About FocusPoints™ Online Market Briefings
FocusPoints™ Online Market Briefings comprise a series of "live" utility automation and information technology (IT) online presentations by senior InfoNetrix market research analysts and consultants. Each quarterly session is squarely focused on utility automation/IT markets and presents cutting edge information gathered through primary research throughout the preceding 90-day interval. Moreover, FocusPoints™ briefings are packed with information that can be readily absorbed by participants to further their understanding of the marketplace and enhance decision-making processes pertaining to utility automation/IT products, systems and services.
Briefing Focus
FocusPoints™ Online Market Briefings go straight to the issues. Specifically, by your participation in this session you will obtain both quantitative and qualitative measures of how key business areas within utility automation/IT markets are performing, where they are headed - and why. Three (3) main utility automation/IT business areas comprise the focus of the briefings:
- RTAC (Real-time Automation & Controls): SCADA/EMS/DMS
- GFAS (Geospatial & Field Automation Solutions): AM/FM/GIS; OMS, WMS, FFM
- IEDS (Intelligent Electronic Devices & Solutions): Protection & Control Devices; Analytical & Diagnostic Devices; Smart Apparatus & Equipment; Field Data Devices; HMIs & Protocols
Gain Valuable Market Insights
Utilities are returning to traditional core business areas, overall capital spending is rebounding and utilities are being driven by a new set of business and market metrics, many of which are incongruent with their former cultures and traditional behavior. Now, more than ever before, utilities need new solutions - not only to alleviate old problems, but also to help them address and overcome a rapidly expanding array of new ones.
Identify Market Challenges & Opportunities
The Utility Automation/IT business continues to be faced with daunting challenges while also being bolstered by new and emerging opportunities as deregulation, restructuring and privatization trends continue to evolve. At the same time, the pace of technological development is moving forward faster than ever. New and improved products, systems and services resulting from these advancements are capable of solving existing problems as well as expanding the depth and breadth of solution sets that will be needed to reinforce and enhance reliability and operational integrity well into the future.
A Pro-active Participation Opportunity
Questions pertaining to the session subject matter can be submitted in advance via email. Registrants may download a FocusPoints™ Q&A Topic Guide (Q&A Topic Guide) or, send an email request to Info@InfoNetrix.com, with "Q&A Topic Guide" in the Subject line of the email.
Every effort will be made to answer as many questions as possible during the allotted time; however, times allocated to Q&A will vary for each briefing. In the interest of confidentiality for all concerned, no Q&A documentation or individual identities will be revealed before, during or after the briefing or in the session materials.
Format & Content
Each FocusPoints&trade™ Online Market Briefing begins with a brief overview of the session. Next, InfoNetrix market analysts present quarterly research findings, observations and trends; an updated utility automation project opportunity assessment; and other pertinent research derived from in depth surveys conducted with utilities across the United States and Canada during the calendar quarter period preceding each briefing. The balance of the webcast is allocated to a question-and-answer session for the duration of the allotted 60-minute time slot. Questions may be submitted in advance via email no less than 72 hours prior to each event. (Download Q&A Topic Guide)
Who Should Attend?
- Supplier & Consultant Marketing/Business Development Staff
- Automation Product/System/Service Suppliers & Integrators
- Consulting Engineers, Designers & Solution Architects
- Utility T&D Automation/IT Managers, Supervisors & Staff
- Utility Automation/IT Product/System/Service Planners & Developers
Presentation Materials
Session participants can also obtain copies of the presentation materials to gain additional benefit from the wealth of information packed into each session. These materials may be downloaded free of charge by qualifying InfoNetrix Advisory Services (IAS) program client registrants and registered utility staff members. (Other registrants may purchase a copy of the briefing materials for a nominal fee. Please refer to the Registration Form for additional details and pricing.)
Presentations are delivered in Microsoft-PowerPoint format, copies of which will be made available for download from the InfoNetrix website at no charge to registered clients of qualifying InfoNetrix Advisory Services (IAS) Market Intelligence Programs. An additional fee applies for all other registrants.
