Neudesic Introduces the Only Microsoft Azure-based Smart Meter Analytics Solution for the Utility Industry

IRVINE, Calif., March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Neudesic, a leading technology company offering a full suite of business intelligence services and solutions, has announced the availability of its Smart Meter Analytics Solution developed specifically to meet the utility industry's rising infrastructure and business challenges resulting from Big Data collection and analytics. This is the only Microsoft Azure-based solution for Smart Meters, offering easy entry and expansion to data analysis efforts.

Neudesic's solution combines Microsoft's on-premises SQL Server, BI Platform and the Azure Cloud in a unique hybrid cloud architecture that easily scales as Big Data demands grow while ensuring Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data is still protected on-premises. This cost-effective solution quickly processes, validates and prepares Smart Meter Big Data for visualization and analytics, helping utilities gain a better understanding of customer usage behavior to achieve optimum efficiency.

"Smart Meters provide an enormous amount of data that generally requires huge capital expenditure on the equipment to house, maintain and make it readily available for analysis," said Tim Marshall, chief technology officer, Neudesic. "With our first Neudesic Smart Meter Analytics Solution implementation at a large utility company, we've leveraged Azure Cloud to reduce the processing time and costs associated with Smart Meter Big Data. Our solution enables utility companies to analyze customer data more quickly and efficiently to make well-informed, proactive decisions that maximize revenue."

Neudesic Smart Meter Analytics Solution uses Microsoft Azure HDInsight to process massive amounts of data from an existing Meter Data Management system. This minimizes the need to scale expensive storage infrastructure on premises. With the solution, utilities are equipped to meaningfully analyze data and provide strategic insights to all levels of business users. This level of understanding directly benefits: executives, for strategic planning; engineers, for systems planning; and line personnel, for improving operations. By combining all sources of customer and usage data, the Neudesic solution delivers powerful visualizations and insights that help utilities operate more efficiently, combat theft and fraud, and enhance customer relations.

"Neudesic Smart Meter Analytics Solution is the result of years of experience partnering with utility companies to develop Big Data solutions on the Azure platform," said Kirk Nason, Neudesic's director of Business Intelligence Solutions for the utility industry. "We've leveraged our portfolio of accelerators, frameworks and IP to help utility companies modernize their infrastructures and gain a competitive advantage in a rapidly evolving industry."

To learn more about how utility companies are leveraging the Cloud and Big Data, attend Session 403: Supercharging Smart Meter Big Data Analytics with Microsoft Azure Cloud at the Utility Analytics Summit in Phoenix, Ariz. at 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Jason Wilhite, manager of Enterprise Business Intelligence Solutions for SRP, and Kirk Nason, director of Business Intelligence Solutions at Neudesic, will discuss why and how the Cloud has become the catalyst to solving Big Data challenges for the utility industry.

The Neudesic Smart Meter Analytics Solution is available now. For additional information, contact Tim Corken at [email protected] or visit: http://www.neudesic.com/pages2/smart-meter-demo/.

About Neudesic
Neudesic is the trusted technology partner in business innovation, delivering impactful business results to clients through leading-edge technologies, innovative solutions and strategic alliances. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Neudesic is a privately held company, serving clients globally from offices across the United States. For more information, visit www.neudesic.com.

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