Microsoft pockets Azure cloud automator startup MetricsHub
MetricsHub was one of 10 companies awarded $20,000 by VC fund TechStars in the Microsoft Accelerator 2012 program, which is an incubator for startups with ideas for Kinect and Azure. Recipients also get support in the form of free hosting and mentorship.
The Washington-based startup’s tools allow customers to collect performance data on cloud applications to determine how and when they need to scale, in addition to providing rules-based automation, such as scaling certain Azure roles or setting minimums and maximums for the number of instances.