Cloud-Based Data Application and Marketplace
Ease Data-Crunching in Life Sciences Field
WINDOWS AZURE ISV:
Ceiba Solutions, Inc.
WEB SITES: www.ceibasolutions.com
www.ceibasolutions.com/helium-about
“Whether it’s researching the next groundbreaking drug, running marketing analytics, or
connecting CRM with financial packages, with Windows Azure, Helium’s customers can
access hundreds of routines, via the Helium Marketplace, to get their work done in record
time.” – Robert Cooper, Business Unit Leader, Helium Software
SITUATION:
INDUSTRY: IT Solutions
Life sciences and health care users face a deluge of data, and must connect information and derive
insights across silos and applications. They need to easily use application reporting, analysis functions,
and data services in a way that recognizes the inherent relationships among disparate data. To deliver
a solution on scalable and supportable technology, Ceiba sought a partner investing in moving its
platform’s capabilities forward, ensuring great performance today and in the future.
WINDOWS AZURE ISV PROFILE:
SOLUTION:
LOCATION: Boston, USA
ORG SIZE: >50
Ceiba empowers life sciences
and health care data while
reducing management costs.
Its Helium solution delivers
application reporting functions and
associated information within common
user applications (e.g., Microsoft Excel),
simplifying data access and increasing
productivity.
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WINDOWS AZURE CASE STUDY
Ceiba deployed its Helium solution and associated data
marketplace on Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service
and Platform as a Service. Helium lives between internal
and public data sources and functions and end-user tools,
such as Microsoft Excel. Helium scales up to hundreds of
applications and application routines, taking advantage of
Windows Azure’s performance to process customer jobs
quickly. Additional performance and scalability benefits are
realized when customers use Windows Azure storage and
Cloud Services for their internal data and data services.
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Execute Related Functions
Seamlessly Relate Data
BENEFITS:
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Massive scale: Windows Azure gives Helium access to huge amounts of computing power, allowing
its customers to operate more effectively.
Global expansion: Helium has expanded its business globally, with access to applications, applications
functions/routines, and data services from all over the world, leveraging Windows Azure.