Utility Services

Direct Technology has been providing leading solutions and services to the Utility sector since 2003. Extensive knowledge gained by working with various Program Managers combined with our technology experience, enables us to deploy powerful enterprise grade, next generation web-based applications to our clients.

Software Solutions:

Energy Efficiency and the need to conserve energy and reduce emissions are of paramount importance to the modern utility, where cost-effective Demand Side Management (DSM) and Energy Efficiency (EE) programs provide substantial benefits to consumers and utilities alike. Until recently, administering and managing these important DSM and EE programs had been consigned to the vagaries and tedium of spreadsheets and other "home grown" systems.

Direct Technology’s Software Portfolio has forever changed the way that energy utilities manage these vitally important programs. You can now be automated, efficient and in control!

• Energy Efficiency Portfolio Management Platform   (learn more)
• California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE)
• Low Income Weatherization Assistance Program (LIWAP)

Consulting Services:

Before making major decisions on implementing new custom software packages, companies often look to independent consultants to evaluate the decision paradigms of the IT department.  Similarly, an independant outsider often helps in auditing and analyzing systems and processes used to guide the department in fulfilling the goals of that organization. This outsider view of the application helps ensure it will support the overall departmental and organizational goals while ensuring that the application can be supported by internal or external staff and partners. There is little worse than implementing a fancy new system only to later discover that the implementation has failed the organization due to a lack of support, or insufficient training, or mismatched skill sets.

Direct Technology's experienced and skilled auditors can give you a professional and unbiased opinion as to technologies, employed and/or conteplated, such as virtualization, cloud computing, and hosting options. We help departments evaluate solutions and their costs, drawing upon a cadre of experienced professionals with decades of combines experience in all aspects of data processing and solution deployment.

We’ve helped a number of companies to pin-point potential issues and prepare a corporate rollout of new software and business processes. Our auditors have worked in the past with clients such as :

• Pacific Gas & Electric
• Sempra Energy
• Southern California Gas
• Southern California Edison
• San Diego Gas & Electric
• Southern Company Services
• Georgia Power
• Gulf Power
• Alabama Power
• Mississippi Power

On Premise or Hosted Solutions:

Direct Technology has taken a unique approach to hosting. If you’ve looked around, you’ve probably noticed that most hosting platforms still have you picking out hardware for the datacenter. How much hardware do you need? Are you picking the right plan? Is it too much or too little? Can I expand? Is licensing included? Do I get a backup? Do I have firewall protection? How about high availability? There are a lot of questions surrounding hosting, but we believe we’ve been able to both optimize and simplify with our Virtual Hosting Platform.

Using the latest tools from vendors such as Microsoft and VMware, Direct Technology is able to deliver a secured, customized environment tailored to your needs, specific to your budget. We will actively assist you in determining the resources you need for your environment so that you can start with just what you need and allow you to expand as you grow. We take a hands on approach to ensuring you get the most out of your hosting experience without paying for more than you need.

Direct Technology's Virtual Hosting Platform includes onsite backup, firewall protection, advanced antivirus protection, no additional licensing fees for software used to host the application and a virtual, high availability environment so you don’t have to worry about a hardware outage. We are confident that our "no hidden fees" guarantee and our all-in-one approach to hosting, you won’t find a better hosting solution for your IT needs than Direct Technology.

Many corporations require that their applications reside on site and as such, Direct Technology offers an "On Premise" option that will allow you to host the entire application at your own facility while receiving the same level of application support from Direct Technology.  Our team will work with your Corporate IT for application support and software updates.