Schneider Electric’s GIS Software Recognized as “Major Player” in IDC Energy Insight MarketScape Report

Schneider Electric’s geographic information systems (GIS) software ranked highly due to its strong emphasis on flexibility, configurability and automation management

 – Schneider Electric today announced that its ArcFM solution suite was categorized as a “Major Player” in IDC Energy Insight’s recent report, which analyzed geographical information software (GIS) solutions that support a complete range of utility business processes and functions.

The report, “IDC MarketScape: GIS Software for EMEA Utilities 2015 Vendor Assessment,” put ArcFM in the Major Player category due to its “flexibility and industry-focused add-ons that build on Esri’s platform and enable utilities to leverage geospatial data across the organization.”

Schneider Electric’s “specialization in automation management” was listed as an additional strength, as well as its ability to “integrate with ArcFM Responder OMS, which now includes near real-time weather intelligence functionality.”

For the report, IDC Energy Insights assessed the entire ArcFM solution suite, including Designer for graphic work design, Fiber Manager for managing communications networks, Responder for outage management and ArcFM Mobile for field work.

“We are proud to be recognized as a major player by IDC Energy Insights,” said Doug Engerman, Vice President of Schneider Electric’s Geospatial Business Unit. “GIS is the cornerstone of asset tracking for many utilities across the world, and we continue to strive to help make operations safer, more efficient and more reliable.”

In the report, IDC Energy Insights discusses how advances in data management have brought new value to GIS systems stating, “utilities should renew their interest in GIS as a means to leverage geographic information for business execution rather than just asset design.”

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