Policy of information technology development of SO UES until 2018
In November, 2014 the Board of Directors of the System operator approved Policy of information technology development of JSC SO UES until 2018
In November, 2014 SO UES announced the approval by Board of Directors of the company of policy of information technology development until 2018. The company notes that it is the first in its history document which is in a complex defining the directions of perspective development of IT in supervisory control of UES of Russia and also in not technology fields of activity of SO UES.
The working group of SO UES and the Accenture company ("Accenture of PLS") selected a competitive basis which has the international and Russian experience of implementation of similar projects for the largest energy companies was engaged in creation of the document. From SO UES representatives of IT blocks, technology functional unit of the company, blocks of security, economy and finance and also all seven branches of the Interconnected dispatching offices (IDO) and several branches of the regional dispatching offices (RDO) entered into the working group.
"Need of development of the separate tselepolagayushchy complex document in the field of IT of the System operator is caused by a number of the factors requiring special approach to the organization of management of its information infrastructure. First, need of ensuring positive continuous control of the electrical power modes UES of Russia imposes extremely high requirements to reliability and fault tolerance of the applications, computing means and communication networks used in supervisory control, - the head of the working group on development of IT policy, the vice chairman of the board of SO UES Fedor Opadchy says".
Secondly, he adds, changes in IT happen to higher speed in comparison with rates of changes in other spheres of supervisory control — information technologies are distinguished by prompt technical obsolenscence of the equipment and software, permanent emergence of technical innovations and improvement of practice of use" yu.
The IT policy defines the IT target model and provides 35 strategic initiatives on its achievement, actions, united in the comprehensive program. Strategic initiatives are separated into five blocks: technology systems, IT infrastructure and information security, telecommunications and communication, not technology systems, organization and processes of information technologies.
Within development of technology supervisory control systems till 2018 replacement in branches of System operator of the local automation equipment the single corporate technology systems, implementation of corporate storage of technology information, instruments of automation of market tasks and technologies of short-term planning of the electrical power modes is supposed.
Besides, the program provides also updating of the server hardware having age more than five years, implementation of data processing centers in executive office and branches, transition to single systems of backup, unification of customer premise equipment and ensuring access of employees to information systems from mobile devices.
Within strategic initiatives on development of telecommunications and communication expansion of implementation of the IP telephony systems, video conferencings, upgrade of recording systems of dispatching negotiations, development of a corporate data network, updating of the equipment of primary communication network and local computer network is supposed. Also within development of communication systems carrying out updating of requirements to the organization of communication with subjects of power industry is planned.
IT politicians treat reliability augmentation of work and quality of operation of information systems, implementation of the balanced approach in issues of development of IT infrastructure key tasks, increase in level of automation of business processes EEC OS, speak in the company.
SO UES also notes that the policy of development of IT supplements its technical policy till 2016 and defines the directions of technology development of the company in the field of IT and also creates methodical base for formation of investment plans of the System operator.
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