Big Data

How Big Data is Revolutionizing Operations

BIG DATA or massive data… here is the definition according to the CNIL in France: We have been talking for a few years about the phenomenon of big data, which is often translated as “massive data”. With the development of new technologies, the Internet and social networks over the past twenty years, the production of digital data has been increasingly numerous: texts, photos, videos, etc. The gigantic volume of digital data produced combined with ever-increasing storage capacities and increasingly sophisticated real-time analysis tools now offers unrivaled possibilities for exploiting information. The data sets processed corresponding to the definition of big data respond to three main characteristics: volume, velocity and variety.
This phenomenon is all the more increased and important when we take into account the IOT which has the highest growth rate with between 20 and 30% more connected devices every year, i.e. a forecast by 2050, of more than 24 billion interconnected devices, that is to say almost all the objects that surround us today and those yet to come (source www.ericsson.com).

Big data & energy efficiency

Does too much data kill the data?

We can think that this tsunami of data that we are promised will make any analysis extremely complex. Firstly because of the volume of this data: an installation of 100 sensors interrogated every 5 minutes represents around 1,000 Tb per year for a simple time-stamped measurement.
If your analysis system is not suitable, if it has not been designed natively to process these quantities of data, the latencies, the processing and display times will be so long that the use of the system will be extremely painful for the user. The use of a simple spreadsheet or even BMS/SCADA type applications is too often prohibitive and, moreover, does not offer tools for processing data in volume. Therefore, it is clear that you will have little chance of learning from it. On the other hand, a Big Data solution will open the doors to detailed and efficient analysis of your data.

IT management complexity

Also because of the speed of the processing system: the storage of data for this same installation will have to simultaneously all the sources of acquisition and not lose any of them. And finally, being able to process the variety of data from sensors, other computer systems, users and all of this simultaneously.
This requires a high-level IT system: efficient, resilient, operational H24 and therefore permanent monitoring in addition to substantial processing and storage power…. And costs accordingly.
With its hosted solutions, SILENO ensures that you have the highest level of power, reliability and technology without having to worry about costly investment and time-consuming maintenance.

Reducing energy costs : a systemic approach

To improve the energy efficiency of an installation, it is necessary, as we have seen, to multiply the sources of data and the measures, but it is also necessary to have a systemic approach which takes into account the costs of energy supply, maintenance of distribution equipment and the end consumer both functionally, as well as in terms of comfort or billing/subscriptions. To be effective, it is necessary to integrate both supplier and customer invoicing and correlate this data with measurements of physical size. Without this approach, the observation risks being limited to noting consumption without being able to link it to uses and the costs incurred.

e3m & the power of Big Data

Your data under high protection

With SILENO hosted solution, you can be reassured about the security of your data: SILENO hosts its applications on probably one of the most secure computer hosting facilities in the world, the famous DATAROCK, a former underground military shelter in the heart of the Alps, totally autonomous and highly secure.

Integration of contract and asst management

e3m is a full EMS solution (Energy Management Solution) but has also modules:
- c3m for contract and consumption management
- a3m for asset and subscription management
SILENO allows you a global approach to your energy strategy.

Unrivaled data processing power

For more than 20 years, SILENO's e3m technology has proven itself with applications of several million data points spread over several thousand sites and consolidated on a single centralized application. This is also true with the performance of e3m interfaces: a portal page presenting several thousand measurements in the form of time-stamped curves opens and refreshes in less than a second.