App builds on the power of the Itron Riva platform to improve outage
notifications
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), a world-leading technology and services
company dedicated to the resourceful use of energy and water, announced
today that Cyient, a global provider of engineering, manufacturing, data
analytics, networks and operations solutions, has won Itron's Ignite
Innovation Challenge at Itron Utility Week in Orlando, Florida. The
contest invited IoT developers to create a connected, resourceful
solution to address pressing challenges that is built on the Itron Riva™
platform, the first-of-its-kind distributed intelligence platform that
supports sensing technologies and dynamic applications at the device
level.
Developed by Cyient's team, the Cyient Power Chargers, the winning
project is a mobile and web application for outage management that
predicts and proactively communicates outages to customers. The
application enables immediate communication to affected customers on
outage incidents and restoration status, while also enabling customers
to report an outage. It provides a visual look and feel of the outage
and restored areas for both the consumers and field crew. The utility's
operations can use the near real-time outage notifications to quickly
predict fault locations.
"Outage management is a challenging business operations task and most
utilities respond reactively. Our app predicts and proactively
communicates outages and manages estimated restoration times to achieve
enhanced customer satisfaction. This is made possible using the Itron
Riva platform's edge computing capabilities for near real-time outage
communication," said Jaishankar Jayaraman, contest team leader and head
of Cyient's North America Solutions.
"Itron is pleased to announce Cyient as the winner of our Ignite
Innovation Challenge. Using the Itron Riva platform and the power of the
Internet of Things, Cyient put technology to use to address today's
energy resource challenges," said Dr. Roberto Aiello, managing director
of the Itron Idea Labs. "Ignite Innovation Challenge is a great example
of how third party developers can utilize Itron's flexible, multi-party
platform to create numerous possibilities for realizing the promise of
the IoT to empower smarter utilities and smarter cities worldwide."
About Itron
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the resourceful use of energy and water. We provide comprehensive
solutions that measure, manage and analyze energy and water. Our broad
product portfolio includes electricity, gas, water and thermal energy
measurement devices and control technology; communications systems;
software; as well as managed and consulting services. With thousands of
employees supporting nearly 8,000 customers in more than 100 countries,
Itron applies knowledge and technology to better manage energy and water
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Sharelynn Moore
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Marketing and Public Affairs
509-891-3524
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