Ovum view: Logica is reshaping the utilities industry with smart offerings
The following profile was published in Ovum's report Providers Power Up Outsourcing and Services for Utilities
Success in the utilities industry tends to breed success. Logica’s pedigree within utilities during the past couple of decades has seen the vendor punch well above its weight in energy, relative to the size of the overall organization. Logica’s experience building and operating many central market systems puts it in a unique position. Early indications suggest that European utilities are buying in to Logica’s value proposition – a good sign for its future success.
At a time when major outsourcing in the utilities industry was a relatively rare occurrence, Logica won what remains one of its largest customers: the Portuguese utility EDP. EDP had already moved all of its IT businesses into a subsidiary Edinfor, which was subsequently acquired by Logica. The Logica/EDP relationship remains strong: Logica helped build the IT infrastructure that manages EDP’s wind farm assets. Logica is also closely involved in InovGrid, EDP’s smart metering project.
It comes as no surprise to learn that Logica has been the go-to service provider for five of the UK’s big-six utilities’ smart meter rollouts. Logica also runs a data hub in Sweden. In addition, it is the IT provider to e-laad in the Netherlands, a centralized clearing house created by Dutch DNOs that allows roaming billing for EV recharging.
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