PERI Software Solutions Inc. CEO Sarav Periasamy to Attend DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition in Tampa, FL

"This is all about how technology can transform the way utilities can deliver power to customers," said President and CEO Sarav Periasamy, PERI Software

               Newark, NJ – “Utilities have discovered that 

smart grid will change every aspect of their business – 

from customer care to service delivery and 
infrastructure management,” said PERI Software president and CEO 

Sarav Periasamy is attending DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition
(http://www.distributech.com/index.html) 

 (March 23-25, 2010) in Tampa Convention Center, Tampa Fl.  The 

conference focuses on giving executives the 
knowledge for creating a sustainable energy future.  “But more 

importantly we need to =educate and engage consumers in the 

transformation.  By doing so customers worry less 
about rate hikes and feel more comfortable in saving energy and

 the environment.”

          PERI Software, a business solutions company based in Newark,  

NJ offers a solution that consists of smart electric meters that are 

capable of collecting fine grained household electrical usage data and 

transmitting the data securely over mobile phones using general 
packet radio service (GPRS) or WIFI Mesh. GPRS concentrators are 
used to avoid the repetitive and cost intensive maintenance for 

each meter.

          “The data collected is integrated into a smart grid enterprise 

information system,” explained Periasamy. “The application supports 

data collection, analytics, system planning, engineering, operations, 

energy management, asset management, and value-added customer
services. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Smart Meter and 

Demand Response formthe core enabling technologies for the smart 

grid. Beyond automated meter reads for billing purposes, smart meters 

serve as information gateways to customers. They also offer improved 
revenue management and proactive customer communications about 

energy efficiency.” 

         In a case study for a utility company, PERI provided solutions for
using outdoor wireless mesh and GPRS solutions for implementing smart 
grid solutions. PERI had to overcome the challenges of deploying 
wide-area wireless broadband IP networks on a large scale, making 
wide-area broadband coverage possible. PERI provided a solution that
is scalable, reliable, performance bound and secured that the customer
needed. The backend application is an enterprise-wide geographic 
information system (GIS) supported by a business intelligence 
application.

Additionally, PERI helped the utility company with the follow smart 
grid business solutions:

• Pilot implementation with sample automatic meter reading (AMR) 
• Setting up AMR processes to collect, process and record power                       consumption data at preset interval
• Building MIS/GIS solutions to understand electrical load in real time
• Provisioned to download collected data into handheld device for instant billing at
  consumer site
• Iintegrated Billing and Analysis module
• Management of the collected data on Smart Grid asset, system and device
• Operation and maintenance of the Smart Grid systems including hardware,firmware, and software
• Management and use of data collected to improve the utility business, including operation efficiency,
  planning and utilization, energy efficiency and customer service
• Scope, evaluate and deployment of Smart Grid systems and devices including smart meters
• Security and Information protection politices, guidelines an dprocesses
• GIS based energy management system, distribution and outage management systems

          

About PERI

Founded in 1999, PERI is a global business solutions company, which has grown to more than 
700 plus employees and delivers high value-cost effective technology based business solutions. 
PERI draws on deep industry expertise and a portfolio of interrelated consulting, business processes, 
application development along with smart-intelligent hardware and software products. PERI blends 
strategic design, proven technology, and timely delivery of solutions that maximize customers return on
IT investment. For more info visit: www.PERIsoftware.com

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