Itron asserted that its new specialized analytic software applications developed using the Active Smart Grid Analytics (ASA) platform, bundled along with its Analytic Accelerators and Extension Toolkits, are capable of enabling utilities maximize the value of smart grid data.

Active Smart Grid Analytics (ASA) offers a scalable and flexible platform where business insights and decisions are derived from analytics driven by smart grid information. Its powerful and proven architecture enables easy operation and maintenance and it facilitates near real-time analytics, enabling smarter faster decisions.

Smart grid solutions designed specifically for distribution operations, revenue cycle services and customer engagement can be developed using the actionable business intelligence furnished by the combined power of Itron’s metering, communication network and meter data management (MDM) solutions. With ASA, users can leverage data in new ways to optimize energy delivery, measure system performance, detect energy diversion, track demand response programs and enhance meter-to-cash metrics.

Itron asserted that successfully meeting the challenges that lie ahead requires a comprehensive, extensible set of analytic tools that create strong business value from the vast amounts of data utilities are now collecting. The flexibility inherent in Itron’s ASA solution enables utilities to gain valuable insight into the delivery and use of energy.

Officials with the company remarked that they set out with the goal of creating an analytics platform that had the flexibility of a custom solution while delivering the ‘time to value’ and decreased risk of an off-the-shelf application. By creating analytic applications that include prebuilt Accelerators for rapid deployment and Extension Toolkits for customization, they have created a best-of-both-worlds solution. Now a utility can quickly learn from the data acquired from the grid and use that knowledge to extend and customize their analytics for added value or as their needs change.

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