Our maritime clients face some of the most difficult communication challenges as delivery of information to ships is vital yet can be very expensive.
In an independent survey of seafarers, access to the internet was reported as the highest requirement but least-available facility onboard today. The ability to use mobile phones onboard and access to content came second and third respectively. Ship operators are reticent to provide online/internet facilities as they are bandwidth intensive and are constant security and virus concerns.iOra Geo-Replicator provides unique technology that, through portal server content replication with our patented Epsilon compression technology, enables operators to deliver content in the most cost-effective way. As a result, operators can implement more data-intensive systems on their ships – such as SharePoint – and also significantly reduce the costs of transferring documents or providing internet services on ships.
Our clients, such as Regs4Ships, have seen savings of up to 99% on their satellite data transfer costs, an ROI of typically 6-12 months, and the ability to provide onboard services never previously available.
Working with the United States Navy, we were able to provide important web and video training tools – essential for continuing professional development and compliance – without the cost or time implications of large data transfers. You can read more in our case studies.
Ensuring vessels held up-to-date health and safety information to comply with ISM regulations was the key objective for Dredging International (DI) when they implemented iOra’s Geo-Replicator software for SharePoint server content replication. This achieved 98% data compression for them, saving significant costs. You can read more here.