Itron Launches the Next Generation Platform for Smarter Energy, Water and Cities
03 February 2016 - 8:05AM
Business Wire
Itron’s OpenWay Riva™ communications platform
brings unique capabilities and differentiating business value to
utilities and cities across the globe
Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ:ITRI), a world-leading technology and
services company dedicated to the resourceful use of energy and
water, announced today the launch of its new OpenWay Riva
communications platform, which delivers true interoperability and
distributed intelligence over the Cisco network. The platform
drives new applications and decision-making to the edge to take
action in near real time, enabling the active grid for utilities
and smart cities. The communications platform, which will be
featured at DistribuTECH, Feb. 9-11, in Orlando, is now available
for gas and water utilities and cities in addition to electric
utilities.
“The OpenWay Riva communications platform redefines the smart
network. Utilities require a network that does more than collect
reams of data for back office analysis. The OpenWay Riva
communications platform enables decision-making at the edge,
optimizing analytics where they need to happen, enabling utilities
to run multiple applications in edge devices, creating capabilities
not available before in the industry while opening the door for new
revenue opportunities,” said Simon Pontin, Itron’s chief technology
officer. “The OpenWay Riva platform has the power to transform
utility operations and deliver new value in distribution system
efficiency, reliability and safety. This next generation platform
is available across commodities, providing new and differentiating
capabilities for utilities and smart cities. It is already changing
the strategy and financial calculus for our utility customers in
their grid modernization efforts.”
The OpenWay Riva communications platform features a unified,
secure, multi-service network for smart energy, smart water and
smart cities applications and more. With distributed computing
power for analysis of high-resolution data throughout the network,
the platform delivers business outcomes to utilities that cannot be
achieved by simply providing back office data analysis. Key to
this, the OpenWay Riva platform delivers three core distributed
intelligence capabilities: self-defined and refreshed locational
awareness of edge devices, support for multiple communication and
application protocols, and unprecedented processing power at the
edge of the low-voltage network. These capabilities allow utilities
to push numerous smart water, gas and grid apps to the edge,
including revenue assurance and theft detection, leak detection,
high impedance detection and other safety diagnostics, outage
detection and analysis, transformer loading, and demand response
and management of distributed generation at the sub-transformer
level.
In addition, the communications platform features Adaptive
Communications Technology, which brings an innovative new approach
to grid communications that integrates radio frequency, powerline
carrier and Wi-Fi to deliver assured connectivity. The technology
automatically utilizes the most reliable and fastest communication
path and most efficient modulation scheme based on its location,
network operating conditions and the nature of the application or
data. For electric utilities, the network solution also includes
Itron cellular communications to bring a broad array of
communication options to ensure comprehensive coverage in the most
challenging environments at a low total cost of ownership. This
capability reduces network planning, design and implementation
time, significantly flattening the cost curve for field area
network deployments and ongoing network management, while
accelerating the time-to-value for smart grid applications.
The OpenWay Riva platform will be showcased at DistribuTECH 2016
in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 9-11, in Itron booth #1301. For more
information, visit www.itron.com/dtech.
About Itron
Itron is a world-leading technology and services company
dedicated to the resourceful use of energy and water. We provide
comprehensive solutions that measure, manage and analyze energy and
water. Our broad product portfolio includes electricity, gas, water
and thermal energy measurement devices and control technology;
communications systems; software; as well as managed and consulting
services. With thousands of employees supporting nearly 8,000
customers in more than 100 countries, Itron applies knowledge and
technology to better manage energy and water resources. Together,
we can create a more resourceful world. Join us: www.itron.com.
Itron® is a registered trademark of Itron, Inc.
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