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Energy and utilities resources
| Title | Date |
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Presentations from the IBM Energy & Utilities Symposium Power to Innovate in Versailles, France held May 2009. | 24 Jun 2009 |
As demand for electricity grows, keeping it affordable as the infrastructure grows is an issue. This video details how, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s GridWise® Program, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and IBM designed a demonstration to help consumers participate in the operation of the power grid. | 24 Nov 2008 |
Today's utility customers are better informed; environmental awareness is at an all-time high; and technical advances are enabling new solutions. Given these issues, better service will be the difference between keeping customers and losing them. This brochure explores why. | 11 Nov 2008 |
This Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrant analyzes stand-alone component and suite-based software products that solve asset management problems for utility companies. The evaluation criteria are the vendor's ability to execute and completeness of vision and include industry leaders, challengers, visionaries and niche players. | 03 Nov 2008 |
For power generation companies searching for EAM maintenance software solutions, Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrant analyzes stand-alone and suite-based software products that support asset management strategies. | 31 Oct 2008 |
Improving efficiency is difficult for many utilities because of older assets, an aging workforce and legacy information technology (IT) systems. This brochure explores how enterprise asset management solutions from IBM can help utilities capture information from across the company to enhance their competitive position. | 02 Sep 2008 |
Through interviews with 1,130 leaders in 45 countries, the IBM Global CEO Study provides new and compelling perspectives on strategic issues such as global integration, new and changing customer groups, and business model innovation. | 15 Aug 2008 |
The power generation business has never been more turbulent. IBM is helping utilities weather the storm with a host of solutions spanning nuclear, fossil and renewable sectors. This brochure details how information lifecycle management solutions from IBM can help power generation companies build our energy future. | 18 Jul 2008 |
This Smart Metering webinar series is a unique opportunity to gain in-depth, comprehensive knowledge and learn about the benefits and challenges associated with Advanced Meter Management or Smart Metering. | 16 Jul 2008 |
For utilities with an eye on cleaner, more reliable and efficient energy distribution, the Intelligent Utility Network (IUN) solution can transform the way you deliver and manage, analyze and use power. From changing the nature of the business to altering consumer behavior, IUN promises to transform the future of the power industry. | 08 Jul 2008 |
Montgomery Research Inc. recently published Volume 8 of its Energy & Utilities Project, which focuses on how utility companies can innovate for the future. IBM authored a number of articles in the book that provide fresh thinking from a range of perspectives. Learn more now. | 15 May 2008 |
Smart metering technologies enable residential utility customers to benefit from the sophisticated "smart pricing" options once available only to commercial and industrial customers. Read how participants in the Ontario Energy Board’s pilot program favored the smarter pricing structures and used less energy overall. | 15 May 2008 |
As part of the Pacific Northwest GridWise Testbed Demonstration, the Olympic Peninsula Project tested price signal-based control of distributed energy resources. This article details how converting passive loads and idle distributed generation into actively participating resources can reduce stress on distribution systems. | 15 May 2008 |
The IBM Energy & Utilities Symposium "Power to Innovate" in Washington, DC was designed to help attendees better understand industry trends, developments and IBM's solutions for the energy and utilities market. Get these presentations from the event to learn how leaders in the energy and utilities industry view the future. | 08 May 2008 |
The IBM Energy & Utilities Symposium "Power to Innovate" in Lisbon, Portugal was designed to help attendees better understand industry trends, developments and IBM's solutions for the energy and utilities market. Get these presentations from the event to learn how leaders in the energy and utilities industry view the future. | 08 May 2008 |
When it comes to energy, growing public concern for the environment and climate change is fueling a more engaged consumer. A range of innovations, including automated smart meters will give homeowners the power to make decisions and actively manage their energy consumption. | 21 Feb 2008 |
Timely collection, validation and verification of data provided by outdated meters can be costly and even logistically impossible. IBM is helping utilities to implement "smart" meters as a core component of a new intelligent utility network infrastructure, using digital technology. This brochure shows you how. | 08 Jan 2008 |
Historically, the relationship between utilities and consumers has been rather lopsided — utilities had the power, both literally and figuratively. But the confluence of climate change concerns, rising energy costs and technology advances leading to greater consumer involvement is now radically redefining that relationship. | 12 Dec 2007 |
IBM Maximo® Spatial Asset Management is the first available solution that unifies the full functionality of industry-leading GIS and asset and service management products in a thoroughly modern architecture based on Java™, XML and Web services. | 06 Dec 2007 |
Our recent surveys of 1,900 energy consumers and nearly 100 industry executives across the globe reveal major changes underway — a more heterogeneous consumer base, evolving industry models and a stark departure from a decades-old value chain. | 12 Nov 2007 |
