Esri and OSI to boost GIS capabilities of clients in utility sector

Esri and Open Systems International (OSI) have entered a strategic collaboration to offer advanced geographic information system (GIS) capabilities and real-time monitoring to their joint clients in the utility sector.

The partnership will enable the companies’ customers in the field of electric, gas, and water utility industries access Esri’s ArcGIS Utility Network Management and OSI’s monarch operational technology (OT) platform.

The monarch platform of the automation solutions provider is similar to a control system architecture, which enables utilities to support, monitor, control and optimise network operations that are complex.

It is also used in industrial, large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) applications and microgrids.

The strategic partnership will enable a seamless transition in technology and enhanced usability to the joint customers.

OSI president and CEO Bahman Hoveida said: “Many of our utility customers are adopting new Esri technology such as ArcGIS Utility Network Management, which provides advanced network modelling capability.

“We are very excited about our partnership with Esri, as it will enable us to provide the best technical solutions to our joint customers, leveraging the latest functionality ArcGIS Utility Network Management provides.”

A part of Esri’s ArcGIS platform, the ArcGIS Utility Network Management extension for ArcGIS Enterprise is a bundle of innovative network capabilities for utilities through which users can create and share all data about networks across any platform.

Any kind of data, from source to demand, which includes residential meters for electric, water, wastewater, gas, district heating, and telecommunications companies, can be created and shared by ArcGIS Utility Network Management extension.

Esri Utilities and Infrastructure Solutions global director Matt Piper said:  “Combining OSI’s automation and real-time monitoring with Esri’s holistic system for the utility supply chain offers customers complete awareness and control of their networks at an unprecedented scale.”