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No surprise that the Meter Data Management (MDM) market is growing as smart meter rollouts increase and utilities are bombarded with unprecedented volumes of data that can be used to improve customer relationships, utility operations and business intelligence. The resources in this section will help you sort out the challenges and opportunities MDM provides.
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Virtually every utility with AMI is now studying how to pull insights from the data that is pouring in. But rather than custom building solutions, today many utilities want pre-packaged options. Click for details on Itron's latest MDM offering that includes pre-built analytics modules.
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The importance of interval usage data for the power industry is a story that needs to be told... again and again. You'll see why after reading today's guest column by Chris King of Siemens. He lists five compelling ways interval usage data for every customer can help utilities achieve maximum benefits from smart meter investments.
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GE has been a top supplier of grid hardware for years, but is making a notable move into smart grid software with its Grid IQ Insight analytics offering. We take a good look at what it does, how it works and what utilities should know about its features and custom-built solutions.
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All that data coming from smart meters and other sources had some worried it might be unmanageable. That is, until utilities realized analytics software and a new way of thinking about data could bring useful, valuable business intelligence. In the latest installment of our look at the smart grid's next 10 years, industry pros explain what needs to happen to take full advantage of data.
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In 2008, the Army Corps of Engineers authorized a five-year contract for a meter data management system (MDMS) for the entire army - electric, water, gas and steam. Now the Corps is expanding to install more meters to feed data into that MDMS.
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The UK parliament is about to consider creating a data communications company that will centralize all the consumption data from the country's electricity and gas meters. Gas and electricity suppliers would be required to use the company to communicate with residential smart meters. Good idea? Bad idea? Discuss it in our Tuesday Topic forum.
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What are utilities buying - and who are they buying it from? Our weekly glance into the smart grid marketplace highlights a wide-ranging smart grid shopping list that includes smart meters in Hungary and MDM software in New Mexico. We've also got Frost & Sullivan's APAC best practices winners.
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A new survey commissioned by Oracle Utilities confirms what we've all been thinking about the daily data deluge now engulfing utilities. Dig a little deeper, however, and you'll discover some fresh insights - including one important way to use data that many utilities are overlooking.
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A relational database is a powerful and essential tool for any utility. But it is usually NOT the best choice for time-series data, as many utilities have been discovering the hard way.
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In any industry, staying current on market trends is important. In the smart grid industry right now, it's pretty much essential. But if you have trouble keeping up with the steady stream of numbers and forecasts the research firms spew out, not to worry. We've put together summaries and links to five recent reports covering trends in AMI, MDM, renewables and other key clean energy topics.
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Over breakfast with Thierry Godart, president of Siemens' smart grid division in the U.S., SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst learned that for Siemens, 2012 is going to be all about integration - and that Siemens wants to be the leading smart grid integrator. Click for a peek at the three areas that Siemens is targeting - and how Jesse thinks this old school company's prospects shape up against new school competitors.
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You'll be hearing a lot more about Big Data - and chances are some of it will come from state regulators. IBM's Sunil Soares expects PUCs will become increasingly assertive about protecting consumers' privacy rights in the context of Big Data. That's one reason, he says, utilities need to heed governance best practices for smart meter data. He suggests four you ought to start with.
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Big Data and Data Analytics are this year's buzzwords, as utilities strive to create sense - and value - from all that information streaming in from meters and other devices. Fresh off its purchase by Siemens, eMeter formally announces its analytics platform. Click to see which hassle the company says its new release will save utilities from.
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Current eMeter CEO Gary Bloom was brought in specifically to get the company ready for sale or IPO. And he delivered, notes SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst, who has some thoughts on how Siemens' acquisition of the San Mateo, CA-based MDM specialist might affect others.
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In today's Discovery Showcase installment, we're featuring a photo showcase of five new smart grid technologies, from PJM's new state of the art Advanced Control Center to Texas Instruments' next generation of power management integrated circuits for energy harvesting – and we've got the hBOX too. It's all inside.
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