4 ms·

I'm in a research institution that's definitely interested in this topic; will forward this to some colleagues. Question: do you have any plans to offer self-h

I'm in a research institution that's definitely interested in this topic; will forward this to some colleagues. Question: do you have any plans to offer self-hosted solutions? I imagine that while many companies will be happy to let you guys do pilot projects on some lines, once you start talking about "let's put the whole national grid in" then national security concerns start popping up. Power distribution grids are highly critical infrastructure. Probably wise to pre-empt any troubles on that front; I'd guess a wise move would be partnering with a trusted entity in each country where you want to operate, letting them run it as a "local, trusted SaaS".

crubier 8y ago
You are right, this is a concern for some of our customers. We had talks about self-hosted solutions, but so far no customers required it. There a several reasons for this: - We host data on AWS on data centers in appropriate regions for each customer (read: in their own country, or a nearby one). AWS compliance programs also help a lot in building credibility: https://aws.amazon.com/fr/compliance/programs/ https://aws.amazon.com/fr/compliance/programs/ - We use solutions such as https://www.sqreen.io/ https://www.sqreen.io/ to add additional layers of security on our infrastructure - Having data on our side allows to retrain neural networks more effectively, which gives them great value that would be more difficult to get with on-premise deployments. We are looking into edge computing and training however. - So far we perform visual inspection of publicly visible assets. We do not host any data that would not be visible to anyone looking up to overhead lines in the countryside. This might also change in the future, and the amount of data we gather is also a concern, even if it is public. In the end, we take this topic very seriously, and if you have any additional info on easy ways to deploy with trusted entities in various geographical areas, I would be happy to hear your experience about that!
- semi-extrinsic 8y ago
  I think the amount of data is the main concern, yes. For Europe, you probably want to follow closely the new “EU DSO Entity” which is to be formed following the new Electricity Regulation, it's an entity intended to enhance cooperation between Distribution System Operators. One doesn't know if it will be just a paper tiger, though.

crubier 8y ago

You are right, this is a concern for some of our customers. We had talks about self-hosted solutions, but so far no customers required it. There a several reasons for this: - We host data on AWS on data centers in appropriate regions for each customer (read: in their own country, or a nearby one). AWS compliance programs also help a lot in building credibility: https://aws.amazon.com/fr/compliance/programs/ https://aws.amazon.com/fr/compliance/programs/ - We use solutions such as https://www.sqreen.io/ https://www.sqreen.io/ to add additional layers of security on our infrastructure - Having data on our side allows to retrain neural networks more effectively, which gives them great value that would be more difficult to get with on-premise deployments. We are looking into edge computing and training however. - So far we perform visual inspection of publicly visible assets. We do not host any data that would not be visible to anyone looking up to overhead lines in the countryside. This might also change in the future, and the amount of data we gather is also a concern, even if it is public. In the end, we take this topic very seriously, and if you have any additional info on easy ways to deploy with trusted entities in various geographical areas, I would be happy to hear your experience about that!

semi-extrinsic 8y ago
I think the amount of data is the main concern, yes. For Europe, you probably want to follow closely the new “EU DSO Entity” which is to be formed following the new Electricity Regulation, it's an entity intended to enhance cooperation between Distribution System Operators. One doesn't know if it will be just a paper tiger, though.