INSPIRE Environmental (INSPIRE), is a Venterra Group company dedicated to monitoring seafloor health. Labor-intensive data collection and analysis was impacting the quality of data and jeopardizing the company's long-standing reputation for delivering timely and reliable results. Read the story for details on how INSPIRE used Microsoft Azure AI solutions to analyze complex ocean data more quickly and efficiently, lower costs and reduce turnaround times for clients. Contact CloudFactors LLC for more information on how Azure AI can streamline your transformation to the cloud.
How does INSPIRE Environmental utilize Azure AI?
INSPIRE Environmental uses Azure AI to automate the annotation of seafloor images, which significantly reduces the time required for data analysis. By employing tools like Azure Custom Vision and Azure Machine Learning, they streamline their image processing workflow, allowing their analysts to focus more on interpretation and quality control.
What challenges did INSPIRE face before using Azure solutions?
Before adopting Azure solutions, INSPIRE faced challenges in processing and analyzing large volumes of complex ocean data. The manual annotation of seafloor images was labor-intensive and time-consuming, making it difficult to keep pace with the growing demand for offshore wind and other projects impacting seafloor health.
What benefits has INSPIRE gained from using Azure services?
Since implementing Azure services, INSPIRE has reduced costs and processing times while improving the efficiency of their data analysis. They can now handle more projects per analyst and provide clients with near real-time access to updated seafloor data, enhancing decision-making capabilities.