The Cloud Computing model is replacing the traditional IT model for many organizations that have not been able to keep up with the tremendous rate at which technology is changing, the challenges of disparate IT systems inherited through acquisitions and mergers, and decreasing internal resources available for IT commitment.
Cloud Computing models range from public cloud services that bill companies for access to IT infrastructure; the private cloud provider that hosts resources for the sole use of its own organization; dedicated external hosting to non-shared resources; and hybrid hosting, a mixed solution of cloud computing and dedicated hosting.
Schneider Electric consulting experts use their Cloud Assessment Checklist to help potential clients identify the computer services needs that best meet their IT challenges. It is not uncommon to find that an organization would optimize operation with a hybrid hosting solution in which a secure, single-tenant database would be stored with a dedicated host and the front-end would be hosted in the public cloud. Similarly, cloud bursting functionality enables the organization to automatically deploy new applications within the public cloud as needed. Such hybrid hosting models allow scaling capability to accommodate an increase in the number of users in the organization and meet peak traffic demand.
Careful examination of business and security characteristics can determine the proper cloud and hosting model that meets the needs of any particular enterprise and, as a result, help increase the organization’s IT capabilities and productivity while adding value to the business.
Preparing for the Future: How Asset Management Will Evolve in the Age of Smar...Schneider Electric
Most utilities struggle to organize information about their distribution network assets. Operations, engineering, accounting, and other business functions all use different tools and systems, forcing grid operators to synchronize separate databases. This paper presents an improved approach to managing grid assets by establishing a ‘single source of the truth,’ eliminating special-purpose databases, utilizing spatial databases, and incorporating a workflow management tool to support database updates.
While many utilities look forward to the benefits of deploying smart grid technology, they need help on where and how to start. A manageable distribution management system (DMS) pilot implementation is a good kickoff toward the smart grid goal, because it successfully demonstrates the possibilities while it builds support from stakeholders across the enterprise. Schneider Electric helps the utility implement the DMS pilot, using a phased Build — Learn — Plan — Execute approach.
In such a DMS pilot project, the company works with a small team of utility personnel knowledgeable of the organization’s network data stores and analytical functions. They build a fully operational load flow model that represents a subset of the network and reflects circuit data from the GIS database or other sources and includes two HV/MV substations and four to eight feeders, ideally with the switches and enough load profile data to support some switching and basic optimization functionality.
In the Learn phase of the DMS pilot, team members evaluate functionality of the model and completeness and accuracy of the data used. Tuning the model builds team confidence in its understanding of the data needed and the accuracy of the basic DMS algorithms.
In the Plan phase, the utility identifies current business plan and internal and external drivers toward grid automation, considering throughout the political and regulatory environments. A strategy is designed to remove obstacles and achieve identified goals.
In the final Execute phase, the utility will contract for software and services; train core team; develop system configuration and convert data; and finally deploy the system with site acceptance testing and rollout.
This fastrack DMS implementation gets the utility started and moving at the ‘speed of value’ as it builds confidence in DMS technology. It offers a proof-of-concept of DMS benefits across the organization — more reliable service, reduction of peak demand, utility cost savings and more.
With DTN Guardian3 for ethanol terminal automation, you can optimize inventory and demand, manage volumetric and weighed products, and ensure safety and security.
Download the file now to learn it al about DTN Guardian3.
Field Data Gathering Services — A Cloud-Based ApproachSchneider Electric
Utilities today wish to facilitate the capture of asset information in the field in a way that is not only scalable but cost effective. They need a system that is simple to use, inexpensive to implement, flexible enough to meet ever-changing needs, yet also powerful enough to cover a majority of their needs with immediacy. This paper describes Schneider Electric's powerful cloud-based solution to optimize the inspection and gathering of field information.
Preparing for the Future: How Asset Management Will Evolve in the Age of Smar...Schneider Electric
Most utilities struggle to organize information about their distribution network assets. Operations, engineering, accounting, and other business functions all use different tools and systems, forcing grid operators to synchronize separate databases. This paper presents an improved approach to managing grid assets by establishing a ‘single source of the truth,’ eliminating special-purpose databases, utilizing spatial databases, and incorporating a workflow management tool to support database updates.
While many utilities look forward to the benefits of deploying smart grid technology, they need help on where and how to start. A manageable distribution management system (DMS) pilot implementation is a good kickoff toward the smart grid goal, because it successfully demonstrates the possibilities while it builds support from stakeholders across the enterprise. Schneider Electric helps the utility implement the DMS pilot, using a phased Build — Learn — Plan — Execute approach.
In such a DMS pilot project, the company works with a small team of utility personnel knowledgeable of the organization’s network data stores and analytical functions. They build a fully operational load flow model that represents a subset of the network and reflects circuit data from the GIS database or other sources and includes two HV/MV substations and four to eight feeders, ideally with the switches and enough load profile data to support some switching and basic optimization functionality.
In the Learn phase of the DMS pilot, team members evaluate functionality of the model and completeness and accuracy of the data used. Tuning the model builds team confidence in its understanding of the data needed and the accuracy of the basic DMS algorithms.
In the Plan phase, the utility identifies current business plan and internal and external drivers toward grid automation, considering throughout the political and regulatory environments. A strategy is designed to remove obstacles and achieve identified goals.
In the final Execute phase, the utility will contract for software and services; train core team; develop system configuration and convert data; and finally deploy the system with site acceptance testing and rollout.
This fastrack DMS implementation gets the utility started and moving at the ‘speed of value’ as it builds confidence in DMS technology. It offers a proof-of-concept of DMS benefits across the organization — more reliable service, reduction of peak demand, utility cost savings and more.
With DTN Guardian3 for ethanol terminal automation, you can optimize inventory and demand, manage volumetric and weighed products, and ensure safety and security.
Download the file now to learn it al about DTN Guardian3.
Field Data Gathering Services — A Cloud-Based ApproachSchneider Electric
Utilities today wish to facilitate the capture of asset information in the field in a way that is not only scalable but cost effective. They need a system that is simple to use, inexpensive to implement, flexible enough to meet ever-changing needs, yet also powerful enough to cover a majority of their needs with immediacy. This paper describes Schneider Electric's powerful cloud-based solution to optimize the inspection and gathering of field information.
Electric utilities are preparing for the multitude of challenges facing the industry — limited generation to supply increasing energy demand, growing regulatory and customer pressure for increased reliability and reduced carbon emissions, adoption of distributed renewable generation and energy storage, and the inevitability of both an aging workforce and infrastructure.
In a rather short period of time, these challenges have converged, and in doing so, have exposed the need for a comprehensive distribution network monitoring, analysis, and control system.
Utilities that are proactive — building business cases and deploying scalable solutions now — will be best prepared to meet the challenges of today and the future. To assist the industry in achieving their strategic Smart Grid goals, Schneider Electric proudly offers its Advanced Distribution Management
System (ADMS).
A key part of implementing Volt-VAR control and optimization is to identify the benefits that can be attributed to VVO. The major challenge is to separate the impacts of VVO (i.e. the VVO benefits) from the impacts of factors not related to VVO, such as changing weather conditions, random customer behavior and routine operational changes (planned switching). Utilities on the panel have performed VVO measurement and verification using different methods. Each presenter will describe how the method works, data requirements, strengths and weaknesses of the approach and results. The session also will summarize work by the IEEE Volt-VAR task force to develop IEEE Guideline P1885 M&V of VVO projects for electric distribution utilities.
Download the file now to know it all about DTN ProphetX.
In today’s turbulent energy markets, you require versatile, robust, accurate and intuitive tools to effectively manage your market data, so you can make better trading decisions. The industry’s best value — DTN ProphetX Energy Edition — brings together a balance of powerful technical analytic tools with broad fundamental content and unmatched data quality, performance and reliability, so you can make faster, smarter trades.
Now your team can stay on top of every aspect of the energy market; while reducing overall costs on market data and associated tools with a virtually seamless and painless transition.
An electric grid alarming management system that works with real-time data is vital for optimizing network performance and safety. This system also must have the ability to finely tune alarms, to assure reliable event and condition notifications without overloading control room operators and reducing alarming effectiveness.
Schneider Electric’s Smart Alarming Management solution works seamlessly with the Schneider Electric Advanced DMS solution to put real-time data to work in the most effective and efficient manner. The robustness of this solution is due to its application to both database and system alarms. Configurable tools enable fast and reliable identification of event severity and specific filtering, prioritization and suppression. This approach assures that operator screens communicate what is needed, when needed. Displays provide comprehensive summaries of alarm status and actions performed that add to efficiency.
In particular, the Schneider Electric solution supports alarming management for defined areas of responsibility. Focusing on alarm capabilities at the AOR level optimizes both control and security for the network as a whole.
Smart Alarming management makes the most of the utility’s investment in its real-time information infrastructure. Together, they provide vital and relevant network information that enables operators to respond promptly and effectively to changing network conditions.
Learn more about SCADA expert ClearSCADA:
- Simplicity & Enhanced User Experience for faster deployment and improved time-to-market
- Reduced Maintenance Efforts for protection of investment
- Enhanced Security capability for better protection of the system
- Enhanced Operational Intelligence to help optimize operations and maintenance activities
- Integrated with the complete Schneider Electric Telemetry portfolio
Press Conference at Hannover Messe #HM15SE...As a leader in energy management and industrial automation our interconnected technologies, solutions and services help unlock unprecedented value and ensure Industry Is On everywhere
The article looks at how new technologies will lead to an increasingly integrated approach within the O&G sector, siting specifics such as the IoT and robotics & the radical impact they will have on optimising productions within the sector.
The Mine Central Control Room: From Concept to Reality Schneider Electric
Presented at the 2013 Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Annual Meeting (SME 2013). The main concept of a central control room is the ability to gather and automatically transform information from different sources and mines into business decisions, centralizing and monitoring them from a single location. This central control room also acts as a complete repository of all business operations including mine planning, metrics, asset management, quality and process control, surveillance, sustainability data, emissions, energy efficiency projects, weather and more.
Wood-Mizer in Indianapolis, IN, one of the world’s
leading industrial sawmill manufacturers, has developed
the next generation of industrial sawmills by combining
a thin-kerf blade and advanced automation technology
for maximum log yield and profitability.
Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions are combining best practices from facilities & IT, and are simplifying capacity management, increasing availability, and extending the life of existing data centers. But to experience these benefits, you need to choose the solution that best fits your data center. Join Viridity Software co-founder and CTO, Mike Rowan, as he discusses how DCIM software helps you manage your data center more efficiently. This webinar will include a quick demonstration of Viridity EnergyCenter and will be open to your questions.
When it comes to designing, building, and operating mission critical data centers, simple is better. Prefabricated data center building blocks comprised of Power, Cooling and/or IT White Space can be connected to provide a semi or fully prefabricated data center solution. Prefabricated data center solutions provide multiple advantages to include predictable performance, faster deployment and, flexibility and scalability versus traditional build data centers. This presentation will show you how a pre-fabricated modular data center architecture can dramatically simplify your design and build process and lower your total cost of operation.
How Test Labs Reduce Cyber Security Threats to Industrial Control Systemse cy...Schneider Electric
Federal agencies are moving their industrial control systems (ICS) from operational business networks to separate, dedicated networks in order to enhance security. However, without a system to test the new equipment and software coming into these separate networks, security risks will persist. This paper explores the impact on security of instituting a sanctioned ICS test lab and recommends best practices for setting up and operating these labs.
[Oil & Gas White Paper] Control Room Management - Alarm Management Schneider Electric
Industry best practices call for pipeline operators to define a clear alarm management plan that helps avoid controller overload and ensures alarms are accurate and support safe pipeline operation. Review of controller workload is key in this program, as it can provide the most critical information on how to improve the performance of an alarm system and the controllers monitoring it. Controller performance can be impaired when deluged with too many SCADA alarms, a significant increase in the number of points being monitored and alarms related to communications, which all add to other attention-demanding activities not directly related to alarms.
Developing a program to analyze and continually improve the alarm system includes identification of the operator’s Alarm Philosophy: identifying what constitutes an alarm, who manages it, how it is managed and how training and change of management are carried out. Other best practices of an alarm management program include benchmark and performance audits; rationalisation to determine which SCADA alarms warrant response; and implementation, in an auditable manner, of actions defined.
When implementing an alarm management improvement program, the highest benefit is realised through strategies that involve little advanced technology. These high benefit strategies include alarm storm reviews, tuning alarm settings on nuisance alarms and fixing known issues; adjusting deadbands of repeating alarms; and eliminating alarms with no defined response. Strategies of medium benefit include suppression of alarms from ‘out of service’ stations; replacing absolute alarms with deviation alarms; and filtering, de-bouncing, or suppressing repeater alarms. Other advanced alarm improvement strategies that can provide additional benefit after initial strategies have been implemented include use of dynamic alarm thresholds, operator-set alarms and operational mode suppression. Tracking improvement in the alarm program after modifications are made is important, especially as operations bring in larger point counts.
Schneider Electric actively participates in industry alarm management programs to assure its advanced-technology Control Room Management solution targets best practices and meets new regulations for improved alarm management in the pipeline sector and other control implementations.
NER & Emerson Infrastructure Optimization Capabilties StoryboardGreg Stover
NER Data Corporation is the Premier National Value Added Master Distributuor of Emerson, Liebert and Avocent Technology Solutions.
No other Distributor knows Emerson Cooling, Power, Monitoring and DCIM Solutions better, has better programs, has better pricing and/or has better Technical Consultiing capability then NER.
NER will show you how to optimize you existing Emerson, Liebert and Avocent investments while ensuring you are properly positioned for the future!
Integrated Control and Safety - Assessing the Benefits; Weighing the RisksSchneider Electric
While best practice has leaned toward keeping control and
safety isolated from each other, recent enterprise data integration
and cost control initiatives are providing incentive to
achieve some level of integration. This paper describes three
basic integration models, including an “interfaced” approach,
in which separate control and safety communicate via a
custom built software bridge; an “integrated but separate”
approach, in which the disparate systems sit on the same
network, but share information only across isolated network
channels; and a “common” approach, in which both control
and safety systems share a common operating system. The
authors then compare the three approaches according to
compliance with safety standards and cost efficiencies.
Effect on Substation Engineering Costs of IEC61850 & System Configuration ToolsSchneider Electric
Change management, software configuration training, and human error all impact the cost associated with substation automation engineering. Object-oriented engineering approaches as defined in the IEC 61850 standard represent significant cost savings when compared to traditional methods using hardwire and Distributed Network Protocol (DNP3). New multivendor system configuration tools are described that further reduce substation automation engineering costs.
An accurate, up-to-date model of a utility’s distribution network is the backbone of Smart Grid technologies. But a Schneider Electric survey shows that 74% of utilities are concerned about the readiness of their network model to support Smart Grid applications. This paper presents a quantitative comparison of a Geographic Information System (GIS)–based graphic work design system vs. a CAD-based tool, demonstrating how the GIS-based design approach is better able to keep up with the continuous changes in a dynamic electrical distribution network.
As presented at the 2015 SPS Nuremberg Show:
Meet our Industry experts on:
- The Industrial Internet of Things: an Evolution to a Smart Manufacturing Enterprise by Clemens Blum. Learn More: http://www.schneider-electric.com/b2b/en/campaign/internet-of-things/industry.jsp?
- SMART Machines: what they are and how they contribute to the future of the industry by Dr. Rainer. Learn More: http://www.schneider-electric.com/b2b/en/solutions/system/s1/machine-control.jsp
How Warehouse and Distribution Systems (Conveyor systems) are being designed ...Schneider Electric
This presentation explores how the latest conveyor and sortation hardware and control systems are being designed to anticipate or be alerted to problems quickly, maximize MTBF and uptime, and minimize MTTR. We will also examine the benefits of real time and historical data monitoring and visualization to reduce downtime, decrease maintenance and increase operational efficiency and throughput.
Funding Infrastructure Investments with Guaranteed PerformanceSchneider Electric
Municipalities are dealing with numerous financial constraints, and trying to improve or expand systems is often trumped by maintaining deteriorating assets. Discover the potential benefits of Performance Contracting (PC). PC is an alternate delivery method to the traditional CIP process for the implementation of operational cost saving and energy saving projects. While the PC process has been used extensively in municipal buildings for decades -- primarily for HVAC and lighting improvements -- it has only recently begun to be used by water and wastewater utilities for process-centric improvements to treatment plants, pump/lift stations and other assets.
[White Paper] Europe’s Window of Opportunity for Terminal OperatorsSchneider Electric
As Europe is going through an unprecedented financial and economic crisis,
the oil and gas industry continues to face an uncertain business environment.
Another recession could lead to reduced demand and further increase the
pressure on margins in downstream operations. This has suppliers and buyers
looking to exploit any operational efficiency they can.
Terminal operators play a critical role in helping suppliers and buyers achieve
those efficiencies, and can benefit their own operations while doing so. To gain
a competitive edge, terminal operators need to be mindful of the big trends
in the industry and make sure that their Terminal Automation System (TAS)
is capable of supporting state-of-the-art supply management systems that
suppliers intend to use in order to maximize their efficiency. And for most TAS,
a simple configuration change is all it takes to achieve this.
Electric utilities are preparing for the multitude of challenges facing the industry — limited generation to supply increasing energy demand, growing regulatory and customer pressure for increased reliability and reduced carbon emissions, adoption of distributed renewable generation and energy storage, and the inevitability of both an aging workforce and infrastructure.
In a rather short period of time, these challenges have converged, and in doing so, have exposed the need for a comprehensive distribution network monitoring, analysis, and control system.
Utilities that are proactive — building business cases and deploying scalable solutions now — will be best prepared to meet the challenges of today and the future. To assist the industry in achieving their strategic Smart Grid goals, Schneider Electric proudly offers its Advanced Distribution Management
System (ADMS).
A key part of implementing Volt-VAR control and optimization is to identify the benefits that can be attributed to VVO. The major challenge is to separate the impacts of VVO (i.e. the VVO benefits) from the impacts of factors not related to VVO, such as changing weather conditions, random customer behavior and routine operational changes (planned switching). Utilities on the panel have performed VVO measurement and verification using different methods. Each presenter will describe how the method works, data requirements, strengths and weaknesses of the approach and results. The session also will summarize work by the IEEE Volt-VAR task force to develop IEEE Guideline P1885 M&V of VVO projects for electric distribution utilities.
Download the file now to know it all about DTN ProphetX.
In today’s turbulent energy markets, you require versatile, robust, accurate and intuitive tools to effectively manage your market data, so you can make better trading decisions. The industry’s best value — DTN ProphetX Energy Edition — brings together a balance of powerful technical analytic tools with broad fundamental content and unmatched data quality, performance and reliability, so you can make faster, smarter trades.
Now your team can stay on top of every aspect of the energy market; while reducing overall costs on market data and associated tools with a virtually seamless and painless transition.
An electric grid alarming management system that works with real-time data is vital for optimizing network performance and safety. This system also must have the ability to finely tune alarms, to assure reliable event and condition notifications without overloading control room operators and reducing alarming effectiveness.
Schneider Electric’s Smart Alarming Management solution works seamlessly with the Schneider Electric Advanced DMS solution to put real-time data to work in the most effective and efficient manner. The robustness of this solution is due to its application to both database and system alarms. Configurable tools enable fast and reliable identification of event severity and specific filtering, prioritization and suppression. This approach assures that operator screens communicate what is needed, when needed. Displays provide comprehensive summaries of alarm status and actions performed that add to efficiency.
In particular, the Schneider Electric solution supports alarming management for defined areas of responsibility. Focusing on alarm capabilities at the AOR level optimizes both control and security for the network as a whole.
Smart Alarming management makes the most of the utility’s investment in its real-time information infrastructure. Together, they provide vital and relevant network information that enables operators to respond promptly and effectively to changing network conditions.
Learn more about SCADA expert ClearSCADA:
- Simplicity & Enhanced User Experience for faster deployment and improved time-to-market
- Reduced Maintenance Efforts for protection of investment
- Enhanced Security capability for better protection of the system
- Enhanced Operational Intelligence to help optimize operations and maintenance activities
- Integrated with the complete Schneider Electric Telemetry portfolio
Press Conference at Hannover Messe #HM15SE...As a leader in energy management and industrial automation our interconnected technologies, solutions and services help unlock unprecedented value and ensure Industry Is On everywhere
The article looks at how new technologies will lead to an increasingly integrated approach within the O&G sector, siting specifics such as the IoT and robotics & the radical impact they will have on optimising productions within the sector.
The Mine Central Control Room: From Concept to Reality Schneider Electric
Presented at the 2013 Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Annual Meeting (SME 2013). The main concept of a central control room is the ability to gather and automatically transform information from different sources and mines into business decisions, centralizing and monitoring them from a single location. This central control room also acts as a complete repository of all business operations including mine planning, metrics, asset management, quality and process control, surveillance, sustainability data, emissions, energy efficiency projects, weather and more.
Wood-Mizer in Indianapolis, IN, one of the world’s
leading industrial sawmill manufacturers, has developed
the next generation of industrial sawmills by combining
a thin-kerf blade and advanced automation technology
for maximum log yield and profitability.
Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions are combining best practices from facilities & IT, and are simplifying capacity management, increasing availability, and extending the life of existing data centers. But to experience these benefits, you need to choose the solution that best fits your data center. Join Viridity Software co-founder and CTO, Mike Rowan, as he discusses how DCIM software helps you manage your data center more efficiently. This webinar will include a quick demonstration of Viridity EnergyCenter and will be open to your questions.
When it comes to designing, building, and operating mission critical data centers, simple is better. Prefabricated data center building blocks comprised of Power, Cooling and/or IT White Space can be connected to provide a semi or fully prefabricated data center solution. Prefabricated data center solutions provide multiple advantages to include predictable performance, faster deployment and, flexibility and scalability versus traditional build data centers. This presentation will show you how a pre-fabricated modular data center architecture can dramatically simplify your design and build process and lower your total cost of operation.
How Test Labs Reduce Cyber Security Threats to Industrial Control Systemse cy...Schneider Electric
Federal agencies are moving their industrial control systems (ICS) from operational business networks to separate, dedicated networks in order to enhance security. However, without a system to test the new equipment and software coming into these separate networks, security risks will persist. This paper explores the impact on security of instituting a sanctioned ICS test lab and recommends best practices for setting up and operating these labs.
[Oil & Gas White Paper] Control Room Management - Alarm Management Schneider Electric
Industry best practices call for pipeline operators to define a clear alarm management plan that helps avoid controller overload and ensures alarms are accurate and support safe pipeline operation. Review of controller workload is key in this program, as it can provide the most critical information on how to improve the performance of an alarm system and the controllers monitoring it. Controller performance can be impaired when deluged with too many SCADA alarms, a significant increase in the number of points being monitored and alarms related to communications, which all add to other attention-demanding activities not directly related to alarms.
Developing a program to analyze and continually improve the alarm system includes identification of the operator’s Alarm Philosophy: identifying what constitutes an alarm, who manages it, how it is managed and how training and change of management are carried out. Other best practices of an alarm management program include benchmark and performance audits; rationalisation to determine which SCADA alarms warrant response; and implementation, in an auditable manner, of actions defined.
When implementing an alarm management improvement program, the highest benefit is realised through strategies that involve little advanced technology. These high benefit strategies include alarm storm reviews, tuning alarm settings on nuisance alarms and fixing known issues; adjusting deadbands of repeating alarms; and eliminating alarms with no defined response. Strategies of medium benefit include suppression of alarms from ‘out of service’ stations; replacing absolute alarms with deviation alarms; and filtering, de-bouncing, or suppressing repeater alarms. Other advanced alarm improvement strategies that can provide additional benefit after initial strategies have been implemented include use of dynamic alarm thresholds, operator-set alarms and operational mode suppression. Tracking improvement in the alarm program after modifications are made is important, especially as operations bring in larger point counts.
Schneider Electric actively participates in industry alarm management programs to assure its advanced-technology Control Room Management solution targets best practices and meets new regulations for improved alarm management in the pipeline sector and other control implementations.
NER & Emerson Infrastructure Optimization Capabilties StoryboardGreg Stover
NER Data Corporation is the Premier National Value Added Master Distributuor of Emerson, Liebert and Avocent Technology Solutions.
No other Distributor knows Emerson Cooling, Power, Monitoring and DCIM Solutions better, has better programs, has better pricing and/or has better Technical Consultiing capability then NER.
NER will show you how to optimize you existing Emerson, Liebert and Avocent investments while ensuring you are properly positioned for the future!
Integrated Control and Safety - Assessing the Benefits; Weighing the RisksSchneider Electric
While best practice has leaned toward keeping control and
safety isolated from each other, recent enterprise data integration
and cost control initiatives are providing incentive to
achieve some level of integration. This paper describes three
basic integration models, including an “interfaced” approach,
in which separate control and safety communicate via a
custom built software bridge; an “integrated but separate”
approach, in which the disparate systems sit on the same
network, but share information only across isolated network
channels; and a “common” approach, in which both control
and safety systems share a common operating system. The
authors then compare the three approaches according to
compliance with safety standards and cost efficiencies.
Effect on Substation Engineering Costs of IEC61850 & System Configuration ToolsSchneider Electric
Change management, software configuration training, and human error all impact the cost associated with substation automation engineering. Object-oriented engineering approaches as defined in the IEC 61850 standard represent significant cost savings when compared to traditional methods using hardwire and Distributed Network Protocol (DNP3). New multivendor system configuration tools are described that further reduce substation automation engineering costs.
An accurate, up-to-date model of a utility’s distribution network is the backbone of Smart Grid technologies. But a Schneider Electric survey shows that 74% of utilities are concerned about the readiness of their network model to support Smart Grid applications. This paper presents a quantitative comparison of a Geographic Information System (GIS)–based graphic work design system vs. a CAD-based tool, demonstrating how the GIS-based design approach is better able to keep up with the continuous changes in a dynamic electrical distribution network.
As presented at the 2015 SPS Nuremberg Show:
Meet our Industry experts on:
- The Industrial Internet of Things: an Evolution to a Smart Manufacturing Enterprise by Clemens Blum. Learn More: http://www.schneider-electric.com/b2b/en/campaign/internet-of-things/industry.jsp?
- SMART Machines: what they are and how they contribute to the future of the industry by Dr. Rainer. Learn More: http://www.schneider-electric.com/b2b/en/solutions/system/s1/machine-control.jsp
How Warehouse and Distribution Systems (Conveyor systems) are being designed ...Schneider Electric
This presentation explores how the latest conveyor and sortation hardware and control systems are being designed to anticipate or be alerted to problems quickly, maximize MTBF and uptime, and minimize MTTR. We will also examine the benefits of real time and historical data monitoring and visualization to reduce downtime, decrease maintenance and increase operational efficiency and throughput.
Funding Infrastructure Investments with Guaranteed PerformanceSchneider Electric
Municipalities are dealing with numerous financial constraints, and trying to improve or expand systems is often trumped by maintaining deteriorating assets. Discover the potential benefits of Performance Contracting (PC). PC is an alternate delivery method to the traditional CIP process for the implementation of operational cost saving and energy saving projects. While the PC process has been used extensively in municipal buildings for decades -- primarily for HVAC and lighting improvements -- it has only recently begun to be used by water and wastewater utilities for process-centric improvements to treatment plants, pump/lift stations and other assets.
[White Paper] Europe’s Window of Opportunity for Terminal OperatorsSchneider Electric
As Europe is going through an unprecedented financial and economic crisis,
the oil and gas industry continues to face an uncertain business environment.
Another recession could lead to reduced demand and further increase the
pressure on margins in downstream operations. This has suppliers and buyers
looking to exploit any operational efficiency they can.
Terminal operators play a critical role in helping suppliers and buyers achieve
those efficiencies, and can benefit their own operations while doing so. To gain
a competitive edge, terminal operators need to be mindful of the big trends
in the industry and make sure that their Terminal Automation System (TAS)
is capable of supporting state-of-the-art supply management systems that
suppliers intend to use in order to maximize their efficiency. And for most TAS,
a simple configuration change is all it takes to achieve this.
Learn how you can achieve sustained energy performance by addressing the 4 key hurdles most clients have. Understand how to unlock the power of data from your facilities so help you achieve your business goals
In this session, participants will hear about real world scenarios for a variety of markets and what steps they have taken to address their security needs in an effective and efficient manner. Customer case studies will dig into real security challenges, mitigation plans, and the organizational benefits realized.
[Oil & Gas White Paper] Getting Ahead of the Game: adopting best practices in...Schneider Electric
Burgeoning energy exploration is driving the construction of pipeline systems for hydrocarbon transportation. For a variety of reasons, including renewed scrutiny on safety by regulators, this is also driving new practices and standards for leak detection.
Computational pipeline monitoring (CPM) systems use real-time information from the field – such as pressure, temperature, viscosity, density, flow rate, product sonic velocity and product interface locations – to estimate the hydraulic behavior of the product being transported and create a computerized simulation. With it, controllers can be alerted to abnormal operating conditions that might signal the existence of a pipeline leak. Different CPM methodologies provide different leak detection capabilities, so different methods, or a combination of methods, might be better applied to different operations.
Selection of the right CPM for a given company or given pipeline relies on the thorough evaluation of several factors, including pipeline characteristics, business objectives, additional risk factors and special safety concerns, such as proximity to environmentally sensitive or urban areas. New standards and industry initiatives provide tools to assist in this evaluation, ensuring the pipeline industry continues to provide efficient, effective and safe hydrocarbon transportation.
International Standards: The Challenges for an Interoperable Smart GridSchneider Electric
Building an electric energy Smart Grid involves proper interfacing between existing devices, applications and systems – all likely sourced from many different vendors. The resulting interoperability allows valuable advantages, such as the ability to use distribution system demand response (DSDR) to improve the efficiency of delivered power. Interoperability enables automated switching sequences, for system ‘self-healing’ and improved reliability, along with effective integration of distributed renewable and non-renewable resources that can enable peak shaving. Interoperability also is vital for assimilating emerging automation technologies that will enable the utility to realize these benefits in the future – and protect public and private sector technology investments.
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) defines international standards, recognized globally, that characterize interoperability and security of electrical, electronic and related technologies. These standards are created to assure interoperability within all the major power system objects in an electrical utility enterprise and allow mission critical distribution functions to take advantage of real-time data in a secure manner. The IEC standards also enable reliable exchange of data among utilities and across power pools.
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is incorporating IEC standards, and developing new or revised standards, to be applied in its development of a Smart Grid as a national energy goal. This standards framework aims to eliminate the implementation of technologies that might become obsolete prematurely or be implemented without necessary security measures – and help utilities make the infrastructure decisions that reduce cost and energy loss, improve network reliability and embrace technology innovation.
Business disadvantages using cloud computing exist. This report summary outlines the most important need to know disadvantages related to using cloud computing.
A cloud revolution is brewing, and it promises to radically transform the way we compete, collaborate, and consume business services. Indeed, in an economy as volatile and hypercompetitive as today’s, the cloud’s potent mix of simplicity, security, faster innovation, and lower operating costs is proving increasingly attractive. For many businesses—small, medium, and large—the time to adopt this game-changing approach is now.
Cloud: a disruptive technlogy that CEO should use to transform their businessBertrand MAES
Cloud:
What cloud really means ?
How it should help CEO transform their business ?
How it should help CEO transform their IT department ?
Prerequisite for a sucessful cloud project
NEC Backup as a Service reduces administrative tasks, helping it departments...InteractiveNEC
Cloud solutions continue to grow not only in adoption but also in importance in customer IT strategies. In typical risk-averse practices, cloud solutions were initially used near the fringes of IT environments, delivering test and development functions far outside most of the core mission-critical workloads sustaining internal and external business operations. Likewise, customers in regulated industries such as healthcare or government were initially wary of the security and performance of services delivered from third-party data centers. These dynamics are changing rapidly, however, as both the customer and vendor behavior around cloud have matured considerably. Cloud providers have expanded their data center locations, added almost every flavor of regulatory compliance, and enhanced security capabilities. These developments have dramatically lowered the traditional barriers to cloud adoption, allowing customers in almost any industry to have at least the possibility of deploying most of their workloads through cloud delivery methods.
Netmagic solutions, leading IT Managed service provider with Data centers & Cloud Computing in India fulfills your entire IT infrastructure requirements: from collocation services to dedicated hosting, diaster recovery & data Storage solutions.
Clloud computing provisioing and benifits altanai bisht 2nd year , part iiALTANAI BISHT
What is a cloud?
Definition , Benefits
Usage scenarios , Architecture
Cloud provisioning and management
Automated provisioning
Reservation & Scheduling
Open source
Virtualization
Storage architecture in the cloud
Piloting innovations on a cloud
In today's highly competitive world, being a startup can become a great challenge. Startups are rich with ideas, passion for developing products
cloud service providers in India
https://www.esds.co.in/cloud-of-india
To prosper in this new environment insurance companies can look to the cloud, in conjunction with other technologies, to help drive reinvention of their business model to offer new services and create direct, multi-channel relationships with customers
More Electric:
Our world is becoming More Electric. Almost everything we interact with today is either already electric or becoming electric. Think about it. From the time you start your day in the morning to the time you finish your day – your home, your car, your work, your devices, your entertainment – almost everything is electric. Imagine the energy needed to power this. Electricity consumption will increase by 80% in next 25 years
More Connected: Our lives are also becoming more connected. The Internet has already transformed the way we live, work and play. Now the Connected Things is going to take this to a brand new level. 50 billion things connected in the next 5 years.
More Distributed: With such a widespread electrification and connectivity, energy models need rethinking as well. Which is why the generation of power needs to be closer to users. Distributed Energy is rapidly evolving globally. This is positive energy – renewable. In 2014 , Renewables overtook fossil fuels in investment value, with $295bn invested in renewables compared to $289bn invested in fossil fuels. And it is getting cheaper to do this.
More Efficient: When our world is more electric, more connected and more distributed, new opportunities emerge and allows us to tap into even more efficiency – in industrial processes, in the energy value chain, in buildings, in transportation, in the global supply chain and even in the comfort and peace-of-mind of our homes.
With more than $18 billion in M&A activity in the first half of last year alone, the colocation industry is riding the bubble of rapid growth. Colocation data center providers are being evaluated by a wide range of investors, with varying experience and perspectives. Understanding the evaluation criteria is a critical competency for attracting the right type of investor and financial commitment for your colocation business and this is why we have invited today’s speaker to present.
Steve Wallage Steve Wallage is Managing Director of BroadGroup Consulting. Steve brings 25 years of industry experience, holding senior roles at Gartner Group, IDC, CGI and IBM before joining BroadGroup 10 years ago. In his responsibilities at BroadGroup Steve has led many due diligence projects for investors evaluating colocation companies.
In this briefing we explore the Phaseo power supplies and transformers offer presentation and application samples.
For more details:
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We’ve all been hearing about how robust the market for data center space is, but a presentation by an investment banker who has his finger on the pulse on the market day in and day out gave me a new appreciation for how great the opportunity really is.
Herb May is a partner and managing director with DH Capital, an investment bank founded 15 years ago in New York that is focused on the Internet infrastructure space. His company has been involved in close to 100 deals, representing almost $20 billion in value. Most of DH Capital’s work is as a mergers and acquisitions advisor, but raising capital is a growing percentage of its business. The point is, the company understands the financials behind data centers and colocation companies inside and out.
At Schneider Electric, in the IT Division, our core business has always been focused on delivering the highest level of availability to critical technologies, systems and processes. We’ve done this through our award winning, industry-leading and highest quality products and solutions, including UPS, Cooling, Rack Systems, DCIM and Services.
In this new digital era, we see a world that is always-on.
Always on to meet the needs of the highest notion of “access” to goods and services
Always on to be the solid, reliable foundation of digital transformation for businesses
Our mission is: To empower the digital transformation of our customers by ensuring their critical network, systems and processes are highly available and resilient.
In this briefing we explore the Magelis Basic HMI offer presentation and application samples.
For more details:
https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-range/61054-magelis#search
In this briefing, we explore the Zelio time relay offer presentation and application samples.
For more details:
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-range/529-zelio-time?parent-category-id=2800&parent-subcategory-id=2810&filter=business-1-industrial-automation-and-control
Spacial, Thalassa, ClimaSys Universal enclosures BriefingSchneider Electric
Discover more about Universal Enclosures and how to select the one you need.
For more information:
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-category/5800-enclosures-and-accessories/?filter=business-1-industrial-automation-and-control
Learn more about "what is a solid state relay", key features and targeted applications.
For more details:
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-range/60278-zelio-relays?parent-category-id=2800&filter=business-1-Industrial%20Automation%20and%20Control
Learn more about what an HMI does and the main components and a look at a typical HMI.
Further details:
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-category/2100-HMI%20(Terminals%20and%20Industrial%20PC)?filter=business-1-Industrial%20Automation%20and%20Control
Where will the next 80% improvement in data center performance come from?Schneider Electric
Rick Puskar, Head of Marketing for Schneider Electric's IT Division presents at the Gartner Symposium in Barcelona November 8th, 2017. In this presentation Rick discusses where the next 80% improvement in data center performance will come from with a focus on the speed, availability and reliability of data. Learn how a cloud-based data center infrastructure management as a service architecture like Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure IT can drive such aggressive goals around data center performance.
Learn how EcoStruxure is digitizing industry with IIoT to increase end-to-end operational efficiency with more dynamic control for better business results.
Learn more about our System Integrator Alliance Program - A global partnership transforming industry and infrastructure by helping them make the most of their processes, the most of their assets and the most of their energy.
EcoStruxure, IIoT-enabled architecture, delivering value in key segments.Schneider Electric
As presented during the Alliance 2017 event, learn how to deliver integrated solutions based on EcoStruxure, our IIoT-enabled architecture for Wastewater, Food and Beverage and Mining, Minerals and Metals.
A Practical Guide to Ensuring Business Continuity and High Performance in Hea...Schneider Electric
Within healthcare facilities, high availability of systems is a key influencer of revenue and patient safety and satisfaction. Three important critical success factors need to be addressed in order to achieve safety and availability goals. These include exceeding the facility’s level of regulatory compliance, a linking of business benefits to the maintenance of a safe and an “always on” power and ventilation environment, and a sensible approach to technology upgrades that includes new strategies for “selling” technological improvements to executives. This reference guide offers recommendations for identifying and addressing each of these issues.
Connected Services Study – Facility Managers Respond to IoTSchneider Electric
According to a new 2017 study commissioned by Schneider Electric, facility managers are increasingly looking to leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) by implementing new digital technologies like intelligent analytics to improve maintenance decisions and operations. Explore the full results on how facility managers are reacting to IoT when it comes to facility maintenance.
Learn more about cabling and accessories and the complete ranges available featuring 3 types of cable to suit the envirionment. For more details: http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-subcategory/88035-cordset-and-connectors/?filter=business-1-industrial-automation-and-control&parent-category-id=4900
This briefing will look at the general purpose of Photoelectric sensors and Photoelectric fork and frame sensors. For more details: http://www.tesensors.com/global/en/product/photoelectric/xu/?filter=business-1-automation-and-control&parent-category-id=4900/
A world-class global brand offering a comprehensive line of Limit Switches complying with international standards: IEC, UL, CSA, CCC, GOST. For more details: http://www.tesensors.com/global/en/product/limit-switches/xc-standard/?cat_id=BU_AUT_520_L4&conf=sensors&el_typ=node&nod_id=0000000002&prev_nod_id=0000000001&scp_id=Z000
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
2. Summary
Executive summary ................................................................................... p 1
Introduction ............................................................................................... p 2
IT environment-related issues . ................................................................... p 4
Cloud computing concept and models ...................................................... p 5
Schneider Electric cloud assessment . ....................................................... p 6
Schneider Electric cloud assessment checklist .......................................... p 7
Conclusion ................................................................................................ p 8
3. Cloud Computing
Executive summary
The Cloud Computing model is replacing the traditional IT model for many
organizations that have not been able to keep up with the tremendous rate at
which technology is changing, the challenges of disparate IT systems inherited
through acquisitions and mergers, and decreasing internal resources available
for IT commitment.
Cloud Computing models range from public cloud services that bill companies
for access to IT infrastructure; the private cloud provider that hosts resources for
the sole use of its own organization; dedicated external hosting to non-shared
resources; and hybrid hosting, a mixed solution of cloud computing and
dedicated hosting.
Schneider Electric consulting experts use their Cloud Assessment Checklist to
help potential clients identify the computer services needs that best meet their
IT challenges. It is not uncommon to find that an organization would optimize
operation with a hybrid hosting solution in which a secure, single-tenant database
would be stored with a dedicated host and the front-end would be hosted in the
public cloud. Similarly, cloud bursting functionality enables the organization to
automatically deploy new applications within the public cloud as needed. Such
hybrid hosting models allow scaling capability to accommodate an increase in the
number of users in the organization and meet peak traffic demand.
Careful examination of business and security characteristics can determine
the proper cloud and hosting model that meets the needs of any particular
enterprise and, as a result, help increase the organization’s IT capabilities and
productivity while adding value to the business.
Cloud Computing
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4. Cloud Computing
Introduction
The combination of rapid technological evolution and present economic
realities has given rise to the era of Cloud Computing. Just as with the historic
mainframes and the events of the client-server days, the advent of the cloud
is significantly changing the way computer services are used. The Cloud
Computing model enables companies to share resources, software and
information by means of a growing variety of devices — creating new business
opportunities in terms of speed and efficiency.
Today’s economy needs a fundamental change in IT structure costs. Recent
studies show that 70 percent of IT budgets are applied to maintaining current
systems, whereas just 30 percent is used to enhance productivity and
innovation. The goal is to come up with better models for providing innovative
services — helping increase IT capabilities and productivity while adding value
to the business.
For this reason, IT executives are demanding computer solutions that offer
technology aimed at performance, high availability, greater reliability, rapid
mass scalability, as well as cost reduction that enables higher growth and
greater flexibility.
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6. Cloud Computing
Cloud computing
IT environment-related issues
Companies are up against a tremendous
number of obstacles in their IT environments:
complex systems, personnel overload and capital
investment needs are giving rise to bottlenecks
in the implementation of infrastructures and new
developmental progress. This impedes most IT
organizations from rapidly deploying applications
or maintaining them in a profitable manner.
Underlying these challenges is a series of causes
and effects that complicate and hinder agility and
flexibility in business processes. In the first place,
there is a knowledge gap among IT personnel in
regard to technologies, systems and processes.
In-house IT departments struggle to keep their
companies up to date by using the best available In light of this situation, companies are forced
hardware and software; however, today’s to endure high IT costs in order to adapt to new
technological invasion coupled with the need to business challenges. Many organizations have
maintain current services render it an arduous and had to fully assume the costs of hardware and
costly mission. The reason for this gap is not the infrastructure resources, which requires significant
lack of IT team capability or proactivity, but rather expenditure of capital on underused infrastructure
the tremendous rate at which technology and equipment that will become obsolete in just
is changing. a few years — thus entailing migrations, service
interruptions, and new personnel training.
This difficulty is exacerbated by the fact that many
companies have systems that have been “patched Therefore, the traditional IT model, focused on
together” to meet business needs and/or inherited maintaining current processes, can prove to be
through acquisitions or mergers. too slow and extremely costly. These obstacles
have a negative impact on agility and productivity,
Secondly, human IT resources are experiencing which leads to a loss of business and affects
work overload under the economic model we are company growth. Hence, the frustration observed
facing today. Given this context, many companies among first-line employees and executives, who
have had to cut their budgets, allocating the are aware of the need for technological innovation
execution of basic competencies to IT personnel and change that remain out of reach.
who devote most of their time to maintaining the
systems in place, often with fewer resources. This Cloud Computing and dedicated hosting models
leads to a drop-off in investment in productivity have been brought to bear in order to solve many
and innovation. of the problems mentioned.
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Cloud computing concept and models
When applied carefully and professionally, Cloud requirements and other risks associated with
Computing and dedicated hosting can be secure, the use of multiple users and shared resources.
profitable, flexible, scalable, and fast. Consequently However, it requires a substantial initial investment,
business capability can be increased as needed and later — depending on needs — makes it
along the way — without having to invest in new necessary for the consumer to increase capacity
infrastructure, training, and software licenses. through new equipment and bandwidth.
The industry has coined the term “cloud” to Private clouds are usually built inside dedicated
encompass the range of hosting and virtualization hosting environments, where the hosting provider
solutions that create public, private and hybrid offers dedicated virtualization resources to quickly
models. Each has their own advantages and set the user up with new virtual machines.
limitations that enable numerous cases of use,
adapting to business and security requirements: • Dedicated hosting — used in both physical
and virtualization environments, this involves
• The cloud — known as the public cloud, non-shared solutions that are hosted externally
either off-premise (hosted) or multi-tenant through a hosting provider.
(shared use of resources), it constitutes a
solution that facilitates a genuine model of • Hybrid hosting — a mixed solution of cloud
utility computing. It consists of a combination computing and dedicated hosting utilizing a
of software-managed virtualized hardware secure, private network to connect services/
that allows users to supply or dismantle these servers or private clouds within the corporate
resources in seconds or minutes. Under this network to more flexible resources within
model the provider of cloud services holds the cloud. This type of cloud computing
ownership to the entire physical infrastructure provides the low-cost elasticity of cloud
and software, allowing companies to purchase computing together with the security afforded
access to these resources, billing only time, by corporate services/servers. There are
bandwidth, and storage used. usually common application programming
interfaces (APIs) in place, maintaining a single
• Private cloud — single-tenant (non-shared management interface.
use of resources) virtualization solution, hosted
both internally and externally.
Under this option, a single entity hosts resources
in a virtualized environment for the sole use of its
own organization. It enables the entity to address
security fronts, compliance with privacy-related
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Schneider Electric cloud assessment
Understanding the different uses and limitations of
the cloud is essential, because even though it’s for
everyone, it doesn’t work for everything.
For instance, some companies use dedicated
hosting to store databases inside dedicated
hardware with the aim of meeting standards or
compliance requirements (PCI, for example), or
because they would rather not have confidential
data housed in a shared platform. Other
applications, such as Web servers or certain SaaS
tools work well in the cloud as a product of their
elasticity and rapid scaling capability.
Schneider Electric offers a team of consulting
specialists to advise customers regarding these
cloud services:
• Schneider Electric hosting
• Schneider Electric cloud platform
• Schneider Electric private cloud
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9. Cloud Computing
Schneider Electric cloud
assessment checklist
Schneider Electric has set up the Schneider Electric The hybrid model, then, lends the company scaling
Cloud Assessment Checklist, which consists capability to thereby handle the increased number
of a questionnaire enabling the most suitable of users and meet peak traffic demand.
technologies and options to be determined for each
customer based on business and application needs: In a similar fashion, cloud bursting functionality
allows companies to utilize the complete capability
1. Is the workload I/O-intensive? of their dedicated infrastructures, without the risk
2. Is it latency-sensitive? of performance degradation during peak use. That
3. Does the application require compliance with is, it has the capacity to automatically deploy new
security standards? applications within the public cloud as needs arise.
4. Is it a legacy application? Without the cloud bursting option, the company
would have to invest in infrastructure in order to
Model options depending on the response: resolve the aforementioned peak periods, which
would subsequently force the organization to
A) Negative response. If the answer to all of the maintain an environment with minimal capability use.
questions above is no, the cloud model can add
value to the IT strategy of a business. Therefore, all enterprise applications have specific
characteristics, in terms of both business and
B) Affirmative response. If the answer is yes, then security, making the decision as to whether
implementation structured solely within the current to adopt the cloud an important one. Some
cloud is most likely impractical — which should not companies will be able to use the cloud model
itself completely rule out use. This is the case, to immediately, whereas others will have to devote
the extent that hybrid hosting enables cloud use time to researching the options of the hybrid/private
while exploiting a dedicated hosting environment in model. This investment can lay the foundations
which the cloud did not prove to be an alternative. for sustained profitability to alleviate the difficulties
One example involves cases requiring a secure, posed by many IT environments and which
single-tenant database, but where the front-end companies must overcome.
does not have compliance requirements. In this
situation the database would be stored with a
dedicated host with the front-end being hosted in
the public cloud.
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10. Cloud Computing
Conclusion
Cloud Computing in a nutshell:
• The advent of Cloud Computing is significantly changing the way computer
services are used. Innovative and configurable services make it possible for
an organization to rapidly deploy productive applications and maintain them
in a profitable manner.
• hen applied carefully and professionally, Cloud Computing and dedicating
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hosting can be secure, flexible, scalable and fast — and allow the organization
to be more productive and responsive to new business opportunities.
Recent studies show that just 30 percent
of current IT budgets is used to enhance
productivity and innovation
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