Enterprise: Utilities
Leveraging "Power" Data...
As utility operations grow "smarter" and more information-driven, they increasingly rely on advanced technology infrastructures and real-time, automated, interactive communications. Armed with a new caliber of timely data, progressive companies can offer differentiated, usage-based services, and leverage automated control and monitoring to speed problem resolution and bolster profitability.
Translation: there's more business riding on sharing—and safeguarding—real-time information than ever before. As Home Area Networks (HANs), Smart Grids, wireless communications and other diverse systems intersect, assessing the robustness of converged infrastructures becomes paramount to ensuring accuracy. And reliability.
Ixia: The "Meter" For Smart Technology
The global leader in end-to-end network testing, Ixia works with leading utility and technology providers to preview configurations, vendor and network performance in real-world, large scale production conditions. Our solutions generate smart-grid clients, simulate smart-meters and generate cyber security threats to assess the impact of power outages, transmission bursts, hacker attacks and other unforeseen events.
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Ixia test solutions help ensure smooth convergence of Advanced Metering Infrastructures (AMI) with new and existing platforms. Emulating topologies scaling to 600 10GigE ports in a single test session, Ixia test solutions help benchmark and optimize critical aspects of evolving utility company communications architectures:
- Smart-grid rollouts
- Bandwidth upgrades
- End-to-end network and equipment performance, scalability and interoperability
- Ability of infrastructures to withstand "bursts"
- End-user device performance
- Wireless technology infrastructures and devices: RF, LTE, 3G, 4G
- Fiber optic backbones
- Data center server scalability
- Power management
- Robustness of smart-grid HANs, FANs and WANs against cyber security attacks
- Conformance to evolving specifications and standards including DLMS / COSEM
Trusted by world-leading network and service providers, Ixia enables comprehensive Pre-deployment Testing, and essential assessment of Quality, Wireless, Data Centers and Security. Browse our solutions or consult with our Professional Services Experts on how best to mitigate irreparable risk and outpace global change and competition.
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