MUMBAI, INDIA: Reliance Data Center, a part of Reliance Communications, today announced the launch of “Reliance Cloud Computing Services” - hosted infrastructure service for its customers, based on the Microsoft platform, as a move that combines the power of virtualization technology and cloud computing.

With this, Reliance would provide enterprises and SMBs in India, access to a variety of enterprise scale IT solutions, applications and services on the pay as you go model.

These include infrastructure services such as server hosting, data storage and archival, as well as business applications like e-mail,ERP, workflow automation, document management; IT monitoring and reporting, disaster recovery, firewall services and automatic security updates.

“Leveraging Microsoft’s cutting edge technologies, Reliance Data Center will deliver access to enterprise-class scalable, secure and reliable hosted IT infrastructure to help large, midsized and SMB companies leverage cloud computing technologies to drive business benefits,” said George Varghese, president and head, Enterprise Business, Reliance Communications.

“ We believe businesses have matured in their IT strategies and are now ready to explore hosted infrastructure as an option not only for short term scalability needs but also longer term requirements,” he added.

Microsoft’s virtualization and management technologies would help Reliance reduce the input costs involved in providing these services. As a result, Reliance would be able to pass the cost benefits to its customers, said a press release.

Rajan Anandan – Managing Director, Microsoft India said, “We believe that the world of technology will never be only-cloud or only in-premise. The best customer value will be delivered as a combination, and Reliance Communications represents this.”

He further said that by combining the best of software with the best of cloud-based services, Microsoft can deliver more compelling solutions for businesses of all sizes.