SAIC Integrates Esri Technology with Smart Grid as a Service Solution
(McLEAN, Va.) Jan. 20, 2012 — Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] is working with Esri, the world’s leading provider of Geographic Information System (GIS) software, to integrate GIS technology with SAIC’s Smart Grid as a Service to deliver state-of-the-art smart grid solutions to utilities of all sizes. Esri develops GIS that function as an integral component for electric utilities across the country. This solution is particularly attractive for municipal electric utilities since more than 80 percent of municipalities across the nation have deployed Esri software.
Through Smart Grid as a Service, SAIC delivers affordable, comprehensive, and integrated smart grid solutions to municipal utilities seeking operational improvements, greater security, and increased options for their customers. By integrating Esri’s technology, SAIC will provide its utility customers with a cloud-hosted environment where they can access powerful GIS tools to gain a quick view into an Outage Analysis of their service territory. SAIC will expand into the other areas such as supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and smart grid situational awareness visualizations.
“By integrating Esri’s GIS with SAIC’s Smart Grid as a Service, we further our commitment to building effective, real-time smart grid solutions for utilities,” said Mark Fronmuller, SAIC executive vice president of Energy IT and Smart Grid.
“Esri and SAIC have a history of collaboration, so adding our GIS technology to SAIC’s extensive smart grid expertise is the next step to providing a comprehensive and affordable smart grid modernization capability for all utilities - no matter their size,” said Bill Meehan, global director of utility solutions for Esri.
To learn more, visit SAIC at booth #916 and Esri at booth #926 during the DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition, held Jan. 24-26 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.
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SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy & environment, health and cybersecurity. The company’s approximately 41,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of approximately $11 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2011. For more information, visit SAIC: From Science to Solutions®