Hai Tran - Coptercam - Insourcing vs Outsourcing UAV: UaaS - UAVs as a Service
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Insourcing vs Outsourcing UaaS – UAVs as a Service
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Hai Tran, CEO and Founder, Coptercam delivered the presentation at the 2014 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in the Resources Industry. The 2014 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in the Resources Industry explored the enormous potential of UAVs within mining and resources operations. For more information about the event, please visit: http://www.informa.com.au/uavresourcesconference14
Transcript of Hai Tran - Coptercam - Insourcing vs Outsourcing UAV: UaaS - UAVs as a Service
Insourcing vs Outsourcing
UaaS – UAVs as a Service
About Me
10 years in IT Risk Management
4 Years as Chief Information Security Officer
4 Years on Information System Audit and
Control Perth Board, 2 years as VP
Passionate about aviation
Flying model aircraft since 1998
Flying manned aircraft since 2006
Founded Coptercam in January 2012
Largest UAV aerial imagery company in
Australia – 14 aircraft, 6 flight crews, 4 offices.
Outline
Technology platforms
What is UaaS
Current and future applications
Tips and traps DIY UAV
UaaS example
Cost v Benefits
Technology Platforms
UAVs are like computers
Technology platform
Applications make them useful
Technological obsolescence
Hype Cycle
Source: Gartner August 2013
Current Applications
Photography & Cinematography
Mapping
Surveying
Powerline inspection
Infrastructure inspection
Search and Rescue
Fire spotting
Future Applications
Communications
Datacenters
Freight transport
Environmental monitoring
The Sky’s the Limit!
DIY UAV
What applications?
Which UAV? Another shiny new toy
Capital cost
Training liability
Public liability
Health and safety issues
Brand and reputation
Insurance costs
Maintenance
Staff costs
Regulatory costs
These things fly themselves….
Shiny new toy to service model
Buy a server Lease a server
Managed Service
Cloud Computing
IT as a Service
UAVs as a Service (UaaS)
Pay for the service not the technology
Mapping service
Surveying service
Infrastructure inspection service
Photography service
Search and rescue service
Pay for what you use
On demand and scalable
Example UaaS
Cost vs Benefits of UaaS
In House
Capital cost - $40k –
$100k
Insurance - $7.5k pa
Training/Licencing -
$5k
Maintenance - $??
Staff cost - $100k pa
HR & HSE overheads
Risk
UaaS
OpEx – from $1.5k
per day.
Monthly stockpile
$18k pa
Get the end result
Risk transferred to
UaaS provider
No insurance,
maintenance and
overhead costs
Summary
What is your core business?
What is your goal?
Just another shiny new toy?
Compare the costs vs benefits
