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We are proud to announce a big new project alongside our partner Adrem.

Adrem is a leading Romanian EPC and service provider for the energy industry with a strong focus on Smart Grid and IT/OT convergence solutions and utility digitalization. We are starting a complete Asset Performance Management Project for the Romanian electricity distribution company.

We will cover implementing all IPS products and solutions, user training, and future APM project support. In addition to advanced analytics, which is the core of the APM solution, we will make sure that the client manages its own business more efficiently with an Asset Investment Planning solution.

Distributie Energie Oltenia (DEO) operates in seven counties in the Oltenia region in Romania and ensures power distribution to approximately 1,5 million customers.

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Dear Friends,

I want to give you a brief pause during this busy holiday season and thank you for your continued support. IPS has taken an important step toward our future growth by entering into a strategic partnership with Megger Group. Our company is expanding globally, which will bring new partnerships, new employees and, of course, new products and ideas. Several past decisions that have already proven successful have been made to move to the redesigned and modernised solutions and products of IPS. The results achieved in 2021 are the result of the tireless efforts and extreme work of our motivated teams, who have received important input and valuable feedback worldwide.

We are grateful for all the support we have received in this endeavour. It has helped us to go our way and stay what we always want to be – a globally recognised player in the field of EAM, APM, AIP, EPIS, NMM, OMS and other specialised solutions.

On behalf of myself and the team at IPS, I would like to thank you for your continued support. We wish you happy holidays and a safe and joyous 2022.

May 2022 be filled with happiness and inspiration.

Sincerely,
Dr. Zeljko Schreiner,
CEO of IPS Company Group

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Megger and IPS Group announce strategic partnership

Dover, UK, & Munich, Germany, September 8th, 2021 – Megger Group (‘Megger’) and IPS Group (‘IPS’) jointly announce that they have reached a definitive agreement to work together as strategic partners combining both their experience and product lines to create new value for the electrical supply industry. The agreement includes Megger taking an equity stake in IPS.

IPS is one of the leading providers of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Asset Performance Management (APM), Network Model Management (NMM), Outage Management (OMS), Enterprise Protection Information (EPIS) and Mobile Software Solutions (WFM) for the electrical supply industry. Gartner ranked IPS as ‘the world’s highest-performing Niche Player for the execution of the Enterprise Asset Management.
IPS was founded by Dr. Zeljko Schreiner in 2004. Since then, it has grown to be a leading provider of APM data analytics to the electrical power industry, enabling electrical utilities to increase network reliability while reducing both maintenance costs and customer minutes lost, as well as providing insight to Asset Investment Planning.

The partnership with Megger extends the reach of IPS’s technical excellence and brings improved market access as well as new opportunities in commercial and strategic innovation. Megger will benefit from IPS’s data analytics capability, cyber security and digitalization expertise.

Against this background, both parties expressed their anticipation for future cooperation:

Jim Fairbairn, CEO of Megger, stated “We are thrilled to announce our partnership with IPS and are excited about the opportunities of working together on a global basis. The Megger team has been very impressed with IPS and in particular the quality of the team at IPS. This move is aligned to the Megger strategy of extending our leadership in electrical test & measurement to include online condition monitoring equipment and services and enabling Asset Performance Management critical data flow and related prescriptive insights to electrical power systems through advanced analytic capabilities”.

Dr. Zeljko Schreiner, Founder and CEO of IPS, commented “I’m very happy to have Megger as our strategic partner who will help us take the business to the next level. We have already identified many opportunities to work together to increase the value for our customers. The IPS Team is looking forward to co-operating with Megger over the coming years”.

About Megger Group

Megger Group has been a leader in electrical test and measurement globally for over 130 years. From power generation to the power outlets in your home, Megger products cover almost every application within the Electrical Supply Industry.
Megger has applications in seven core application segments: cable test and diagnostics, protection relays and systems, circuit breakers, transformer test and diagnostics, low voltage installations, general electrical testing, and motor and generator testing.
The company has nine manufacturing sites in locations within Germany, USA, UK and Sweden, its headquarters based in Dover, UK, and has over forty sales offices across the globe. Megger has grown substantially through acquisitions including the recent purchases of Seba, Baker Instrument and Power Diagnostix.

About IPS Group

IPS Group is a global software company with specialized solutions for power utilities. In 2019 Gartner ranked IPS as the highest performing Niche Player in the Gartner Magic Quadrant Report for Enterprise Asset Management. IPS is a global company and leading provider of EAM, APM, and Mobile Software Solutions, Outage Management and Network Model Management for Global Energy Supply. IPS Group has been expanded by acquisition of the EXENTRIM (www.exentrim.com) in the area of knowledge management, user trainings and (online/on-prem) customer education. IPS provides advanced specialized expert solutions to Power utilities around the globe, supporting their digital transformations and providing optimization of important business and technical decisions, to meet required environmental and regulatory demands. The business has a significant installed base of electrical transmission and distribution networks across Europe, US, Middle East, and Australia Pacific. IPS has facilities in Germany (Head Office), Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, USA, UAE, and Australia. Establishing new and improving existing partnerships, worldwide experience, domain expertise and passion for work are the drivers for IPS®SYSTEMS development.

Megger:
Lisa Newman
Group Brand Manager

IPS Group:
Jože Bizjak
Chief Sales & Marketing Officer

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9-10 September 2021 / Online Interactive Conference – Outage Management

Join us at the 6th Annual Outage Management Forum for Distribution System Operators.

