Transformation is the rallying cry for most utilities with intelligent grid initiatives, but according to industry analysts, only two smart grid technologies earn the distinction of being called “transformational.” Those technologies are Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and “big data management”  - technology capable of handling datasets so massive that traditional approaches to data processing simply won’t work.
This webinar will discuss the opportunity posed by the big data challenge and the ways in which information technology solutions (data management, integration, analytics, and visualization) can be applied to create an enterprise approach aimed at true business transformation, innovation and productivity. 

The agenda will include an overview and demonstration of Accenture’s smart grid software enablement platform called the Intelligent Network Integration Platform - or INDE.  INDE utilizes modern, big data technology to help utilities resolve the traditional information silos in IT/OT systems that can inhibit improved business processes and business value, providing utilities a “running start” to their integration and data management project that can reduce risk and effort.

How will attendees benefit from this webinar? 
Through presentations, demonstrations, and research findings, attendees will learn about new methods to meet their smart grid data challenges. These include:

• The opportunity that big data presents for utilities today
• Integration and data management lessons from global smart meter implementations
• Accenture Software research into big data and why utilities need a “different” solution
• Demonstrations of practical big data usage scenarios

Dave Haak Senior Executive Accenture
Bob Hiss Business Unit Director Accenture
John Schullian Senior Manager, Accenture Software - Utilities Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 236,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.  Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.  The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011.

The Accenture Utilities industry group works with more than 200 utilities in over 30 countries and serves 80 percent of the 2011 Global Fortune 500 utilities.  Accenture helps utilities achieve high performance by identifying and delivering business improvements across the utilities value chain.  Over the past 30 years, we have gained a deep understanding of utility industry best practices and have built a global, world-leading utilities business encompassing 10,000 people supporting Accenture utility clients around the world.

One of Accenture’s key focus areas in the utility industry is in helping our clients with the transformation to a smarter grid.  With 100 smart grid projects in over 20 countries, Accenture is at the forefront of the world’s smart grid evolution.  From generation to in-home energy management, from strategic blueprints to operational data analytics, and from the board room to the operations center, Accenture offers the world-leading expertise and project accelerators that utilities need to frame their vision of a smarter grid and then achieve its many benefits. 

For more information, visit www.accenture.com/utilities.