Metron Farnier's innovative cloud-based solution, 'Intelligent Water Management Platform for Utilities' built by Saviant, gets to the Top 3 IoT solutions
at IoT World Congress 2023, Barcelona

Intelligent Microsoft Cloud-based Water Management Platform for Utilities makes it to the Top 3 for Best Energy & Utility Solution Awards 2023, alongside Saudi Aramco, a Fortune 500 company, and Zariot, a global IoT security company.

Gran Via Venue, Barcelona, Feb 28, 2023: Saviant's long-term customer, Metron Farnier, is a Colorado-based automated advanced metering solutions provider for Utilities. Their innovative Cloud-based solution, 'Intelligent Water Management Platform for Utilities,' built by Saviant, made it to the Top 3 solutions for Best Energy & Utility solution Awards 2023 at IoT World Congress 2023 (IoTSWC23), Barcelona. The solution provides real-time visibility for water monitoring and predicting losses, leakages, or usage patterns, for water Utilities in Cities across US and Canada. This intelligent platform uses Azure PaaS, Mobile Apps & AI/ML Algorithms to enable real-time insights, allowing consumers to save money, time, stress, and most importantly water. Considering that more than a million meters connected to the platform are in operation so far, this solution has resulted in millions of gallons of water saving over the years. IoTSWC23 is the largest international event on disruptive technologies and digital transformation held in Barcelona from 31st Jan to 2nd Feb'23.

"We were excited to attend IoTSWC23 with our partner Saviant. It was rewarding to be recognized for all the hard work the team has put into a technology that has the capability to dramatically improve water use and conservation in the U.S. Being recognized alongside such industry names as Saudi Aramco, Bosch, and Volvo, was a huge accomplishment for the Metron team," said Michael Drake, VP Engineering of Metron Farnier as he joins the awards ceremony at IoTSWC23 in Barcelona.

Stuart MacDonald (Strategic Advisor), Anubhav Dwivedi (CEO & Founder), Rajat Khare (VP - Business Excellence), Deepak Singh (VP - Customer Excellence), and Kunal Kerkar (Director - Strategic Alliances) from Saviant joined Michael and witnessed this 3-day long event. Stuart highlighted, “It was fantastic to join the Saviant team in Barcelona for the IoTSWC23 Awards event. Seeing them & the work they do with their Client Metron-Farnier being recognized at this level was tremendously satisfying."

Highlighting his experience at IoTSCW23, Rajat said, “The Smart Factory - Industry 4.0 Implementation presented by Volvo, and the Digital Twins & IoT session led by Dr. Michael Grieves were the two sessions that greatly helped my understanding of what the future holds in these areas.”

Overall, the event provided a great platform to gain knowledge and strategies on innovation & digital transformation and the highlights briefly include:

• IoTSCW23 event featured Michael Grieves, father of the Digital Twins, to headline the conference and speak on 'Digital Twins and IoT: Integrating the Physical and Virtual Worlds'. He is the Executive Director and Chief Scientist at the Digital Twin Institute, and an international expert in Product Lifecycle Management.
• 250 thought-provoking sessions by industry leaders like Jessica Poliner (President & CEO, Relayr), Dan Isaacs (CTO - Digital Twin Consortium), Yasser A (VP of IoT, AWS (Amazon Web Services)), Dmitri Belotchkine (Technical Director, TX One Networks), and Mari Emilia Haapala (Motion Digital Lead, ABB).
• 330 exhibitors displaying disruptive solutions and sharing valuable insights into IoT, Digital Twins, Cloud, Equipment as a Service, Digital Transformation, and Energy Optimization.
• 15,600 technology leaders, business executives, and industry experts from 100+ countries with 3 days of captivating side events, parallel tracks, and discussions on the future of the industry.