If you are still struggling with old systems or searching for a completely new system for better and more efficient Outage Management, join our presentation at Outage Management Forum, where you can learn all about our advanced IPS^®Outage Management System Solution

Jože Bizjak, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at IPS Intelligent Process Solutions, will in his presentation focus on the Outage Management Role within DSO/TSO IT Architecture, Integration with SCADA, Enterprise Asset Management, Network Model Management. He will explain how to successfully manage planned and unplanned outages with IPS^®. Besides the presentation, IPS will be your company on two breakout sessions on both days of the conference at 12:30 (CET).

Join our IPS^® Outage Management Experience on the 9th of September at 11:10 (CET).

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IPS will for the first time participate in the OpenIT event in Serbia.

We are glad to announce that for the first time, IPS will participate in an online OpenIT event, hosted by AISEC.

The main goal of the event is to help students make the first step from college to the first employment. IPS as a continuously growing company support such events and it is offering young and individuals to kick-start their careers. We are on a constant lookout for people that will bring fresh energy to our company and help in further development of the Software intelligence for a better tomorrow.

Our young application engineers, Jelena Spasojevic and Nikola Popovic, are expecting you at our Company Room, where they will answer your questions, give you some practical tips and explain what we are doing.

Join the online event and visit our virtual booth.

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Last week we organized the very first virtual IPS User Meeting, otherwise already the 15th User Meeting in our history.

A year full of challenges is behind us and the entire world had to adapt to a new normality, and so did we. Our annual user meeting was first planned in September 2020, in Belgrade (Serbia), but we had to shift it to the virtual environment.

So, last week, we finally brought together almost 300 Users from 25 countries all around the world, who participated in live Q&A sessions and had the chance to learn from our Customers and IPS Experts.

Now, we would like to take this opportunity to hear your impressions of the event. We are inviting you to take part in a short survey and help us build the next event even better:

Again, we would like to thank all of the speakers who helped shape the event, special thanks to guest speakers, that were willing to share the knowledge and experience, and all the sponsors.

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The first virtual IPS EMEA User Meeting is just around the corner.

Join us on April 14th and 15ht and take the opportunity to learn about the latest innovations within IPS®SYSTEMS, explore the IPS world via keynote presentations, learn all about new features and benefits in IPS®LUNA and our advanced IPS®Outage Management System solution, a new version of IPS®MobApp, IPS®EPIS, and much more.

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IPS EMEA User Meeting 2021 is proudly supported by:

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Why Attend?

Learn how you can unlock your full potential by using our solutions!
Enhance your knowledge by listening to keynote presentations held by industry leaders.
Catch a glimpse of the future! We’ll show you sneak-peeks of upcoming features and services within IPS®SYSTEMS.
Upgrade your skills and connect with industry leaders in the IPS user community by taking part in one-on-one expert talks and networking opportunities.
Don’t wait until the market tells you what comes next – help us to shape the future direction of the industry.
Take part in creating an intelligent work environment and learn how to transform your business.
Get ready for the future of digital maintenance!

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IPS^®ComponentManagement provides information systems, data models, rule sets, and data management for utilities to facilitate compliance with the ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards, which includes information technology, security techniques, and information security management systems.

The standards require DSOs and TSOs to demonstrate that ISMS data management, configurations, and versions of all smart devices in stations are tracked in a centralized information system in a standardized manner.

IPS^®ENERGY has introduced a concept of components, which means:

Components are centrally organized and configured at Asset Type.
- For each manufacturer/type/… at the Asset Type level, individual Component Hierarchy can be defined,
- including historical management of archived, valid or obsolete versions and
- their validity – Patch Management.
Standardized and centralized Component hierarchy can be assigned, modified, or deleted on each individual Asset Instance.
Users can centrally manage the Component version lifecycle at the Asset Type level and immediately obtain the list of maintenance activities required to keep the fleet of smart devices at the required version level.

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IPS®RELEX reads GE URS native files.

IPS^®RELEX is a specialized tool for power system protection data management. It allows you to manage all relevant data of the power system, relay locations, technical documentation, relay setting history, relay setting and relay template handling, multiple comparison options, and even test automation and test document handling. It has integrated the world’s most comprehensive library of relay models.

The latest IPS^®RELEX has been extended with a brand new GE UR (URS) data reader.
With this upgrade, we have greatly simplified the process of handling protection data by enabling the direct import of native URS files for versions between V4.x and V8.x. In the case of a lower version, the old CSV data reader will still be used.

The above updates are already implemented in IPS^®ENERGY version 1.93.115 and IPS Master Data Package 50 (MDP50).

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IEC published a new CIM standard

Common Information Model is an abstract model representing all the significant objects in an electric utility enterprise typically involved in utility operations.

CIM provides a standard way to represent power system assets and their relationships and accelerate the integration of independently developed network applications by different vendors. It simplifies integrating a system running network applications and other systems concerned with various aspects of power system operations, such as generation or distribution management.

The CIM expedites integration by specifying a universal language based on the CIM. It allows these applications or systems to access public data and exchange it independently of how such information is represented internally.

Main changes according to the previous edition:

Added Feeder modeling;
Added ICCP configuration modeling;
Correction of issues found in interoperability testing or use of the standard;
Improved documentation;
Updated Annex A – with custom extensions;
Added Annex B – Examples of PST transformer modeling;
Added Annex C – HVDC use cases.

The IPS^®NMM is extended with the CIM17 data model extensions and supports the creation of both profiles, CIM 16 and CIM 17.

Book a demo session with our experts if you would like to know more about IPS^®Network Model Management.