategic projects. That additional, high-value, resource time is worth $100,000 per year to our company.” A Microsoft technical team helped PageUp People deploy the RavenDB database on Azure and use ASP.Net MVC3 to segregate the data and application layers. That allowed PageUp to use the same Azure database for its Web and mobile apps. Before choosing Azure, PageUp People looked for “a highly-scalable but cost-efficient server infrastructure,” said Cariss. “Given the size of our company database and the speed of response we required we weren’t in a position to even prototype CareerDNA on existing company servers, let alone deploy a reliable service.” In addition, PageUp People looked for a cloud platform that would let them sell the software in international markets, had a defined upgrade path and required minimal support. “We simply didn’t have the resources to create and support new IT infrastructure at our many client locations around the world,” Cariss said. “We needed an easy-to-scale, low-maintenance solution in Australia that we could replicate abroad.” Follow Adam Bender on Twitter: @WatchAdam Follow CIO Australia on Twitter and Like us on Facebook… Twitter: @CIO_Australia, Facebook: CIO Australia, or take part in the CIO conversation on LinkedIn: CIO Australia Related content brandpost Zero-trust: Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Your Print Environment By Canon Business Solutions Jun 07, 2023 5 mins Zero Trust news Salesforce CEO Benioff shakes up executive team with new hires Six months after the company lost its co-CEO and announced it was laying off 10% of its global workforce, Salesforce’s top team is undergoing a major personnel change. By Charlotte Trueman Jun 07, 2023 3 mins Technology Industry Enterprise Applications opinion Cisco debuts bold portfolio of network, security, and observability solutions and previews generative AI capabilities for Webex and Security Cloud Cisco’s innovative technologies help connect the dots of its network- and cloud-based ecosystem. By Pete Bartolik Jun 07, 2023 4 mins Cloud Security brandpost Help wanted: IT tools and talent for building a multicloud estate Like all trade workers, IT leaders need the right tools and skills to succeed in a multicloud world characterized by application and data sprawl. By Chad Dunn, Vice President, Product Management, Dell APEX Jun 07, 2023 6 mins Multi Cloud Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe