Gartner Releases SWOT Analysis on Outage Management Providers

Gartner has released a market research report on software solution providers to the electric utilities market and specifically for outage management solutions (OMS). The report develops a SWOT (strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis for each software company and examines current market conditions that are leading utilities to improve communication and responsiveness in emergency situations. At the top of the list was Oracle Utilities followed closely by GE Energy while Intergraph, Miner and Miner and others were designated as niche players in the market. The report mentions the relationship between GE Energy and Oracle that we reported following the GITA conference this year in which GE announced plans to develop additional solutions directly on the Oracle Platform.