Announces launch of Real-Time Demand Automator for Utilities
San Jose, CA and Reading, UK— July 21, 2010— Starview Technology,
a leading provider of event-driven solutions, and Logica, a leading
business and technology service company, today announced they have
partnered on a Real-Time Demand Automator© (RTDA) to help utilities take
control of flexible domestic demand on the electricity infrastructure.
Distribution Network Operators (DNOs), responsible for delivering
electricity from the transmission network to end customers, now have a
powerful event-driven tool to manage the expected increase in demand
within the capacity of their existing network infrastructure.
Starview Technology and Logica have partnered to produce a
solution that uses powerful Analytical Event Processing© (AEP) to
monitor and control power demand and distribution in real-time. One
application of use is Electric Vehicles. With the European Union target
for a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020 this is likely to result in
significant growth in domestic electricity consumption from Electric
Vehicles (EVs). Charging an EV can double the electricity demand of an
average family and in the addition of several EVs in a single street
could overload the network and cause power outages to local residents.
With RTDA, such problems can be avoided.
The solution is built on the Starview Smart Enterprise Platform©
which enables business users to detect patterns of behavior (faults,
fraud, threats, out-of-control processes) in real-time, gain insight
into these patterns and predict outcomes, and drive actions based on the
insights. Its principal components – Event Servers for building,
testing and deploying event-processing applications, Enterprise Hubs for
controlling a distributed environment, and Simulation Servers - can be
combined to produce unlimited tailored solutions.
“We are very pleased to announce our partnership with Logica and
to simultaneously bring to market our first joint solution,” said Thomas
Sulzbacher, CEO of Starview Technology. “Our experience with real-time,
event-driven systems in utilities is complemented by Logica's strong domain expertise, and we look forward to a long and successful partnership.”
RTDA has been installed in Logica’s UK Innovation Centre and will soon be installed in Logica’s Portuguese Innovation Centre specializing in utility solutions.
Chris Beard, Principal Consultant, Logica, explains, “The RTDA is
an innovative, yet pragmatic, solution for managing demand across a
Smart Grid. It demonstrates that the challenges created by operating
distribution systems in smarter ways can be addressed cost effectively.
We’re delighted to be working with Starview who share our goal of
creating real business value for our customers through the innovative
use of technology.”
About Logica
Logica is a business and technology service company, employing
39,000 people. It provides business consulting, systems integration and
outsourcing to clients around the world, including many of Europe's
largest businesses. Logica creates value for clients by successfully
integrating people, business and technology. Logica is listed on both
the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext:
LOG). More information is available at www.logica.com.
In the Smart World Logica offers products and services supporting
existing smart meter trials in the UK, and smart grids in the UK and
elsewhere, including Instant Energy and the Smart Office – a Software as
a Service environment within which suppliers can trial new innovative
smart retail products and services with existing or planned smart
customer groups. http://www.logica.co.uk/we-work-in/utilities/smart-metering/
About Starview Technology, Inc. Starview Technology Inc.
delivers improved operational efficiencies in a variety of industries
including manufacturing, utilities, telecommunications and financial
services. The Starview Smart Enterprise Platform is an event-driven
application platform that enables companies to achieve complete
visibility into, and instant control over, live event-based business and
process information. As a result of our solutions, customers see
reduced costs, greater predictability and increased operational
efficiencies. Founded in 2002, Starview is a privately-held company led
by a seasoned management team with strong domain expertise in complex
event processing. http://www.starviewtechnology.com/starview-solutions-utility.html
Press contacts
Starview Technology
Tanya Candia
VP Marketing
Email: tcandia@starviewtechnology.com
Tel: +1 408 741-5828
Logica
Rima Awad
Head of PR & Media Relations
Email: rima.awad@logica.com
Tel: +44 (0)7799 477 158
Nadia Nandi
UK PR Manager
Email: nadia.nandi@logica.com.
Tel: +44 (0)7921 932 363
Notes to the Editor
As an example, the technology enables Distribution Network
Operators (DNOs) to model the impact of electric vehicless on their
networks and develop business rules that incorporate flexible tariffs,
smart meters and Analytical Event Processing© to make optimal
supply/demand decisions. Then, rules can be deployed locally, regionally
or across the wider network to manage this additional load in real time
and maintain consumption within acceptable levels, RTDA could be used
by a utility throughout the entire Smart Grid journey, from initial
modeling/simulation through to final production integration into the
operational Smart Grid.
