Dive Summary:
- Siemens, which recently acquired eMeter, has joined data software titan Teradata to market a big data system and other tools that combine and analyzes smart meter and grid operational data.
- Teradata specializes in software that gathers data from different sources in the smart grid matrix, including smart meters, that can then be comprehensively analyzed -- and has provided software solutions for Southern California Edison and Oklahoma Gas and Electric regarding blackouts, power supply and demand, and energy efficiency.
- Siemens, one of the biggest grid tech suppliers on earth, has bulked up its grid software tools and will advance this new combined data technology to help utilities harness the innumerous benefits of the smart grid.
From the article:
“The union between the big data player and the power grid gorilla shows how the power grid is slowly adopting the network technologies of the internet and other IT-based networks. ..."
