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Video: RNLI and AWS Mob Guardian Windows Azure Testimonial
What’s RNLI? Shame on you….it’s the Royal National Lifeboat Institute and they along with their IT partner AWS have been building a new system for lifesaving on Windows Azure. This short video explains what the MOB Guardian system is all about and why they’re looking at Azure as the next step forward for this system.
In a nutshell, MOB Guardian is a device that sits on a seagoing vessel and fires an alarm to a monitoring centre should the crew get in to trouble. Scaling this system was the challenge and that’s where Azure comes in with compute power on tap and the potential for huge cost savings.
I had the pleasure to sit down with both the AWS and the RNLI guys a few weeks back in our Reading office and when you here the story in detail you realise the potential for Azure for this solution and many many more. If you’re a developer who wants to removes CAPEX from their operation, that’s just one of the potential benefits.
Check out the more in depth Channel 9 video for more details and the experience of building real life app on Azure.