Case Study: SkyAlert saves lives with Microsoft Corporation's Azure-based earthquake warning solution

Saving lives by alerting people about earthquakes before they strike

SkyAlert, a Mexico-based earthquake early-warning company, needed a more reliable and scalable way to alert people before seismic events struck. Using Microsoft Corporation’s Azure platform and consulting services, SkyAlert rebuilt its mobile app and standalone warning devices to support millions of users and expand beyond Mexico City.

Microsoft Corporation helped SkyAlert implement an IoT solution with Azure services like IoT Hub, Event Hubs, Stream Analytics, App Service, and Machine Learning. The result was up to two minutes of warning before an earthquake, 100% reliability, 45% lower IT costs than onsite infrastructure, and rapid scale-up potential to new regions in three months or less.

SkyAlert

Alvaro Velasco

Director of Marketing and Apps Development