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Dear Customer, dear Partner,
2011 was a pivotal year for Ferranti and our MECOMS™ solution. We forged important new partnerships, and strengthened existing ones. I’m proud that Ferranti has become Microsoft’s go-to partner for energy and utility companies. Moreover, we released MECOMS™ 2012: the most advanced CIS and MDM solution in the world!
As we move into 2012, the first tangible results of these investments are becoming visible. The first MECOMS™ 2012 implementations will go live soon, as illustrated by DONG Energy’s story. Moreover, successive positive analyst reports and several prestigious new customer wins illustrate the industry’s confidence in our solution.
The utility industry still faces fundamental challenges, as the first truly smart grids are still a thing of the future. However, the image of tomorrow’s utility industry is becoming ever clearer and I hope you share my excitement about it.
But above all, I wish you a healthy, happy and successful New Year.
Enjoy the reading,
Dirk Michiels
CEO, Ferranti Computer Systems
Contact us at info@mecoms.com or visit www.mecoms.com
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Once again, MECOMS™ is included in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, which ranks the 12 main solution providers for Meter Data Management (MDM).
Since technological innovations, such as smart metering and smart grids, have not yet matured, the MDM market is still immature. Nearly all solutions are niche players and none of the solutions can yet be regarded as a global market leader.
Gartner praises MECOMS™ for its strong estimation and validation routines. Furthermore, the underlying Microsoft Dynamics AX platform, and Ferranti’s network of strong international implementation partners are key advantages according to the analysts.
Therefore, MECOMS™ moves up considerably, both in terms of ability to execute and completeness of vision. Moreover, MECOMS™ is the only utility solution in the world, which is included both in the MDM as well as in the CIS Magic Quadrant from Gartner.
Click here to download the report.
(Gartner account required.)
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Data must lead to meaningful insights and improve utilities’ effectiveness. Without this, investing in "smart" infrastructure makes little sense.
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After years of speculation and planning, the first roll-outs of smart meters and smart grids took place in 2011. These installations offer the potential to collect massive amounts of granular data about each and every device. As of now, however, most projects hardly leverage the new infrastructure, as they are only able to collect limited amounts of data.
Having the infrastructure in place is only the first step. Utilities around the world face challenges in transporting, storing and processing all the available data.
 Smart meters will continuously generate massive amounts of data. Transporting this data can either be done by continuously reading each meter, or in intervals with daily or hourly communication bursts. Spare capacity will also be needed to transport built-up data after outages. Designing the system will depend on the type of customers served, the geography and the availability of communication channels. Regulatory requirements and security requirements will further add to the complexity.
Continue reading...
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MECOMS™ 2012 has passed the Software Solution Test for Microsoft Dynamics, which is a major requirement for Certified for Microsoft Dynamics status.
Certified for Microsoft Dynamics is Microsoft‘s highest standard for partner-developed software. The test has demonstrated development quality and compatibility with the Microsoft Dynamics product. VeriTest, a service of Lionbridge, performed independent and rigorous testing on the solution‘s integration with Microsoft Dynamics.
"By requiring the software solution to meet our highest standards, Microsoft is assuring customers that these certified solutions work with their investments in Microsoft Dynamics," said Doug Kennedy, vice president, Microsoft Dynamics Partners. "Microsoft congratulates Ferranti on the software test results and wishes it success in earning the Certified for Microsoft Dynamics designation."
These test results demonstrate Ferranti‘s commitment as Microsoft‘s go-to partner for the energy and utilities market.
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Ferranti India starts MECOMS™ implementation at Noida Power Company Ltd.
Ferranti India has started the implementation of a Load Forecasting and Portfolio Management solution for Noida Power Company Ltd (NPCL), a joint venture between the RPG Group and Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority. RPG Enterprises, established in 1979, is one of India’s fasteest growing business groups, with a turnover of almost 3 Billion Euros.
MECOMS™ is being deployed to manage Meter Data Management, Demand Forecasting, Power Procurement and Portfolio Analysis to enable NPCL to source power from the right source in right quantity at the right time.
HCL Infosystems implements MECOMS™ as MDM platform for Rajasthan’s R-APDRP program
HCL Infosystems (HCLI) has chosen to make MECOMS™ a core part of their Meter Data Management implementation in Rajasthan. Rajasthan’s state distribution companies have awarded HCLI with a Government of India-initiated R-APDRP contract to modernize the energy infrastructure.
HCLI is part of the leading global Technology firm HCL with annual revenues of 6.2 billion dollars. HCLI uses the MECOMS™ platform to validate, estimate and analyse meter data for billing, as well as to add CRM, energy auditing and accounting.
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After the successful launch and certification of MECOMS™ 2012, the development team has started work on the intermediary 1.1 release, planned for June 2012. The release is aligned with Microsoft’s release cycle for Dynamics AX, and is mainly focussed on incremental improvements and some new functionality.
Among these are improved contracting for B2B (contract renewal, journaling, integration with forecasting,...), updates to the SEPA payment interface and an improved messaging framework, to ease the creation of local market blueprints. This new messaging framework will be used for the Danish Datahub market interaction (Supplier and Grid Operator). Furthermore, new cubes across the different business domains will provide improved BI and reporting.
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"The MECOMS™ solution from Logica provides us with a standard industry solution which is able to handle our market communication in an effective and reliable way."
-Lars Engsbro
DONG Energy
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DONG Energy has chosen MECOMS™ as the key solution for handling market communication for the company‘s 1 million electricity customers. DONG Energy is one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe. Their business is based on procuring, producing, distributing and trading in energy and related products in Northern Europe.
Logica Denmark will implement the new business solution, which will support integration between DONG Energy‘s SAP IS-U solution and the future central DataHub for market communication as well as ensure efficient business processes concerning consumptions and settlement.
"The MECOMS™ solution from Logica provides us with a standard industry solution which is able to handle our market communication in an effective and reliable way. We handle the business processes in SAP IS-U and get the technical market communication from MECOMS™. The future changes in market communication are continuously updated in MECOMS™. Thus we achieve a future-proof solution which in a cost-effective way becomes part of our IT landscape", says Lars Engsbro, Head of Application at DONG Energy.
Read the Logica press release [PDF 244KB]
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Ferranti has launched an all-new careers website to recruit energy and utilities professionals around the world.
Are you eager to help us grow a world-class business software solution for utilities?
Then take a look at our current vacancies!
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