Title :
IEEE Power Engineering Society
Author_Institution :
Enterprise and Partner Group, Microsoft Corp., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
Utility and energy enterprises are capital intensive businesses that historically have operated in regulated markets with vertically integrated business models. Deregulation and technology advances are driving industry transformation and a new vision of the digital utility, which is able to gain business advantage. In this paper, the author describes how foundation technologies and supporting infrastructure can take energy enterprises to the next level through better integration with partners, improved connection with customers and tremendous employee empowerment.
Keywords :
business data processing; electricity supply industry; business advantage; capital intensive businesses; customer connection; deregulation; electric utilities; employee empowerment; energy enterprises; foundation technologies; supporting infrastructure; Application software; Collaborative software; Context-aware services; Economies of scale; Outsourcing; Production systems; Risk management; Web and internet services; Web services; XML;
Journal_Title :
Power Engineering Review, IEEE
