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2021

Availability from the VK Cloud Solutions

in Schneider Electric partnership VK Cloud Solutions (ранее Mail.ru Cloud Solutions) with will present cloudy versions of Schneider Electric products in the field of energy management. Clouds will simplify access to technology for geographically distributed enterprises and help reduce deployment and support costs. IT Infrastructure This was announced on November 16, 2021 by VK Cloud Solutions.

Seeing the growing demand for such products from customers and trying to meet their need for a convenient format, Schneider Electric decided to create and localize cloud versions of energy management solutions.

VK Cloud Solutions, a Russian vendor that was approved by Schneider Electric from the point of view of cybersecurity, was chosen as the main technology partner in Russia. The partnership with VK Cloud Solutions will allow Schneider Electric to deploy its own solutions on the finished infrastructure instead of building it from scratch. Schneider Electric will offer domestic customers cloud versions of its products based on the VK Cloud Solutions platform .

The first cloud solution of Schneider Electric, which is already available to Russian customers, was the power management system EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert in the Cloud (Cloud PME). With Cloud PME, you can optimize hardware utilization, improve power efficiency, and reduce energy and maintenance costs for your engineering infrastructure through tracking. In addition, it helps reduce the risk of accidents.

Cloud PME is a turnkey solution. Customers do not need to deploy their own IT infrastructure and hire specialists to maintain it. To use Cloud PME, it is enough to have on-site computer access to the network (the simplest way to implement such a network is/with a 4GLTE router regular SIM card of any operator). It is especially popular in companies where a large amount of expensive electrical equipment is used.

In turn, Schneider Electric can supply reliable and secure cloud solutions to Russian customers in full compliance with regulatory requirements, in particular, 152-FZ on personal data. Cloud PME can be managed completely remotely, the software runs on VK Cloud Solutions virtual machines, and the availability of the cloud infrastructure comes under the responsibility of the provider.

This is only the first stage of cooperation. In the future, Schneider Electric and VK Cloud Solutions plan to offer jointly developed products to Russian customers.

The use of cloud services helps optimize the process of managing resources and processes. So, the Cloud PME solution comes as a ready-made service that does not need to be installed and maintained in-house. The infrastructure for processing data from equipment is deployed in secure data centers VK. It is enough for the client to connect Cloud PME to access monitors with visual data on energy consumption and start monitoring the situation at the enterprise in real time, "said Leonid Anikin, Director of Development of VK Digital Technologies.

{{quote 'Clouds will help our customers quickly gain access to Schneider Electric's leading solutions, reduce the cost of buying equipment and hiring specialists. As part of the development of cloud products and services, we plan to maximize localization. Cooperation with VK Cloud Solutions on the Cloud PME project is only the first step towards building a full-fledged cloud partnership between companies, "added Mikhail Chekalin, leader in the development of digital products in power supply systems, Schneider Electric. }}

EcoStruxure Power Operation: Multiple projects can be deployed simultaneously

On August 16, 2021, the company Schneider Electric introduced the next version of software EcoStruxure Power Operation (EPO; formerly EcoStruxure Power SCADA Operation). The updated version includes additional sets of pre-configured graphics elements and hardware drivers that optimize system deployment on site. Relay protection devices, meters and programmable logistic controller provide complex operations and support the ability to unload a wide range of data for later. analysts

EcoStruxure Power Operation

Major updates to EcoStruxure Power Operation:

• State-of-the-art graphics and alarm alert - Allows users to access their system from anywhere in the world, anytime, and from any browser, in accordance with HTML5.
• Micro-network support: Allows you to view system dynamics, including animated single-line circuitry, even for the most complex electric power multi-power distribution systems through any HTML5 compatible web browser.
• Cyber security Protection against cyber threats in accordance with the global standard; cyber security ISA/IEC-62443 role-based access control through Windows Active Directory two-factor authentication to protect against zero-day attacks.
• Multiple projects can be deployed simultaneously, monitoring and managing multiple independent systems of individual objects.

EcoStruxure Power Operation is a key element of the EcoStruxure Power platform that digitalizes the power distribution system with plug-in devices, data collection solutions, and analytics. EcoStruxure Power Operation identifies risks, extends network and diagnostic support, and provides management capabilities. EPO digitizes and optimizes a complex power distribution system, reduces decision time.

EcoStruxure Power Operation allows to trace, control and eliminate system failures in real time in the systems of distribution of an average and low voltage to optimize availability of the electric power and operational efficiency and also to reduce idle time and risks of safety.

