A Powerful Network Is Here
The highest ROI, least financial risk, bullet-proof security and shortest payback cycle.
Utilities are challenged to connect a variety of disparate systems, including AMI/AMR, GIS, and supervisory measurement and control systems. Only one technology will mitigate the considerable risk posed by obsolescence or proprietary solutions: a network based on open, secure standards.
The protocols making the Internet possible have become ubiquitous–every major standards organization has embraced the suite of networking protocols, simply known as IP, in one form or another. Use of IP provides the highest ROI, the least financial risk, the greatest number of proven security options and the shortest payback cycle.
An IP-based network empowers utilities to add new products today and advanced services as they become available.
Software solutions include UtilOS®, a network operating system designed to enable maximum control, and UtilityIQ®, a network management platform for advanced meter reading, advanced network management and scalable, reliable data management. Network infrastructure is enhanced with Access Point SG, a central hub between end-point devices and the enterprise, and Relay SG, a highly reliable, open, standards-based RF repeater. Silver Spring Networks also makes endpoints more intelligent with Network Interface Cards (NICs) and the Gas Interface Management Unit™.