9. Utilities Will Invest in Analytics in Anticipation of Big Data

Utilities Will Invest in Analytics in Anticipation of Big Data

• Utilities will invest over the next two to three years in analytics to support operations, energy trading, and customer service
• Cloud services will be considered for data management (e.g., servers and storage) and applications (e.g., meter data management and customer portals)
• Utilities will look to more robust computing capacity for quicker results such as complex event processing and in-memory analytics