How iZooto leveraged open source technology on Microsoft Azure to build a market winning product
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Published on Jan 3, 2020
Our CTO and Founder, Sachin Grover recently got in a conversation with YourStory, to discuss the advantages of Microsoft Azure and how it has helped iZooto in open sourcing. He talked about our journey so far and what we have for the future.
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