IT consulting provider Mantel Group has launched a new Microsoft partner brand, Azenix, to provide Azure cloud and .NET development capabilities to customers. The company, which also attained Microsoft Gold Competency status, will be led by DigIO principal consultant Linda Connolly as its first chief executive, and is also recruiting a chief technology officer and 40 staff. Azenix specialises in Azure and .NET and follows Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework to enable clients to leverage Microsoft best practice, anywhere in their cloud journey. Mantel Group said Azenix’s Gold competency signifies that the brand has the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies, as well as best-in-class capabilities for deploying Microsoft business solutions.