Utilities stories
Better visibility into inventories and provenance could help firms cut downtime, reduce errors and recover faster as demand rebounds.
Health and sanitation in many communities could be put at risk as sea-level rise and heavier rain strain wastewater systems.
Its 400-plus service points across Australasia are helping customers cut costly downtime as Hydraulink adds new distributors and branches.
Small firms face months of cashflow pain as the wages subsidy runs thin and landlords and utilities keep billing during lockdown.
Tenants face a temporary freeze on rent rises and evictions as New Zealand's four-week COVID-19 lockdown halts viewings and house moves.
Training for emergency venting now lets First Gas staff practise dangerous pipeline work in virtual reality, cutting risk to people and assets.
Grid operators face mounting strain as battery electric vehicle demand is forecast to lift installed base above 100 million by 2029.
Industries from ports to airports are set to gain safer, faster communications as a multimillion-dollar network rolls out nationwide.
Contractors say New Zealand’s ageing water networks need faster decisions, after ministers deferred reforms and left regulation unresolved until late 2019.
Private debt funding for roads and water in Milldale could ease New Zealand’s housing shortage, though buyers face annual charges.
Fifty seven projects from 340 user organisations worldwide have made Bentley’s annual awards shortlist, with winners due to be named in London in October.
Rising cyberattacks on smart grids are driving utilities to adopt stronger identity checks and encryption as connected meters multiply 30% a year.
The upgrades will help preserve specialist skills needed to maintain New Zealand’s high-voltage grid and support local economies.
Roads, utilities and telecoms could see heavy spending for years as autonomous cars are adopted far more slowly than many expect.
The adoption of cloud technologies will significantly impact how the utilities industry approaches asset management, field workforce management and more.
This acquisition extends IFS's capabilities in service management solutions as it focuses on driving service experience.
A Zebra Technologies study reveals a swift surge in mobile device usage among energy and utilities workers, driven by the need for real-time data access.
Over 50% of enterprises believe 5G will help customer acquisition and generate new revenue streams, according to Infosys research.
Utilities will be the highest user of IoT endpoints, totalling 1.17 billion endpoints in 2019, and increasing 17% in 2020 to reach 1.37 billion.
Winners of the awards were selected from SAP's ANZpartner ecosystem and announced at the recent SAP ANZ Partner Kick-Off Meeting held in Sydney.
