Frank Vikingstad sees a great potential for development and use of “ Big data ”. Here together with SYSCOS Director East ( left ) Runar Vestrheim , Pål Vidar Strømmen ( EA ),
SYSCO grows with “ Big Data ”
A few months after Credo Partners took position as the main shareholder of SYSCO , an important acquisition became a reality . The agreement to acquire the data company Enfo Analytics , owned by Agder Energi Venture , was signed in late November and SYSCO thereby secured an unique expertise on Big Data . This will benefit the company ’ s customers in the future .
Enfo Analytics is a company consisting of five highly skilled technologists , physicists and mathematicians , recently spun off from Agder Energi . The employees have a number of years worked in the research and development department of Statnett , among other things with Big Data solutions that automatically identify and report malfunctions in the power grid ( Aggregate AutoDIG ). The level of competence is high among SYSCO ´ s new employees , and one of the new recruits are currently also writing for his doctorate in an important area for utility companies .
-We want to take an even clearer position in relation to the digitization of the power industry . There is great need for new skills in the area of Big Data , IoT and artificial intelligence . Today the situation is a little that ” everyone talks about it ,” but ” no one ” knows what it is .
The fact is that the technology has been available for a long time , the deficiencies are however primarily on the algorithms and analytis skills . This is why we are excited about the opportunity this acquisition provides us , explains CEO Frank Vikingstad .
The staff of Enfo Analytics will become part of the SYSCO office at Lysaker , located near the premises they have outlined earlier . In the short term the entire team is fully engaged for Statnett in various R & D projects , but in the future they will form the basis for a new division that will focus on simplifying , automating and innovate solutions for SYSCO ´ s customers .
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