Case Study: SkyAlert saves lives with Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics

Saving lives by alerting people about earthquakes before they strike

SkyAlert, a small Mexico-based company, needed a more reliable and scalable way to warn people about earthquakes before they struck. Using Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics alongside Azure IoT Hub, Event Hubs, Service Bus, and related Azure services, SkyAlert rebuilt its early-warning platform to support mobile apps and standalone alert devices for millions of users.

With Microsoft Azure, SkyAlert created a real-time solution that monitors sensor and device data, triggers alerts within seconds, and helps people prepare up to two minutes before an earthquake hits. Microsoft Azure enabled SkyAlert to reach 3 million app users in just two months, serve more than 40 organizations with EPICENTER devices, reduce IT costs by 45%, and scale to a new region in three months or less.

SkyAlert

Alvaro Velasco

Director of Marketing and Apps Development