Cloud Services Delivers Greater Scalability and Cost Efficiency

• HALO at the University of Washington BRaIN Laboratory HALO® and HALO AI are used for neuropathology research requiring robust image analysis and AI-driven workflows
• HALO Link enables the BioRepository and Integrated Neuropathology (BRaIN) laboratory to collaborate nationwide
• Cloud Services maintains the deployment, enhancing scalability and security while delivering 40% reduction in cost Key Statistics on BRaIN Lab Deployment
• Archive of over 200,000 digital slides with more than 500 new slides added per week
• 35 active users with ability to rapidly scale
• Nationwide collaboration network

“Moving our HALO deployments to the cloud with Cloud Services has decreased monthly costs substantially and has enabled us to easily collaborate with other research institutions across the country.”

C. Dirk Keene, MD, PhD
Nancy and Buster Alvord Endowed Chair in Neuropathology
Professor, University of Washington Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Leader, University of Washington BRaIN Laboratory and Precision Neuropathology Core

Benefits of Cloud Services at the BRaIN Laboratory

• Cloud Services delivered an 40% reduction in cost in 4 months
• Enhanced collaboration and sharing of repository material
• Secure platform with power to conduct cutting-edge research

Why Cloud Services?

• Delivers a scalable and secure platform
• Cost savings
• Highly responsive support team

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“It’s incredibly simple to share our slides with collaborators, scale our user base, and conduct our research and analysis now that we’ve started working with Cloud Services.”

Nadia Postupna, MD, PhD
Research Scientist
University of Washington BRaIN Laboratory and Precision Neuropathology CoreThe UW Medicine BioRepository and Integrated Neuropathology (BRaIN) laboratory performs and supports  research to understand normal brain anatomy and function and what changes result in injury and disease,  such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and others.Indica Labs Cloud Services helps organizations realize the benefits of cloud deployment by providing  comprehensive management of our HALO software platforms in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud-hosted  environments. We manage all aspects of implementation and maintenance to provide a highly performant, scalable, and secure HALO environment in the cloud.