Why We Run Our Clients on Azure
A look at why SquareWave standardizes on Microsoft Azure for managed cloud hosting — SLA, compliance, and total cost of ownership.
When we design infrastructure for a client, we’re weighing three things: reliability, compliance, and total cost of ownership over years, not months. For most of our clients, Microsoft Azure wins on all three.
A 99.95% compute SLA
Azure backs compute with a 99.95% SLA — the same cloud that runs Office 365, Xbox Live, and Bing. That’s a meaningful baseline before we even add our own monitoring on top.
Compliance that’s already built in
ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 1, SOC 2, FedRAMP — Azure’s compliance certifications cover nearly every framework our clients in healthcare, finance, and professional services need to meet.
Built-in patching and high availability
Network load balancing and high-availability features are part of the platform, not an add-on we have to bolt on ourselves — which means less custom tooling for us to maintain on your behalf.
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