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Cloud computing scenarios. Solutions for state organizations

Aplana’s company has prepared an extensive review of usage scenarios for Windows Azure platform services. We are pleased to share with you this interesting document, which will be useful for any individual developers and companies involved in creating applications and considering the Windows Azure cloud as a platform for their solutions.

This manual consists of three parts, this is the final third part, in which you will learn about decision scenarios for state organizations. The first and second parts of the document are available on this and this links.

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Solutions for state organizations


The cloud platform is a convenient platform for creating solutions for government organizations. Examples of such solutions can be a portal for government organizations and a content management system for publishing open data.

Portal for state organizations


The portal for state organizations is a solution based on the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform, which allows publishing various materials for public access to the web.
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Content Management System (CMS) allows you to manage the publication of various resources on the websites of public authorities

The system is implemented on the Microsoft Windows Azure platform and is highly scalable, affordable, and fault tolerant.

The system allows you to manage website content at the level of 4 main types of resources - documents, services (online services for the public), data and multimedia.

The system is implemented as a web application with an interface that allows you to easily and visually manage various types of resources.

When working with documents, the system supports the following functionality:


When working with multimedia data, the system supports the following functionality:


When working with data, the system supports the following functionality:


When working with services, the system supports the following functionality:


The system supports the ability to collect and analyze data related to the use of resources published with its help.


Technical implementation of the system


Platform for publishing open data


Solution “Platform for publication of open data” is a content management system (CMS, Content Management System) for open data

The solution is intended for IT departments of city administrations.

The solution can be used to load, visualize, publish and provide access to open data.

The solution is implemented on the Microsoft Windows Azure platform and is highly scalable, affordable, and fault tolerant.

In general, the process of publishing open data consists of the following steps:


Before the data is directly downloaded by the data owner


The visual presentation of the data is used in the publication process as a visual tool for checking the correctness of the loaded data and as a means for selecting one of several possible data representations.

In the process of data consumption, visualization is used to visually familiarize with the data, to obtain summary information, to find aggregated data and their representations for publication on websites.

The system supports the following options for visual presentation:


Data publishing completes the data cycle and makes it available for consumption. After publication, data is available in the following views:


Note The system supports automatic creation of meta tags for SEO.

Upon completion of the publication of data, a report is created, which specifies such parameters as the name and amount of published data, metadata, date and time of publication, the author of the publication, options for accessing the data, ways of their visualization, etc. - such a report may, for example, be published on the website to inform potential users of this data set.

Data access is implemented in the form of "layers". Each layer represents the data in a predefined form:


It is assumed that the transition from between layers will be supported - i.e. users will be able to go from the top to the bottom level, thus revealing the data sets in their entirety.

Platform Usage Examples


Platform as a provider and consumer of data from online urban services


Platform as an interface to the city’s single portal


Platform as a means of creating and publishing infographics

Possible platform extensions


The system supports the collection of the following data about its use:


About Aplana


The company “Aplana” specializes in the development, testing and maintenance of software created in accordance with the specific requirements of customers and provides services for the implementation and integration of applications for corporate clients in the Russian and foreign markets. The company “Aplana” is a member of the Group of Companies “IT”, has representative offices in Russia, the USA and the UK.

Aplana is the official partner of Microsoft and has a number of Microsoft Partner Awards in the field of software development ... in 2013, Aplana received the Partner of the Year award in nominations ...

Aplana was the first Russian company to become a member of Azure Circle, a program that brings together Microsoft's leading partners who perform a full range of work on creating applications on the Windows Azure platform for corporate clients. Participation in this program allows Aplana to expand the range of services provided, raise the technical level and quality of projects implemented, and also provides the opportunity to attract Microsoft resources when searching for solutions to emerging issues and offering optimized design solutions.

The company employs developers who have passed the Designing and Developing Windows Azure Applications exam, confirming their qualification in the field of Microsoft platform and cloud technologies. In addition, Aplana has implemented a number of successful projects for Russian and foreign customers, including the Telegraph Media Group, UBM Medica, Sheremetyevo Airport and a number of other companies.

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