Azaleos Corporation is a Seattle-based American

United States

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 corporation

Corporation

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. Founded in 2004 by senior executives from Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

 and IBM

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

, Azaleos provides managed messaging, collaboration and unified communications services for Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange Server

Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products...

, Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint is a web application platform developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2001, SharePoint is typically associated with web content management and document management systems, but it is actually a much broader platform of web technologies, capable of being configured into a wide...

, Microsoft Active Directory

Active Directory

Active Directory is a directory service created by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. It is included in most Windows Server operating systems. Server computers on which Active Directory is running are called domain controllers....

 and Microsoft Lync and Blackberry Enterprise Server

BlackBerry Enterprise Server

BlackBerry Enterprise Server designates the middleware software package that is part of the BlackBerry wireless platform supplied by Research In Motion...

. Azaleos enables its customers to maintain data securely in a private cloud

Cloud computing

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....

 or on customer premises, while uptime/maintenance is handled by certified experts in its two network operations centers in Seattle, WA and Charlotte, NC.

Services & Technology

Azaleos provides remote Managed Services for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Lync and BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

In 2009, the company merged with M3 Technology Group, an email migration

Email Migration

Email Migration is a process used to migrate mailbox content from one account to another. An equivalent term is Mailbox Migration, in which case records such as appointments, contacts or tasks may also be migrated.- Scenarios :...

 and managed services company focused on Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory based in Charlotte, NC.

As a National Systems Integrator (NSI), Azaleos is one of Microsoft’s Top 34 Partners in the United States, a Microsoft Gold Partner in Messaging, Communications and Portals & Collaboration competencies, and a member of Microsoft’s Exchange, SharePoint and Data Protection Manager Technology Adoption Programs.

Azaleos manages Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and Blackberry Enterprise servers for more than half a million users in approximately 55 countries around the world, primarily for Fortune 500

Fortune 500

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...

 and federal government customers.

The company has reseller agreements with IBM

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

, Verizon Business

Verizon Business

Verizon Business is one of three operating units of Verizon Communications It was created in 2006 when Verizon Communications closed on its merger with MCI, Inc..Verizon Business has over 30,000 employees with 321 offices in 75 countries...

, CDW

CDW

CDW Corporation, headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, is a reseller of computer hardware, software and supplies. Along with its warehouse-attached showroom in Illinois, CDW takes orders from its catalog via mail order, telephone and the Internet....

, and Savvis

SAVVIS

Savvis – A CenturyLink Company is a subsidiary of CenturyLink, a company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. Savvis provides information technology solutions for enterprises and government agencies...

 (a CenturyLink company) all of whom resell Azaleos managed services under their brand.

Azaleos is US-based with Network Operations Centers

Network Operations Center

A network operations center is one or more locations from which control is exercised over a computer, television broadcast, or telecommunications network....

 in Seattle, WA and Charlotte, NC. All engineers are full-time employees of the company.

Awards

Azaleos has received awards from Deloitte Fast 500

Deloitte Fast 500

The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Awards are run and moderated by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. They recognize the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in regions around the world...

, eWEEK

EWeek

eWeek is a weekly computing business magazine published by Ziff Davis Enterprise.The magazine consists of a print publication and web site covering enterprise topics and is targeted at IT professionals rather than hobbyists.-Audience:The eWeek audience is actively involved in buying enterprise...

, and Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro is a trade publication and web site owned by Penton Media serving the information needs of IT professionals in various fields including data processing, software development and programming....

. Azaleos ranked 28th on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500

Deloitte Fast 500

The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Awards are run and moderated by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. They recognize the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in regions around the world...

, ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and clean technology companies in North America. Azaleos' Services for Exchange Server received the EWeek

EWeek

eWeek is a weekly computing business magazine published by Ziff Davis Enterprise.The magazine consists of a print publication and web site covering enterprise topics and is targeted at IT professionals rather than hobbyists.-Audience:The eWeek audience is actively involved in buying enterprise...

 Excellence Award in the Collaboration Category, while the Azaleos Virtual Edition service garnered the Best of Tech-Ed IT Professional Award in the messaging category from Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro is a trade publication and web site owned by Penton Media serving the information needs of IT professionals in various fields including data processing, software development and programming....

 and SQL

SQL

SQL is a programming language designed for managing data in relational database management systems ....

Server Magazine.