Grid Director Platform

Grid Director is a powerful platform that is used to enable all of our products including AMI Deployment and Management as well as the Home Energy Management solution. The key concepts that were used to deliver this platform include:

  • High performance.
  • Lightweight
  • Real-time Analytics
  • Real-time Messaging
  • Dynamic content and information discovery
  • Rich content and information aggregation
  • Strong governance and security
  • Extendible
  • Rapid development, rapid extension, rapid sustainment
  • Robust and reliable
  • Simple integration

With this concepts and principles Bit Stew has constructed the most powerful and flexible grid management platform that has been used to create valuable solutions for both utilities and consumers. These key concepts are embedded in all our products and are available to our customers as out-of-the-box features. One of the key advantages that has been leveraged by our customers is the simplicity of how our platform integrates with their existing technology. Integration, using our Easy Link adapters, is fast and easy; and our customers are up and running within minutes. With the products that run on Grid Director, Bit Stew provides out-of-the-box integration with AMI head-end systems, Meter Data Management systems, SCADA environments, data historians and many other key technologies that are present within utilities. We even support CIM-based data models directly within the platform.

There is no need to rip-and-replace existing components, as Grid Director easily layers on top of operational technologies as well as enterprise systems in order to create a cohesive environment that can be visualized and managed. Furthermore, you don't have to invest in heavy weight infrastructures to get the benefits that Grid Director already provides. You can eliminate expensive to implement and maintain data warehouses and ensure that your information integrity remains intact.



Rapid Start Pilot Program

Getting up and running is as easy as trying our pilot program and you'll recognize the benefits instantly. The pilot programs can leverage our pre-packaged kits or even run on our Software-as-a-Service solution.



Core Features of the Platform

The following are core features of the platform that can be leveraged by the entire suite of modules:

  • High performance real-time engine
  • Quality engineering throughout
  • Reliable operations with high availability options
  • Horizontal and vertical scaling
  • Low total cost of ownership
  • Easy integration across operational and enterprise systems
  • Internal support for CIM-based messaging
  • Integrated scheduler and messaging
  • Notification solution
  • Rule-based processing
  • Support for Windows, Linux, and Unix environments
  • Support for Virtual Machines
  • Support for embedded devices
  • Support for LDAP user authentication and roles
  • Role-based access control
  • Open platform with standard extension mechanisms



Reporting Features

The Grid Director platform utilizes the embedded mashup engine to provide powerful real-time analytics. The dashboard and reporting features include:

  • Real-time reporting
  • Rich set of ready-to-use reports for each module
  • Customizable report queries and data filters
  • Rich web-based charting for informative dashboards
  • Dashboards customizable by users
  • Drill-down capabilities
  • Tabular reports and spreadsheet-like views
  • Export options to XML, CSV, Microsoft Excel and other formats
  • Intuitive web-based interface
  • Custom reporting through standard extensions



Sources of Information

Information and sources of truth are typically spread throughout a utility and in some cases there are multiple sources that need to be aggregated, merged and resolved. The embedded mashup engine can easily discover, aggregate, analyze and fuse information across many sources including those in the operational and enterprise side, as well as other private and public sources.

  • Configurable options for data sources and mapping
  • Extensive and sophisticated caching technology to maintain performance and reduce load on source systems
  • Ability to fail-over to other data sources for high-availability
  • Leverage investments in existing applications, systems, and data stores
  • Eliminate the need for additional data warehouse and ETL infrastructure
  • Smart Grid integration including AMI head-ends, meter data management, GIS, data historians, SCADA, DMS, cuatomer information systems, asset management systems and many other applications.



Real-time Map Visualization

Grid Director includes an extremely high-performance real-time mapping capability that provides unprecedented visualization of the grid and grid events.

  • Out-of-the-box mapping and map overlays
  • Real-time event overlays
  • Push rather than pull model
  • Extreme performance that provides orders of magnitude improvement over the competition.
  • Real-time correlation of events and statistics
  • High performance clustering
  • Includes street maps, terrains, and satellite views
  • Intuitive web-based interface that remains responsive even with a high volume of events