Microsoft has partnered with Ankr to provide a novel node hosting service on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. In addition, the partnership will see an integration of technology from both companies, pairing Ankr’s blockchain infrastructure with Microsoft’s cloud solutions.
Per Ankr, the enterprise node deployment service will offer low-latency blockchain connections for Web3 projects so that developers can instead spend their time scaling their applications. The service relays transactions, deploys smart contracts and can read or write blockchain data.
By upgrading its load balancer to use Azure-based routing solutions, Ankr said the firm would be able to further scale its transactions processes by efficiently routing Remote Procedure Call requests to the best-suited nodes. With the technological integration, clients will be able to manage node hosting solutions with the choice of custom specifications for memory, bandwidth and global location for blockchain nodes.
Rashmi Misra, Microsoft’s general manager of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, stated, Many developers and organizations are exploring how Web3 can help solve real-world business challenges, and our partnership with Ankr will enable them to access blockchain data in a reliable, scalable, and secure way.
