More conventional consulting services provide a comprehensive offering to clients. Traditional services combined with emerging technologies serve as building blocks for industry transformation. These services include (representative and not inclusive):

• Application/software development services
• Change management
• Field operations, testing, diagnostics and troubleshooting
• Management consulting
• Operations management
• Product management
• Power system engineering
• Solution architecture development
• Technical and economic feasibility

 
Representative recent or current OES engagements are listed below to better illustrate the types of services OES can provide:

Operational Facility Upgrade Support Services

• Provide an overall integration perspective
• Improve network performance
• Enhance resiliency
• Incorporation of utility and other industry best practices
• Assemble documentation that will support the installation
• Facilitate re-use of the work conducted

 
Operations Support - Communications Support

• Understanding what communications are needed in what environment or system configuration
• Testing based on detailed first-hand knowledge of cellular, Wi-Fi, 900Mhz, PLC, and Bluetooth technologies
• Connecting products via different mediums into a single network or multiple networks

 
Operations Support - Evaluation, Test and Troubleshooting

• Vendor/product landscaping
• Vendor interactions to verify products are what is expected and can tested
• Product procurement for testing and evaluation
• Product testing and comparison
• Product evaluation and reporting of test results

 
Operations Support - Lab Operations

• Assisting internal groups with testing
• Configuration, maintenance and support of day to day networks for a lab facility
• Multiple networks setup, configuration and support
• VPN installation, configuration and ongoing maintenance
• Firewall configuration and support
• Vendor integration, configuration and support as needed
• Internal and external lab education for demonstrations, vendors and academic entities

 
Project Management and Support Services

• Develop project budgets
• Develop tasks and Gantt Chart
• Manage vendors and contractors