[ Articles with keyword 'electricity' ]
1 Watt Performance, 0.3 Watt Cooling
07.10.2009
T-Systems and Intel have joined forces and opened a test data center in the German city of Munich, where they are shaping the data center of the future – DataCenter 2020.
Saving Energy with an iPhone
15.09.2009
From 2010, smart meters will be compulsory in Germany and will give the opportunity to use the iPhone or Blackberry to monitor energy.
Washing When the Wind Blows
03.07.2009
Imagine a marketplace like eBay, where any energy supplier can sell its electricity. Energy is provided on demand and the price is determined by demand. The Internet of Energy will soon be reality.
Shaping Up for Deregulated Energy Markets
02.06.2009
The deregulation of the international energy markets means utility companies are facing completely new challenges. But don’t worry: Help is available from the Utilities Competence Center (UCC) at SAP, where experts develop market-specific enhancements for the SAP for Utilities solution portfolio.
Supercharged with SAP AMI Integration for Utilities
28.04.2009
Intelligent measurement procedures are changing utility companies’ conventional business model. With SAP Advanced Metering Infrastructure Integration for Utilities, these companies can implement a framework that supports intelligent technology for meters and other forms of measurement.
Mastering Change with an Upgrade
16.01.2008
Hardly any industry in Europe is undergoing such drastic changes as the utilities industry. The EU directives on the liberalization of the electricity and gas market require huge investments. The Utilities working group of the German SAP user group DSAG has looked in detail at the requirements. Its unanimous opinion: At some point, SAP ERP 6.0 will be a must for every company.
More Energy, Lower Costs
04.04.2007
Customer management and accounting have long been a matter for SAP at Stadtwerke Frankfurt (Oder). The energy provider has updated its enterprise software with a release upgrade to SAP ERP, and is thus saving system and process costs.
A Hunger for Energy and Brakes on Costs
12.07.2006
Just like all other industries, utility companies place costs high on their agendas. swb Netze GmbH & Co. KG of Bremen, Germany is counting on optimized workflows to lower its costs; technicians use mobile devices to transmit monitoring results directly to SAP plant maintenance software. The municipal utility in Reutlingen also needed to respond to European Union electricity guidelines for unbundling utility services.
More Power for Collections
14.06.2006
Higher levels of security and less administrative effort – those were the main reasons for the municipal utility in Langen, Germany to bring its court orders for payment up to the latest level of technology. Although the system has only been in place since early this year, its benefits are already measurable: personnel in the collections department spend half the time processing orders as they did before.
Face Up To The Future with SAP Solutions for the Utilities Industry
03.03.2005
Today’s utilities face ongoing demands from regulatory bodies, as well as constant pressure to raise productivity and lower costs. Utilities markets are undergoing a complex transition – from incumbent to competitive – while moving towards increasing global operations and cooperation. Leading utilities are seeking new business strategies that will help adapt to change and move step by step into an increasingly complex environment.
