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How to make the best decisions for your utility during a storm

Find out how you can use operational systems and data to restore power quickly in this brief video from ABB. Learn what kind of data you need, where it is stored across the utility and how you can aggregate it into actionable information to get power restored quickly and improve your SAIDI/CAIDI scores. If you would like to learn more, download this free white paper, "Network management for Smart Grids." 

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Powering a Faster Time to Oil
In this white paper, PennEnergy examines trends affecting upstream exploration, how high performance computing can help meet those challenges, and next-generation ...
Sponsored By:  Dell
Why Your Field Service Operation Needs to Implement a Dynamic Scheduling Engine
What is a Dynamic Scheduling Engine, and why does your field service management operation need one? Learn the ins and outs of this technology, which can help you ...
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The Next Generation of Overall Equipment Efficiency
Learn how technologies like real-time incident tracking can help integrate maintenance with other business functions to drive business improvements company-wide....
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Realize the Benefits of Design, Operate, Maintain Thinking Today
Integrating information from industrial design, manufacturing operation and maintenance can improve plant efficiency and business profitability....
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360 Scheduling: Optimized Workforce Planning and Scheduling
IFS 360 Scheduling supplies a suite of workforce scheduling and optimization tools. Dedicated to developing the world’s best tools to support and deliver our ...
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Advanced Communications Technology in a Rugged Tablet
Mobile computing has evolved from a specialty to a requirement for productive, task-oriented and customer-focused employees. As an increasing number of businesses ...
Sponsored By:  DRS Technologies
Materials for Embankment Dams
The USSD Committee on Materials for Embankment Dams has prepared this White Paper on Materials for Embankment Dams. The paper provides an outline of important points ...
The Aging of Embankment Dams
The USSD Committee on Materials for Embankment Dams has prepared this White Paper on The Aging of Embankment Dams. The White Paper is of interest to owners of dams ...
Intelligent Data & Design for Utilities: Smart tools for the Smart Grid
Before utilities can begin to tackle the operational challenges of a Smart Grid, they need a foundation of intelligent software solutions able to seamlessly create, ...
Sponsored By:  Autodesk, Inc
Manage Construction and Contracting Projects Lifecycle
The construction industry’s challenges are related to industry best practices, data management and collaboration among highly trained professionals. Construction ...
Sponsored By:  IFS
ERP for Power Generation
Learn to master your operation with ERP that is designed from the ground up for power generation. Because of its different evolutionary track, only IFS Applications ...
Sponsored By:  IFS
Make your Systems Talk to Each Other with Event Driven Architecture (EDA)
Learn how event-driven architecture (EDA) complements service oriented architecture (SOA), adding agility to integrations between ERP and external systems....
Sponsored By:  IFS
Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down Securely with Asset Lifecycle Solution
Decommissioning a nuclear power plant is no easy feat. But with help from IFS Applications, Barseback nuclear power plant is navigating the final lifecycle stage ...
Sponsored By:  IFS
Cathodic Protection- An Old Solution for a Future Problem
One means of protecting producing assets from corrosion is to apply cathodic protection to well casings. Cathodic protection is an electrochemical technique for ...
Sponsored By:  Mesa
7 Tips for EAM Selection
Enterprise asset management (EAM) software is a mission-critical tool for asset-intensive industry. These tips from some of the world’s most prominent EAM ...
Sponsored By:  IFS
IFS Applications Enables Agility in the Renewable Energy Sector
Renewable energy is a diverse business sector, encompassing green energy generation as well asthe development and manufacture of technologies for the industry. Both ...
Sponsored By:  IFS
IFS ERP Mobility Survey Report
In mid-2011, a study was conducted among manufacturing executives and professionals of mid to large manufacturers to better understand their interest in and demand ...
Sponsored By:  IFS
How to use Projects to Master Asset Management
Why project management functionality tightly integrated with Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools is essential to executives of asset-intensive industries....
Sponsored By:  IFS
The Stopple Train System as an Innovative Method for Double Block & Bleed
Double Block and Bleed (DB&B) is the preferred approach used to maximize safety while performing piping maintenance. The aim of the paper is to outline an innovative ...
Sponsored By:  TD Williamson
Maximize Uptime Throughout Plant Asset Lifecycles
To ensure the optimum performance of your plant and field assets, all asset-related information—including a range of unstructured content—must be available ...
Sponsored By:  OpenText Corporation

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Gain a Competitive Advantage: Faster ROI from Faster Technology
Hear from Oil & Gas high performance computing specialists who will talk about:Real world examples that include research technology that can aid exploration ...
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Dell

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Smart Grid: Where do You Stand?
Please join us for this eye opening webinar that that will reveal the survey results with expert commentary and insights from two distinguished industry leaders: ...
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Microsoft
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Asset and Equipment Integrity Governance: A New Approach towards Mitigating Operations Risk
This Webinar will provide attendees with additional insight into the current environment and trends around organizational governance and risk management. ...
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Zurich Financial Services Group

Are You Ready for SEMS?
The Webinar will be build around this construct and provide attendees with information management tools for SEMS implementation....
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Bentley
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Lessons in Risk Management
Please join PennEnergy, SAP and Deloitte for a discussion designed to explore leading practices in building a risk-intelligent enterprise GRC program....
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SAP

Selecting ERP for Power Generation
Two experts share insights that will be invaluable to anyone contemplating an investment in enterprise software in the energy sector. Jill Feblowitz, Vice President ...
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IFS