Red Hat Enables Energy Companies to Embrace Digital Transformation and Smart Partnerships to Adjust to Dynamic Changes

To download the complimentary white paper, please visit: http://frost.ly/6h4. To download the complimentary white paper, please visit:http://frost.ly/6h4. The great energy transition means blurring the lines that used to separate utilities, oil and gas companies, and energy users. Third-party aggregators, prosumers, and a new generation of asset owners and operators further complicate the picture. Additional challenges include growing cybersecurity threats and ransomware attacks,...

To download the complimentary white paper, please visit: http://frost.ly/6h4.

The great energy transition means blurring the lines that used to separate utilities, oil and gas companies, and energy users. Third-party aggregators, prosumers, and a new generation of asset owners and operators further complicate the picture. Additional challenges include growing cybersecurity threats and ransomware attacks, maintaining aging infrastructure, a retiring workforce, and a growing skillset gap. Secure and intelligent data insights and processes sharing through open platforms can improve operations, promote digital transformation, and create outcomes and organizational visibility that promotes a digitally-forward culture. Businesses that embrace the transformations will move forward faster.

"To remain relevant as the market transitions to new, data-driven business models, energy-related companies need to invest in a flexible, future-proof framework. This will enable an organization to get ahead of changes, such as evolving markets, socio-economic upheavals, growing cybersecurity threats, and ever-changing global regulatory demands," explained Roberta Gamble, Partner & Vice President at Frost & Sullivan.

Energy companies should look to:

E.G. Nadhan, Chief Architect and Strategist at Red Hat North America, said: "Thanks to growing renewable power asset portfolios and the critical nature of data, once independent industries – oil and gas, transmission and distribution, and power generation – now share the same challenges as everything becomes more connected. With growing data generation and utilization, energy businesses turn to the cloud for better scaling, agility, and computational power."

The benefits of cloud use and addressing challenges hinge on creating smart partnerships that help build and execute risk-mitigating strategies. The right partner can enable an organization to go well beyond its current capabilities. Benefits of using the cloud for energy companies include:

E.G. Nadhan recently spoke with Roberta Gamble about the evolution of the energy industry and the role of data. The webinar in its entirety is available here: https://frost.ly/6-k.

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