Tokyo, 160-0023,
Japan
SERAKU Co
SERAKU Co, a prominent reseller, system integrator, and consulting company, that plays a vital role in numerous system integration and digital transformation initiatives. SERAKU Co collaboration with software players such as Microsoft empowers organizations to embrace disruptive technologies and accelerate their journey to the cloud, thus reshaping their business models.
| Reseller and SI | Vendor | Application | Category | Market |
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| SERAKU Co | Microsoft | Microsoft Azure Machine Learning | ML and Data Science Platforms | AI Development |
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Osaka Prefecture University | Education | 755 | $65M | Japan | Microsoft | Microsoft Azure Machine Learning | ML and Data Science Platforms | 2015 |
In 2015, Osaka Prefecture University implemented Microsoft Azure Machine Learning as part of a cloud-hosted greenhouse monitoring and analytics initiative developed and delivered by SERAKU Co. The deployment supported Midori Cloud, bringing ML-driven image analysis and sensor data processing into an operational system for agricultural monitoring and university research, under the ML and Data Science Platforms category.
The implementation instrumented modules for continuous sensor ingestion, webcam capture, image analysis for change detection, and alerting. The webcam captured images at two minute intervals, image analysis removed near-duplicate frames while preserving at least one image per hour, and an image slideshow capability allowed discretionary review. Functional capabilities explicitly included telemetry collection for temperature, humidity, solar radiation, and soil moisture, optional CO2 sensing, and smartphone alerting tied to anomalous measurements.
Integrations and architecture centered on Microsoft Azure services, with Microsoft Azure Machine Learning leveraged for the platform level analytics and Azure Notification Hubs used to deliver push notifications to the Midori Monitor smartphone app. Seraku initially migrated Linux-developed assets onto an Azure virtual machine in an infrastructure as a service model to accelerate launch, while retaining the option to adopt Azure platform as a service components for scalable growth. Hosting on Azure removed the need for farmers to procure and manage on-premises servers, shifting operational responsibilities to cloud services.
Governance and rollout were iterative, informed by direct user testing with 70 cooperating farmers, which drove user interface refinements such as expanded LCD displays for yesterday and today high low and average values and added graphical views. The project moved from trial production in August 2014 to product announcement in October and commercialization through October 2015, with SERAKU Co operating as the systems integrator. Explicit benefits reported in the deployment included low initial introduction cost, ease of getting started through pre-integrated components, and reduced need for constant desktop monitoring due to smartphone alerts.
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