SAP for Utilities employs more than 30 years of industry experience to deliver true end-to-end process support. Leveraging enterprise SOA and the SAP NetWeaver platform, SAP for Utilities drives business and market standardization with more flexibility for regulatory changes. More than 1,000 electric, gas, and water utilities in 70 countries run SAP software. www.sap.com

Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) is the world's largest, customer-driven community of SAP and SAP BusinessObjects professionals. With more than 85,000 individuals and 1,800 companies represented, ASUG delivers value to member companies through access to a year-round community of unmatched intellectual capital, unparalleled networking opportunities, and a forum to influence SAP. www.asug.com

PLATINUM SPONSOR

Accenture knows what it takes to develop, deliver and run SAP-based systems that address an organization’s business needs. With over 30 years of experience, Accenture's Utilities Industry and SAP have a strategic alliance dedicated to help clients exploit new technologies and drive delivery excellence. Our deep industry experience working with more than 75 utilities and our 1,400 trained SAP professionals help delivery value to the utilities industry. Accenture’s SAP practitioners offer a unique blend of technical skills, industry insight, business consulting experience and cultural insight to help utility companies become high performing businesses. To learn more about Accenture’s Utilities practice, please visit www.accenture.com/utilities

GOLD SPONSOR

Open Text, an enterprise software company and leader in enterprise content management, helps organizations manage and gain the true value of their business content. Open Text brings two decades of expertise supporting 46,000 customers and millions of users in 114 countries. Working with our customers and partners, we bring together leading Content Experts™ to help organizations capture and preserve corporate memory, increase brand equity, automate processes, mitigate risk, manage compliance and improve competitiveness. For more information, visit www.opentext.com

SILVER SPONSORS

OSIsoft delivers the PI System for management of real-time data and events across the smart grid in generation, renewables, transmission and distribution and AMI. OSIsoft MDUS is a SAP Endorsed Business Solution for AMI. www.osisoft.com

Itron is the world’s leading provider of metering, data collection and utility software solutions for the global energy and water industries with nearly 8,500 utilities relying on our technology. www.itron.com/pages/index.asp

ESRI is the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology. With GISCONNEX from business partner IMAGEM, ESRI is helping SAP users expand geographic analysis capabilities. www.esri.com

SPONSORS

Deloitte Consulting LLP takes a 360-degree approach to maximizing your SAP investment. Our multidisciplinary capabilities help you go beyond improvement to produce sustainable change. www.deloitte.com/us/sap

Syclo, SAP's co-innovation mobility partner for asset management and CRM field service, uniquely offers prebuilt, SMART Mobile Suite applications and Agentry™, a scalable, fully configurable mobile platform. www.syclo.com

Perceptive Software engineers enterprise content management (ECM) software products, including ImageNow document management, imaging and workflow that integrate easily with your business applications to fuel efficiency. www.www.perceptivesoftware.com/sap

The Mosaic Company is a training and change management consulting firm that specializes in ensuring that Utilities achieve strong adoption and user performance when implementing SAP and other enterprise applications. www.themosaiccompany.com

GuiXT by Synactive provides end-to-end solutions for simplifying and customizing SAP processes without complicated and expensive ABAP and Java programming. Bundled with SAP software. guixt.com

StreamServe Smart Customer Communications for the new energy era – driving operational and energy efficiencies with effective SAP billing and correspondence. www.streamserve.com

AlertEnterprise delivers innovative software to eliminate cyber attacks and insider threat across entire Smart Grid while automating NERC CIP compliance by detecting blended threats across IT Security, Physical Access Controls and Control Systems for Utilities. www.alertenterprise.com

eMeter enables electric, gas, and water utilities to realize the full benefits of their Advanced Metering and Smart Grid initiatives through their EnergyIPTM software. www.emeter.com

Space-Time Insight offers industry’s leading geospatial analytics platform for the Smart Grid, analyzing, correlating, and visualizing multi-source, real time data on satellite images, enabling preventive action. www.spacetimeinsight.com

Vesta is a professional services firm with deep domain expertise in maintenance and reliability. We provide SAP EAM solutions that deliver significant financial and operational improvements. vestapartners.com

Global Software The No. 1 worldwide provider of Microsoft® Excel-based automation tools for the SAP® User Community. Global's Spreadsheet Automation Suite is comprised of Spreadsheet Server, Executive DASH™ and Enterprise Budgeting. Global's products are used in 39 countries and support over 4,000 customers and 175,000+ users worldwide. glbsoft.com

Vertex Business Services is a leader in Customer Management Services, providing BPO & Customer Management Outsourcing, IT Applications & Services, Consulting, and Analytics solutions. We are a certified SAP services partner. www.VertexGroup.com

Teradata, the leader in data warehousing and analytical solutions, empowers utilities to drive real results to their bottom line through smarter, faster business decisions. teradata.com

IBM and SAP are working together to unlock the benefits of an Intelligent Utility Network that integrates vital meter reading data with key operational and business applications. Our solutions are designed to help individuals and businesses manage power usage more intelligently and deliver power and analysis based on customer demands. Improve asset utilization. Increase power availability. Reduce wasteful fossil fuel consumption. www.ibm-sap.com

Siemens is the world’s only integrated energy infrastructure company with solutions covering the entire energy conversion chain. The Utilities practice of Siemens IT Solutions & Services provides integrated solutions to drive real business value to a utility's technology investments. www.usa.siemens.com/it-solutions-

Sparta is the SAP Services Partner with proven Utility expertise and experience. We provide a comprehensive end to end high quality value alternative for Assessments, Upgrades, Managed Support Services and Complete One Stop Implementations. www.spartaconsulting.com

PricewaterhouseCoopers' Utilities advisory professionals provide end-to-end services from strategy to implementation across all operational areas. PwC's work with SAP solutions for utilities has helped organizations use the technology to adapt and succeed in an evolving industry. www.pwc.com/us/utilities

HCL AXON is a business transformation consultancy that
designs, implements and supports solutions that address complex business issues that are faced by organizations who have selected SAP as their strategic enterprise platform. www.hcl-axon.com

Ivara EXP improves asset performance and reliability. Ivara is an SAP Partner. Ivara EXP has a Certified Integration to SAP PM. www.ivara.com

Basis Technologies help many utilities achieve efficiencies in managing SAP change; reporting performance across large data environments and resolution of business process exceptions. www.basistechnologies.com

Autodesk Extensive 2D and 3D model based solutions from Autodesk help utility professionals to more efficiently plan, design and manage electric, gas, water, wastewater and storm water infrastructure to extend the accuracy, precision, and value of asset and network information. www.autodesk.com

MEDIA SPONSORS

Maintenance Technology Magazine serves the technical and business information needs of engineers, managers, and supervisors responsible for plant equipment reliability, maintenance, and asset management; helping you in your day-to-day job responsibilities. www.mt-online.com