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CROW - IT/Technology Manager

The Control Room Operations Window represents a unique opportunity for you to implement an IT asset and a project that will help you WOW the business owners within electric utility grid operations – a successful IT investment that directly strengthens reliability, improves regulatory compliance, and has a positive impact on the bottom line.

CROW is a smart IT choice:

• It is a well-designed and robust application built using best-practices design methodology and a solid n-tier architecture.
• It is standards-based from the database through to the interfaces, and presents powerful integration opportunities with your other IT systems.
• It empowers IT to implement a solid, enterprise solution that offers the flexibility and extensibility required to ensure immediate and ongoing ROI.
• It includes an EPRI CIM-compliant electric system model (the CROW Enterprise Model), ensuring easy data exchange with other CIM-compliant databases.

CROW will be a successful implementation:

• CROW is a best-of-breed software tool that has been designed with input from numerous electric utilities and reliability organizations so its functionality and features strongly match the requirements of electric utilities everywhere.
• CROW has a proven performance track record and runs on a platform that is both inexpensive and sustainable.
• CROW's designer and developer, Equinox Software Design, has a stellar history and a proven track record for delivering both successful implementations and outstanding customer support services.

CROW exploits the power of metadata:

• Incorporating metadata technology provides the ability to model and analyze the business objects and relationships that make up your business environment prior to, during, and after system implementation.
• The Equinox metadata technology allows your internal system administrator to implement changes in your business environment without incurring the cost of software impacts.
• Your company benefits in your being able to preserve the business relevance of CROW which in turn maintains the business value and ongoing ROI of your IT investment.

To learn more about Equinox metadata technology — The Enterprise Model — click here.

Equinox Software Design knows IT:

• Equinox understands the challenges in evaluating and implementing IT assets that will result in immediate and ongoing ROI to your company.
• Equinox understands the technical challenges and solutions that are necessary to ensure a successful implementation.
• Equinox can truly help your IT staff to be successful in supporting the CROW product.

To find out how we can help you give your company a technology advantage or for more technical information about CROW, please contact us.