Making it easier for utilities to realize greater value more quickly from smart meter deployments, Ecologic Analytics has announced that meter data management is being simplified by the third generation of the Ecologic MDM.

To a growing community of users throughout the utility, the initial release of the third generation Ecologic MDM solution provides streamlined operational access and advanced analytics. Offering greater visualization of meter data, improved automated workflow processes as well as architectural improvements to support growth in new markets, the next generation Ecologic MDM features a completely new user experience and is built on a robust, proven solution.

“The Ecologic MDM is proven to be an excellent fit for utility business requirements in demanding, real-world implementations. Expanding on this enterprise solution, the third generation Ecologic MDM brings a decade of operational experience with leading utilities into the product set, allowing our current and future customers to garner faster returns on their smart grid investments,” said Craig Norman, president of Ecologic Analytics. “This next generation solution is about putting meter data into action.”

Ecologic Analytics extends its leadership in implementing critically import industry standards for interoperability and security with this launch. The third generation Ecologic MDM is set for general availability in fourth quarter, 2011. For more than a decade, Ecologic Analytics has been providing utilities the ability to capture, validate and make productive use of high volumes of metering data, the company stated in a press release.

Recently, Sensus announced it is partnering with Ecologic Analytics to provide a pre- validated, pre-integrated communications solution for electricity customers using the Sensus FlexNet advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system. The Sensus FlexNet and Ecologic MDMS solution is based on the IEC (News - Alert) 61968 Part 9 interface, the interoperability standard to provide a CIM (common interface model) gateway for meter reading and control data to be exchanged between the Sensus radio network interface (RNI) head end system and the Ecologic MDMS application.