This white paper shows how the IBM Maximo® software solution is the leading asset and service management software in the marketplace, through its highly flexible business components and technology architecture. | 03 Oct 2007 |
Deploying IBM Maximo® worldwide provides economies of scale, global consistency and helps meet the business objectives of improved effectiveness and cost control. | 30 Jul 2007 |
The seventh annual volume of thought leadership published by Montgomery Research International and IBM. Regulatory compliance. Balancing consumption with environmental concerns. These are some of the primary issues driving innovation in today's energy and utilities industry. | 11 Jul 2007 |
The intelligent utility network is now becoming a reality. More and more utilities are developing and implementing modernization strategies. Soon the intelligent utility network will be the standard model for all operators to meet. | 11 Jul 2007 |
Converging Market forces are driving utilities to seek new approaches and business models to operate with driving investment and innovation. | 11 Jul 2007 |
Converging Market forces are driving utilities to seek new approaches and business models to operate with driving investment and innovation. | 11 Jul 2007 |
The intelligent utility network is now becoming a reality. More and more utilities are developing and implementing modernization strategies. Soon the intelligent utility network will be the standard model for all operators to meet. | 11 Jul 2007 |
To achieve higher corporate performance—whether measured in terms of shareholder value, revenue growth, profitability or customer satisfaction, companies are adopting more sophisticated asset management approaches that make it possible to manage diverse and often widely dispersed assets with a single, more easily scaled and deployed system. | 03 Jul 2007 |
There are some common misconceptions about the value, capabilities and deployment of ERP solutions in asset-intensive industries. In this white paper, these myths are discussed and demystified so that decision makers in these asset-intensive industries can better understand what the real risk is. | 20 Mar 2007 |
IBM Maximo® asset management solution seamlessly manages the resources for four varied utilities and provides a fast, efficient mobile system for improved staff productivity. | 23 Jan 2007 |
IBM Maximo® Asset Management takes the power, performance and possibilities of asset management to an entirely new level. Built on a single software platform, Maximo Asset Management delivers a comprehensive view of all asset types — production, facilities, transportation and IT — across your enterprise. | 14 Dec 2006 |
The right information to the right people at the right time is the basis of proper asset and service management today. IBM Maximo® mobile solutions are versatile, easy-to-use applications designed specifically for your mobile workforce. | 12 Dec 2006 |
Nuclear energy is experiencing a renaissance as many countries reassess their energy policies in light of rising energy demand, price increases, reliance on fossil fuels and focus on the environment. | 05 Dec 2006 |
All utilities — regardless of size or type — need to find new ways to reduce costs, improve business processes and increase return on assets. Faced with growing challenges, many utilities are now taking advantage of IBM Maximo® for Utilities, a single-platform software solution for asset and service management. | 05 Dec 2006 |
RFID holds great promise, but what affect could the radio frequency (RF) signal have on your IT systems in a data center environment? This brief explores how, although the impact is generally negligible, companies need to take interference into account when choosing RFID systems and integration services. | 01 Dec 2006 |
Innovation—in business models, services, products and operations—is the key to transforming the utilities industry. Collaboration among teams and with business partners and customers can produce scores of innovative ideas. | 28 Jul 2006 |
Engineering procurement and construction firms (EPCs) build complex plants in support of diverse functions from manufacturing to oil exploration. To do so efficiently, they need processes that support collaboration across the global supply chain. This paper shows how improving product lifecycle management can help. | 20 Jul 2006 |
Successful utility strategy development and operations may depend on whether a company can identify opportunities for customer valuation and do it well. Customer valuation can aid in strategy development and execution by helping utilities understand customer preference in detail, and how their actions drive performance. | 21 Jul 2005 |
Energy and utilities companies have assets worth trillions of dollars, and downtime can have a serious negative impact. With slim margins and highly competitive markets, improving product lifecycle management (PLM) can maximize performance, speed time to market and accelerate growth. Read this brochure to learn more. | 16 Jun 2005 |
Successful utility strategy development and operations may depend on whether a company can identify opportunities for customer valuation and do it well. Customer valuation can aid in strategy development and execution by helping utilities understand customer preference in detail, and how their actions drive performance. | 15 Jun 2005 |
To reach new levels of functionality and maturity, companies need to know where the risk is, how to define what's wrong and what tools to use. | 15 Jun 2005 |
Every continent in the world is about to deploy BPL. Can the United States afford to stay out of the game? Broadband over power lines (BPL) and power line communications (PLC) are sets of equipment, software and management services that when overlaid on the electric grid provide users with communication means over existing "power lines". | 26 May 2005 |
Technology in meter reading has finally reached an apex. Simply reading the meter is about to become managing whole new sets of functionality. | 25 May 2005 |
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