Friday, February 4, 2011

Industry Dynamics: 2010 Guide to Technology in the Utilities Industry


Industry Dynamics: 2010 Guide to Technology in the Utilities Industry

This brief provides an overview of the opportunities and challenges that vendors are likely to encounter in the utilities industry, outlining the key structures and developments, and the effect they have on decision makers and end-users.
Scope
*Provides an overview of how utilities have implemented technology to mange unprecedented pressures in the industry.
*Ovum’s take on the technology priorities of utilities
*Provides recommendations to vendors navigating the IT market in utilities
Highlights
The technologies that underpin utilities’ business processes are typically kept separate from each other, are often based around proprietary standards, and have low interoperability with other systems in other parts of the business
The pace of change in the utilities industry is increasing rapidly, driven by environmental concerns, aging and inadequate delivery networks, market liberalization, scarcity of resources, increasing fuel costs, a rapidly aging workforce, and increasing payment defaults
As these business processes change, so does the technology that supports them. The traditional model of siloed technologies will slowly give way to more interoperable systems, providing an enterprise-wide view of a utility’s business
Reasons to Purchase
*Learn about the priorities facing utilities
*Understand the drivers and inhibitors behind the adoption of technology in utilities
*Identify strategies which vendors should adopt for future success in winning utility business
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