Hitachi reinvents Ellipse Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution with Microsoft's AI-enabled ...
Hitachi Energy, in collaboration
with Microsoft, is accelerating the digital transformation of essential
infrastructure —from electricity networks and transportation corridors to heavy
industrial operations—by reinventing how critical assets are managed and
maintained.
Power grids, rail networks, manufacturing facilities, and other
critical assets are often decades old and are under pressure from rising
demand, extreme weather, and ageing components. Failures within these systems
can lead to severe cascading impacts, including widespread blackouts, safety
incidents, environmental damage, and significant economic losses. By combining
Hitachi Energy’s extensive expertise in managing critical infrastructure with
Microsoft’s advanced artificial intelligence and data capabilities, operators
can transition from reactive problem-solving to proactive, comprehensive,
data-driven asset lifecycle management—addressing issues before they occur.
Hitachi Energy is reinventing
Hitachi Energy’s Ellipse Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) with Microsoft
Dynamics 365, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Microsoft Foundry –
into a unified solution to manage data, analytics, and business operations. It
builds on the strategic alliance between Hitachi, Ltd. and Microsoft Corp.
announced in June 2024, which established plans to embed Microsoft technologies
into Hitachi’s Lumada solutions. Today’s announcement brings that collaboration
to the energy sector, and leverages Ellipse’s 40 years of EAM expertise with
Microsoft’s advanced technology and capabilities.
“Hitachi Energy has decades of experience building and operating
the infrastructure that keeps modern life running,” said Massimo Danieli, Executive
Vice President and Managing Director of Business Unit Grid Automation at
Hitachi Energy. “Microsoft technology accelerates and enhances value to our
Ellipse customers, while also bringing to market a solution that is unmatched
in terms of IT and OT capabilities, offering essential service providers the
ability to operate more intelligently and sustainably.”
“Critical Infrastructure operators need insight they can act on.
Together with Hitachi Energy, we’re combining AI, cloud, and enterprise systems
to help organizations move from reactive maintenance to predictive operations,
improving reliability, safety, and long-term value for the infrastructure
society depends on” said, Dayan Rodriguez, Corporate Vice President,
Manufacturing and Mobility, Microsoft.
The solution leverages a combination of advanced digital
solutions, including Microsoft Foundry, Fabric, Microsoft 365 Copilot and
Microsoft Dynamics 365, to integrate critical datasets supporting asset
operations and provide unprecedented visibility of equipment across entire
networks. It can recommend the best time for maintenance based on supply chain,
HR, and financial data, ultimately helping organizations operate and plan
investments more efficiently. This means more reliable services, safer operations,
and fewer emergency repairs, which are often the most expensive and disruptive.
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