This document discusses the benefits of moving enterprise utility GIS systems to the cloud. It begins by outlining challenges utilities currently face, such as increased data volume and complexity from smart grid technologies. This has led to greater data management challenges around quality, timeliness, and integration. The document then argues that the cloud can help address these issues by providing benefits like reduced costs, increased storage, flexibility, and mobility. It also allows IT teams to focus less on infrastructure maintenance. Finally, the document presents a two-step solution approach using ArcFM software hosted in the cloud to provide utilities with a complete GIS system.

1. Welcome #EUC11

2. Buisness Drivers for:
Enterprise Utility GIS in the Cloud
Andrew C. Bennett
VP Energy, Utilities, Telvent

3. Agenda
1. Challenges Utilities are Facing Today
2.
2 The Cloud as a Soloution
3. Addressing Concerns
4. The Solution

4. Challenges Facing Utilities Today
Toda
Increased Complexity for IT Departments
• Smart Grid has brought tremendous befits, but...
• With those benefits have come increased IT
Complexity
- Data, Data, Data
- New applications
- New expectations on data quality
- New expectations on data timeleness

5. Challenges Facing Utilities Toda
Today
Increased Data Requirements
• Data quality neccessary to drive smart
applications is less forgiving
• Take the examle of DMS/GIS
- Addressing the critical nature of smart-grid
data
- Managing and securing the workflow
- Making data available in the appropriate format
to all grid participants

6. Challenges Facing Utilities Today
Toda
Data Volume is a huge challenge
• Traditional MDM and AMI
- For every million meters, expect 97,000,000 meter reads per
y , p , , p
day
- Utilities are being inundated with data not only coming from
smart meters, but also intelligent assets on the grid
• The Operational Data Store
- Seamless interoperability
- Geo-spatially enabled
- Scalability and performance
- Security

7. Changes Facing Utilities Toda
Today
Growth of Applications and Interoperatbility
• Increased integrationn complexity
Enterprise Integration Layer
DG/ CRM/
Microgrid AMI MDM DMS
ERP
RealTime Integration Layer
DER Integrated
Communi-cations
Infrastructure
Demand SCADA RTUs/Sensors
Response
Loads
Other
Data Smart Grid Data Model

8. Challenges Facing Utilities Today
Toda
Clearly some increased Complexity
New
Applications
Increased Data
Interoperability
Quality
Increased data
Data Volume
timeliness

9. Benefits of the Cloud
Clo d
• Reduced Cost
Cloud technology is paid incrementally, saving organizations money.
• Increased Storage
Organizations can store more data than on private computer systems.
• Highly Automated
No longer do IT personnel need to worry about keeping software up to date.
• Flexibility
Cloud computing offers much more flexibility than past computing methods
methods.
• More Mobility
Employees can access information wherever they are, rather than having to remain at
their desks.
• Allows IT to Shift Focus
No longer h i to worry about constant server updates and other computing issues,
N l having t b t t t d t d th ti i
organizations will be free to concentrate on their core businesses.

10. Challenges Facing Utilities Today
Toda
Barriers to the cloud
Other, please specify
Regulatory Issues
Liability
Exporting my data
Lack of Control
The Considerations: Availability
1. Security
Security
2. Availability
3. Cost Cost

11. Our Soloution
O r Solo tion Approach
ArcFM In the Cloud
Step 1
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Fiber Gas Design
Management
Manager
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Suite
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ArcFM Server
Step 2
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12. ArcFMOnline
Complete Utility Solution in the Cloud
Extend
ArcFM
Onlline
Esri Apps
ArcGIS for Utilities
Information Model
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ArcGIS System

13. Thank You