According to a recent report from Pike Research, the need to define and deploy new IT systems is driving greater collaboration between the information technology and operational technology departments. Utilities try to solve this challenge in various way. In some utilities, operational teams take the lead in defining requirements, with the IT organization adopting the system provider role.
North America is leading the initial market in many smart grid IT innovations, but the European and Asia Pacific markets will become more significant over the next five years.
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