Riviera is a Windows Azure based multi tenant solution built to showcase the various advanced features of the Windows Azure Platform. It is built to highlight how concepts like Multi Tenancy, extensible business processes, Federated Authentication, Claims based Access , customizable User experiences and elastic scalability can be architected for Cloud based application. It leverages technologies like Windows Azure, SQL Azure, Geneva, Silverlight 3, WCF, Azure Storage, Azure Blobs and Queues, .NET Services -Service Bus and more.
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Riviera is a collaborative effort between Microsoft Platform Architecture team and Cumulux.
Riviera enables a multi tenant loyalty management application.
- It drives the rewards program
- Offers a scalable , customizable and extensible service on the cloud.
1. Why should I consider the Cloud Computing model for Riviera ?
- Elastic Demand
- Bring product to marlet fast
- Little to No upfront costs
- Offer multiple SLAs to various customers
2. Why is Azure the best cloud computing platform for Riviera
- Transfer of exisiting skill sets
- Needs to co-exist with on-premises applications
- Should support federated authentication
- Should scale elastically
3. What would be the Total Economic Impact of running Riviera on Azure ?
- Total Cost of Operations is $180 - $880 per month depending on the tenant configuration
- Compute Costs are $172 - $691 per month
- Storage Costs are $1.50 - $99 per month