If you manage a facility that is large and critically sensitive to the quality of energy supply, every second of downtime is accompanied by serious disruptions in work and financial losses, can affect people's lives and can potentially damage the reputation of the organization. EPO is designed to help facilities with increased quality requirements for monitoring and energy management systems (data centers, oil and gas enterprises and airports) increase their uptime. This SCADA is specially designed for large distribution networks. It supports link protection . EPO helps protect people and electrical assets, optimize business continuity, optimize operational efficiency, and simplify reporting and compliance. noted Artem Pikulev, Schneider Electric expert on product use in Russia

As part of a cloud-based energy efficiency solution - Cloud PME

Mail.ru Cloud Solutions On April 29, 2021, she announced that she, together with the company Schneider Electric , was launching the power Russia cloud service management system EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert in the Cloud (Cloud PME). Cloudy The Mail.ru Cloud Solutions version of PME enables you to improve enterprise energy efficiency without having to deploy the system in-house. IT Infrastructure The solution will be in demand among industrial enterprises, including for, and electrical power oil and gas metallurgical the sector, as well as in large geographically distributed chains of retail trade and commercial buildings.

The EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert software solves the problem of reliability and efficiency of power supply, reduces operational and administrative costs of the business. The centralized monitoring system aggregates the consumption of any energy resources (electricity, gas, water, heat or steam) and provides information in a visual form. Further, these data are used, for example, by the operation service or the power engineer to make technical and administrative decisions that contribute to more efficient energy consumption and equipment operation in optimal modes.

The system takes into account any energy resources (electricity, gas, water, heat), monitors the state of equipment at the facilities, monitors power supply parameters, predicts consumption, alerts events and generates reports.

Partners provide a turnkey solution. Mail.ru Cloud Solutions takes on the tasks of deploying and supporting infrastructure: the software runs in the cloud and the customer does not need to purchase, configure and maintain servers. Data is well protected and stored in the cloud in the Russian Federation.

Configuration of the solution for individual customer needs, commissioning on servers and software updates is carried out by Schneider Electric specialists. In this way, the energy management system becomes available to customers without the IT infrastructure at the facilities and the skills to start such systems.

The solution allows you to maximize the capabilities of the engineering infrastructure by obtaining up-to-date data, as well as escape from "reactive" service to predictive: reduce the number of scheduled inspections and maintain networks as necessary. As a result, the life cycle of the equipment is significantly extended and the quality of the services provided is improved. The use of EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert allows businesses to reduce up to 15% of maintenance costs, up to 10% of power consumption, and save time spent on technological downtime. The open PME architecture allows you to work with protocol devices of any manufacturer, and can also be integrated into third-party accounting and automation systems.

Energy savings after the implementation of PME from the cloud, depending on the type of object, are up to 15%. The solution allows you to take into account any resources (electricity, gas, water, heat), monitor the condition of equipment at the facilities, manage infrastructure loads and maintain reporting documents. We are confident that the cloud version will definitely be in demand in the Russian market, "said Mikhail Chekalin, manager of innovative solutions at Power Domain, Schneider Electric in Russia and the CIS.

{{quote 'Demand for digital energy efficiency products is growing rapidly worldwide. By 2025, every second device will be able to transmit data, and the total number of devices connected to the network will be 80 billion. The deployment of all PME functionality in the Russian cloud will be another step towards the digital transformation of the energy industry. We are confident that our joint decision with Schneider Electric will help Russian companies better control costs and develop their business, "says Leonid Anikin, development director of Mail.ru Digital Technologies. }}

2017

EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert

The EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert platform is designed to minimize downtime and maximize operational efficiency in energy-intensive enterprises with high requirements for uninterrupted operation of equipment. This is a key element of the EcoStruxure Power architecture from Schneider Electric, which acts as a "window" for the digital network, taking advantage of IoT connectivity and distributed intelligence.

Ecostuxure Power Monitoring Expert has:

• energy visualization and analysis tools for calculating, modelling, forecasting and tracking key energy efficiency indicators (EnPIs);
• A smart event alert management and alarm grouping system for intuitive and qualitative filtering, search, and categorization of events and alarms;
• graphical interface for monitoring network status.

EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert is part of Schneider Electric's proposal as part of its vision for a new energy future. Electrical networks will continue to develop, and systems will become more complicated, which will entail significant changes in their maintenance and control. EcoStruxure Schneider Electric's Power Monitoring Expert is an open and scalable energy management architecture based on IoT technologies. This management tool allows you to protect people and equipment, maintain operational efficiency, save time and money. The system collects data in real time about the distribution network of the enterprise and presents it as understandable information through an intuitive web interface.

EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert uses standard industrial protocols and allows you to work with any devices of both Schneider Electric and third-party manufacturers. The software is easily integrated with any accounting, monitoring and automation systems (for example, SCADA, BAC, DCS, ERP), as well as web services. In addition, Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert can work in the most demanding IT environments and is compatible with IEC62443 cybersecurity standards.

EcoStruxure Power

On June 1, 2017, Schneider Electric announced the release of EcoStruxure Power, an architecture for energy management in buildings. It has a number of characteristics that will be appreciated by professionals in the electric power industry, including designers, system integrators and their customers.

EcoStruxure Power brings together three innovative levels:

• connected devices (first level),
• Primary Data Collection and Processing Products and Solutions (Tier 2)
• applications, analytics and services (Tier 3),

into a single structure for power distribution complexes. More than 450,000 enterprises around the world have chosen the concept of EcoStruxure for their facilities.