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UTILITY WEEK | 10TH - 16TH JUNE 2016 | 21 Operations & Assets Aninda Mukherjee, enterprise architect – utilities transforma- tion, TCS Utilities Business Unit "It would be very brave of a utility to use the cloud for criti- cal infrastructure and services. The transfor- mation deployment and selection of various cloud models, in conjunction with existing on premise technologies, will help the industry to move forward." X X X X X X X .5X 2 X .5X Artwork provided. Please do not recreate. Date : 31 I 01 I 2007 Title : Tata and TCS Marks - Stacked Design Magger : Gargi Sharma Project Co- ordinator : Vishal Jhunjhunwala Colour : Pantone 2427 C Software Formats : CorelDraw 11, Adobe Illustrator CS2 IMPORTANT : COLOURS USED TO CREATE THIS MECHANICAL ARE FOR VISUAL SUGGESTION ONLY. USE PANTONE COLOUR SWATCHES TO MATCH FOR CORRECT COLOURS. EVEN THOUGH THIS MECHANICAL HAS BEEN CHECKED FOR ACCURACY, PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK PRIOR TO RELEASE TO THE VENDOR. IF INSTRUCTIONS ARE FOUND DEFICIENT, PLEASE CONTACT corporate.oce@tcs.com Tata and TCS Marks - Stacked For use in 2D applications Tata Consultancy Services Identity Guidelines I Jan 2007 Guide-sheet developed by Design Services, Corporate Marketing Copyright © 2007 Tata Consultancy Services Limited In association with: Jeremy Heath, innovation manager, Sutton and East Surrey Water "The rise of smart metering and smart networks will drive a requirement for greater processing power that we will struggle to meet on premises." Chris Welby, head of regulation, Bristol Energy "The benefits of the cloud are around its processing power and it is not just about data storage." Ian Ballantyne, infrastructure and telecoms tower manager, UK Power Networks "When cloud provid- ers have outages they tend to be big and they would have a significant impact on a utility." Paul Geddes, head of IT and telecoms, Electricity North West "Fundamentally we just couldn't move our electricity network control systems into the cloud at this stage. They are our lifeblood for our business and our customers." "The cloud has got its place for commodity IT services… but for niche or bespoke requirements in our business we're some way off." 1. Security. This remains paramount for utilities and there remain questions over how secure cloud systems are. 2. Control. Essential business controls will not be risked by utility companies, which would rather keep control systems on site. 3. Processing power. The cloud will have a role to provide cheap additional processing power to analyse the huge amount of additional data utilities are set to receive. 4. Customer demand. Consumers are already adopting cloud technologies in all aspects of their life, such as social media, and this will mean utilities will inevitably have to adopt it too. 5. Hybrid cloud. This system will reduce some of the risks associated with the cloud by using only non-critical data and information, which cannot directly impact control systems. Five key points to take away