The ONLY tool available, at present, for Y2K Embedded Systems Assessment is TAVA Technologies PlantY2K One CD-ROM.
planty2kone.com
Here's some information which relates specifically to the electric utility industry:
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TAVA & RW BECK "ELECTRIC UTILITY" VENTURE - HIGHLIGHTS
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RW Beck: Consulting engineering firm with over 1,000 utility clients.
Contract with CMS
High-power utility analyst on Nightly Business Report named CMS as his #1 utility to buy for the deregulation era. Feb 12
Contract with PacifiCorp
Who's PacifiCorp? Message 3424229
Several other Electric Utility proposals outstanding
Expected to close by the end of this month.
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) - 35+ utilities represented.
Presented as a "designated solution provider".
Western Power Producers Conference - 20+ utilities represented.
Presenting as a "designated solution provider".
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RW Beck is a consulting engineering firm with 500 employees operating from 10 offices across the U.S. The firm specializes in providing engineering services to electric utilities, particularly in the area of risk assessment and planning. Beck's utility client list numbers more than 1,000.
January 29 TAVA signed agreement with RW Beck to form a joint venture to address the market for year 2000 (Y2K) compliance in the process control and embedded system layer in the electric utility industry.
The venture will operate under an exclusive license to apply TAVA's Plant Y2K One(TM) product to the electric utility industry and will modify the product to meet the particular requirements of the industry. Modifications will include extension of TAVA's compliance database to include process automation components commonly applied in power generation, transmission and distribution.
''We believe this venture model may have ready application to some other vertical markets outside the company's immediate experience base, one that we are currently considering is that of Y2K embedded system compliance in hospitals and bio-medical systems.'' John Jenkins - TAVA CEO
biz.yahoo.com
TAVA has a major developing market in electric utility deregulation, which will be at least a 10-year event of mergers, acquisitions and new entrants. TAVA is rapidly gaining recognition among utilities, and while the stock market may be looking past this arena, TAVA management is smartly positioning TAVA as the "go to" company for the special needs facing utilities both in the Y2K era, and in the substantially longer period of adjustment to deregulation we have already entered. This is a major story for long term investors. Karl Drobnic - "VENTURE RETURNS" Newsletter |
