Aditi Technologies Announces Appointment of Steve Marx as Chief Windows Azure Architect

SEATTLE, February 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Aditi Technologies, a leading cloud solution provider and Microsoft technology partner, has announced that Steve Marx, former Microsoft Windows Azure evangelist, has joined the company as chief Windows Azure architect. In this role, Marx will report to Pradeep 'Paddy' Rathinam, Aditi CEO, and will be core to Aditi's cloud solution delivery efforts across ISVs and enterprise customers. Steve will help accelerate growth in capabilities, strategies and architecting high quality, scalable designs to deliver best in class Azure based solutions to our customers as a top Microsoft Azure System Integrator.

To view the joint announcement with Marx, please watch the video, hosted on Windows Azure (https://aditicorpitprod.blob.core.windows.net/video/encoded/Default.html).

"Aditi is one of the most highly regarded Windows Azure partners in the cloud ecosystem," said Marx.  "I will work closely with Aditi's customers to help them implement new solutions using Windows Azure's platform as a service (PaaS)."

"The cloud community has always looked up to Marx as 'Mr. Azure'," said Rathinam.  "Marx' deep understanding of Microsoft cloud platforms and broad reach into the developer community will be instrumental as Aditi continues to strengthen its cloud leadership. We believe that cloud adoption is a competitive advantage for our customers and we are committed to helping them strategically implement Windows Azure."

Marx spent the past decade working at Microsoft Corp. in a variety of roles, focusing primarily on developer platforms and the web. An early member of the Windows Azure team, Marx brings extensive experience helping customers to understand and make effective use of the cloud. Steve is one of the most recognizable personalities in the Windows Azure world, thanks in large part to his presence on the Cloud Cover show and his blog: http://blog.smarx.com.

"We are thrilled to have Steve as part of our Cumulux Cloud Solutions group at Aditi as we help organizations across the world realize the benefits of Cloud Computing with Windows Azure. Steve's deep knowledge of Windows Azure combined the cloud focus and scale of Aditi will result benefits for customers, Microsoft and Aditi." Brian Hanna, Cumulux Cloud Practice Manager at Aditi.

Aditi continues to focus on being a Top Azure partner.   On Aditi.com Steve will host a twice a month webinar focused on Windows Azure evangelism and sharing some of the best practices and community contributions on the Aditi blog.  Per Steve, "Through video tutorials, blogging, and in-person events, we intend to reach out to a larger audience and work with them to get the most out of PaaS and Windows Azure. These are exciting times for the cloud!" This past week, the Aditi team hosted the New York Azure summit with over 50 C-Level guests.  In Partnership with Microsoft, Aditi is conducting Azure webinars for ISVs in March followed by Azure ISV workshops in key US cities.    

Steve will continue to play the role of Windows Azure evangelist and help Aditi's customers implement the Microsoft cloud platform across digital, mobile, e-commerce and enterprise social scenarios.  With last month's appointment of Windows Azure MVP Nuno Godinho as its London-based cloud architect, Aditi has significantly bolstered its global cloud consulting team.  

About Aditi Technologies

Aditi works with ISVs, web businesses and enterprises to provide emerging technology solutions across cloud, mobile, e-commerce and social platforms.  Aditi is one of the top three Platform-as-a-Service solution providers globally, and one of the top five Microsoft technology partners in U.S. Aditi recently acquired Cumulux, the 2010 Microsoft Cloud Partner of the Year.

For more information, please contact:
Sunny Neogi
Head, Marketing; Aditi Technologies
+91-80-6610-7000
sunnyn@aditi.com