Cluster Reply enhances Microsoft’s “Azure IX” transformation toolkit with tailored extension modules

Cluster Reply, a Reply Group company specialising in consulting and system integration for Microsoft technologies, collaborates closely with Microsoft to deliver innovative solutions built on the “Azure Innovation Accelerator” (Azure IX) framework. Using custom extension modules (Azure IX.ext), Cluster Reply’s experts can deliver tailored, high-impact use cases within weeks that are perfectly aligned with each client’s specific requirements and operational goals.

“Azure IX” is Microsoft’s transformation platform that not only provides a flexible Azure cloud environment but also integrates critical aspects such as automated processes and corporate culture. This allows businesses to respond quickly to changing demands. Paired with Cluster Reply’s customised extensions, “Azure IX” provides enhanced support throughout the entire project lifecycle, offering a comprehensive range of solutions that are ready to deploy.

The “SDLC.ext” extension module from Cluster Reply enables customers to harness AI-driven software development, allowing them to generate high-quality code faster and more efficiently. This innovative software builds on the AI capabilities of “Azure IX”, driving improvements in cost efficiency, development speed, and overall software quality. At the heart of this approach lies a multi-agent system that automates processes ranging from requirement definition to code creation to anomaly detection. This system ensures compliance, maintains quality, and accelerates delivery.

Additionally, Cluster Reply provides industry-specific extensions, including the "DORA.ext" module. Following the introduction of the European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), banks, insurance companies, investment firms, and payment service providers must implement robust ICT risk management frameworks, manage ICT-related incidents, and conduct digital operational resilience testing. Cluster Reply’s specialised module ensures that IT environments remain fully DORA-compliant and are capable of withstanding, responding to, and recovering from ICT disruptions and cyber threats. It can be deployed for production within a few weeks based on “Azure IX”.

Stephan Leininger, Chief Product Owner “Azure IX” at Microsoft, commented: “Partnering with Cluster Reply has strengthened our ‘Azure IX’ transformation platform with tailor-made modules that add significant value to the ‘Azure IX’ ecosystem. Together, we are laying the groundwork for customers to transform their ideas into tangible results more quickly, dramatically reducing the time it takes to achieve measurable business success to just a few weeks or months, enabling them to quickly implement new requirements.”

Filippo Rizzante, Chief Technology Officer at Reply, added: "These two extension modules mark the beginning of a continuous expansion of the ‘Azure Innovation Accelerator’ with Cluster Reply playing a key role in its development and adoption. As the first implementation partner and authorised reseller, we will collaborate closely with Microsoft to systematically enhance ‘Azure IX’ capabilities with additional specialised modules, enabling even more customised and efficient cloud transformations. This will sustainably boost our customers’ capacity for innovation in the long term."