1. Managing a Smart Grid with Operational Efficiency Ray Bariso Executive Director – Solution Strategy

2. Contents

3. Build it and they will come… LightRiver Technologies NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0

4. Intelligent Network & Technology Evolution Late 1800s - First Electromechanical Switch Late 1960s - Software Controlled Switches 2010+ - Convergence Voice/Data – Wireless Broadband (WiMAX/WiFi/LTE) IT & Communications – Ethernet & Home Networks Wireless/Wireline Network Integration Communications and Electric Power Utility 1970s - Primarily Analog, Copper-based Networks for Voice Services 1980s – Fiber Optics, Digital Networks and Data Transmission  1984 - US Gov’t breakup of AT&T  Intelligent Network – 800 Services, Custom Calling Features, Alternative Billing  Customized Voice Services and Service Creation Platform In the Beginning: A Manually Connected Network (via local operator) 1990s – Internet, IP, Broadband, Wireless Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Deregulation and Competition Rise of the Internet Rapid Expansion of Wireless Voice Communications 2000 - 3G Wireless Digital Wireless Voice Communications Wireless Data Transmission Mass Market Broadband SMB & Enterprise Data Growth More Intelligence & Complexity

5. Holistic Approach to Operational Efficiency Customers Employees Regulators Vendors Plan-to-Provision Order-to-Cash Trouble-to-Resolution SCADA OMS EMS NMS DMS CRM MDM Billing Customer Meter Usage Event Assets Network Mesh SONET DWDM xAN Fiber IP/MPLS Wi-Fi WiMAX 3G/4G/LTE Ethernet Microwave Organizations, relationships and interactions will change and grow Systems will change and increase in number Information will grow exponentially New technologies will increase network complexity

6. Business Process and B/OSS Framework

7. Network Discovery & Reconciliation Network Discovery & Reconciliation Network Commissioning Network Commissioning Smart Grid Communications Network Holistic Communications Network Visibility Holistic Communications Network Visibility Centralized Network Inventory Management Communications Network Management is Critical

8. Summary