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Title
Efficiency meets data sovereignty: Lector automates document processing with AI
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Description
Lector, a platform for intelligent document processing used by more than 60 corporate customers including over 25 health insurers, migrated its productive cloud services from a major American cloud provider to OVHcloud's German data centre to meet GDPR and data-sovereignty requirements. Using OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes, S3-compatible Object Storage, and AI Training/AI Deploy/AI Endpoint services, Lector achieved over 80% time savings in document processing across more than 500 million pages processed to date, while reducing the operational burden of running Kafka and MongoDB themselves.
…ustomer satisfaction. Lector is a platform for intelligent document processing. More than 60 active corporate customers, including over 25 health insurance companies, are using the AI-based solution for a wide range of processes. In total, over 500 million pages have already been processed at the platform. C…
…d: Trustworthy cloud infrastructure for highly scalable AI processes in Germany Until migrating to OVHcloud, Lector operated its productive cloud services with one of the major American cloud providers, relying on Kubernetes and virtual machines. Three key issues were hindering them from scaling up further: Managed open sour…
Company
lector.ai GmbH
…of our own analysis tools and our business intelligence through data platform.’ Dr. Benjamin von Ardenne, founder and managing director of lector.ai GmbH The result Increased efficiency through automation and focus By using OVHcloud'…
Industry
Insurance
…m for intelligent document processing. More than 60 active corporate customers, including over 25 health insurance companies, are using the AI-based solution for a wide range of processes. In total, over…
Problem
Until migrating to OVHcloud, Lector operated its productive cloud services with a major American cloud provider, relying on Kubernetes and virtual machines. Three key issues hindered further scaling: managed open-source services such as MongoDB and Kafka could not be integrated, traffic costs were high, and many customers had trust issues because the original provider was not based in Europe, while compliance with GDPR and data-sovereignty criteria is essential for German health insurance companies, public authorities and many private companies.
…d: Trustworthy cloud infrastructure for highly scalable AI processes in Germany Until migrating to OVHcloud, Lector operated its productive cloud services with one of the major American cloud providers, relying on Kubernetes and virtual machines. Three key issues were hindering them from scaling up further: Managed open sour…
…simply had trust issues because the original provider was not based in Europe. Compliance with GDPR and many criteria for data sovereignty are essential, especially for German health insurance companies and public authorities, but also for many private companies. The change was inevitable in order to continue to be a reliable driver of innov…
Solution
Lector worked with OVHcloud to implement managed Kubernetes clusters and S3-compatible Object Storage, allowing all documents to be stored without scaling limitations. Lector uses various OVHcloud AI services for document processing and editing, including AI Training, AI Deploy and AI Endpoint. The system is operated in OVHcloud's German data centre, with native support for Prometheus for centralized monitoring of all relevant metrics.
…und: European managed cloud services, flexible scalability and business support Lector worked with OVHcloud to implement managed Kubernetes clusters and S3-compatible Object Storage , allowing all documents to be stored without scaling limitations. Lector uses various AI services for document processing and editing, including…
…ject Storage , allowing all documents to be stored without scaling limitations. Lector uses various AI services for document processing and editing, including AI Training , AI Deploy , and AI Endpoint . The system is operated in the German data centre of OVHcloud, with guaranteed r…
Business value
Lector serves more than 60 active corporate customers, including over 25 health insurance companies, and has processed over 500 million pages on the platform, achieving time savings of over 80%. By using OVHcloud's managed services, the team spends significantly less time operating and scaling Kafka and MongoDB and can focus on developing the platform and application.
…rance companies, are using the AI-based solution for a wide range of processes. In total, over 500 million pages have already been processed at the platform. Customers achieve massive time savings for their employees and a smooth, secure…
…of lector.ai GmbH The result Increased efficiency through automation and focus By using OVHcloud's Managed Services, the team spends significantly less time operating and scaling Kafka and MongoDB. Instead, they can focus entirely on further developing the platform and the application. OVHcloud's startup programme proved to be a springboard, enabling the team to t…
AI capabilities
Document Intelligence
…he solution Lector AI enables fully automated processing of incoming documents. Lector helps large organisations to use AI to classify all incoming documents, such as letters, emails and uploads in apps and to automatically extract information from them. The use of open-source technologies, the integration of managed services and th…
Technology
Kubernetes, S3-compatible Object Storage, Kafka, MongoDB, Prometheus
…und: European managed cloud services, flexible scalability and business support Lector worked with OVHcloud to implement managed Kubernetes clusters and S3-compatible Object Storage , allowing all documents to be stored without scaling limitations. Lector uses various AI services for document processing and editing, including…
…r GPU and database nodes. The entire infrastructure can be monitored centrally; all relevant metrics are visible thanks to native support for Prometheus, which is a major added value over other cloud providers, especially for managed services. ‘AI Endpoints provides flexible access to different AI models. This flexibility…
Deployment model
Cloud
…t processing and editing, including AI Training , AI Deploy , and AI Endpoint . The system is operated in the German data centre of OVHcloud, with guaranteed reliability and high availability – especially for GPU and database nodes. The entire infrastructure can be monit…
Deployment options
cloud
…t processing and editing, including AI Training , AI Deploy , and AI Endpoint . The system is operated in the German data centre of OVHcloud, with guaranteed reliability and high availability – especially for GPU and database nodes. The entire infrastructure can be monit…
Applicable regulations
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
…simply had trust issues because the original provider was not based in Europe. Compliance with GDPR and many criteria for data sovereignty are essential, especially for German health insurance companies and public authorities, but also for many private companies. The change was inevitable in order to continue to be a reliable driver of innov…
