Austin March 2013 Luncheon

"Big Data and Real-Time Energy Management"

Recent advances in cloud computing and networking make it possible to manage an immense number of networked devices in real-time. The data sets created by these devices are thousands to millions of times larger than legacy data sets and result in both significant opportunities and challenges. This presentation will discuss approaches for leveraging the opportunities and managing the challenges of “Big Data” for energy management.

Michael Cation is the Chairman and CEO of SmarteBuilding – a technology leader in real-time energy management services and systems. Previously he was the Founder & CEO of NovusEdge – an enterprise-class physical security product company. Prior to that, he was the co-Founder & CEO of Globeset – an innovator in the global electronic payments market. Previously he was a Vice President of BT Ventures and he was one of three co-founders of Verity – a market leader in enterprise information search and retrieval. He earned his BS in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Links to articles and technical papers on this subject that may be of interest:

http://www.elp.com/articles/powergrid_international/print/volume-16/issue-9/features/addressing-the-big-data-concern-in-the-utilities-sector.html

http://theenergycollective.com/dailyenergyreport/154916/utility-s-big-data-challenge

http://www.intelligentutility.com/article/12/02/big-data-big-challenge

http://www.enterprisecioforum.com/en/blogs/jkhawaja/big-data-case-study-utilities

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomgroenfeldt/2012/05/09/big-data-meets-the-smart-electrical-grid

http://servicesangle.com/blog/2013/01/31/electric-utilities-feeling-crunch-of-big-data-early