Windows Azure Customer Solution Case Study Windows Azure Platform AppFabric Enables Smart-Grid Energy Savings for Manufacturers “The Azure AppFabric Service Bus can provide a Overview Country or Region: United States valuable vehicle for expediting the implementation of Industry: Manufacturing smart-grid technologies wherever needed.” Customer Profile David Hardin, Staff Engineer, Invensys Operations Management Invensys Operations Management is a leading provider of automation and information technologies, systems, Invensys Operations Management, a leader in providing software solutions, services, and consulting to global manufacturing and manufacturing execution systems to industry, needed a infrastructure industries. Based in Plano, grid communications platform to provide real-time electricity Texas, Invensys has 9,000 employees. pricing data from utilities that could be integrated with metering Business Situation and automation systems on the factory floor. One barrier was The company required a scalable, secure way to enable two-way data exchange the reluctance of utilities—and their customers—to allow direct between electric utilities and their Internet communication links to their IT systems. Invensys solved commercial customers to enable a grid approach to power distribution. the problem by incorporating the Service Bus and Access Control features of Windows Azure platform AppFabric. Solution Invensys has created a smart-grid AppFabric Service Bus provides a publish/subscribe platform, solution using the AppFabric Service Bus enabling two-way communication between utilities and and AppFabric Access Control features of Windows Azure platform AppFabric. customers, without requiring direct endpoint connections. The solution gives energy users real-time pricing information to Benefits Optimization of energy use guide scheduling of energy-intensive industrial processes and Interoperability with systems helps utilities reduce spikes in demand. Efficient data delivery with Service Bus Faster development, lower costs Massive scalability
Windows Azure Customer Solution Case Study Windows Azure Platform AppFabric Enables Smart-Grid Energy Savings for Manufacturers Overview Country or Region: United States Industry: Manufacturing Customer Profile Invensys Operations Management is a leading provider of automation and information technologies, systems, software solutions, services, and consulting to global manufacturing and infrastructure industries. Based in Plano, Texas, Invensys has 9,000 employees. Business Situation The company required a scalable, secure way to enable two-way data exchange between electric utilities and their commercial customers to enable a approach to power distribution. Solution Invensys has created a smart-grid solution using the AppFabric Service Bus and AppFabric Access Control features of Windows Azure platform AppFabric. Benefits Optimization of energy use Interoperability with systems Efficient data delivery with Service Bus Faster development, lower costs Massive scalability “The Azure AppFabric Service Bus can provide a valuable vehicle for expediting the implementation of smart-grid technologies wherever needed.” David Hardin, Staff Engineer, Invensys Operations Management Invensys Operations Management, a leader in providing manufacturing execution systems to industry, needed a communications platform to provide real-time electricity pricing data from utilities that could be integrated with metering and automation systems on the factory floor. One barrier was the reluctance of utilities—and their customers—to allow direct Internet communication links to their IT systems. Invensys solved the problem by incorporating the Service Bus and Access Control features of Windows Azure platform AppFabric. AppFabric Service Bus provides a publish/subscribe platform, enabling two-way communication between utilities and customers, without requiring direct endpoint connections. The solution gives energy users real-time pricing information to guide scheduling of energy-intensive industrial processes and helps utilities reduce spikes in demand. grid grid
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