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Practice notes on Oracle Utilities, enterprise systems, cloud, AI and the delivery problems we see on the ground.

The grid is getting smarter. Is your billing platform ready?

Industry spotlight · Energy

The grid is getting smarter. Is your billing platform ready?

AMI, distributed energy and electrification are rewriting the meter-to-cash chain. What utilities must change in CCS, C2M and MDM to keep pace, and where AI quietly removes the heavy lifting.

June 2026 · 8 min · Oracle Utilities Practice Lead

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Why meter-to-cash programs stall, and how to de-risk the cutover

Utilities

Why meter-to-cash programs stall, and how to de-risk the cutover

The five failure points we see most often in CCS and C2M migrations, and the controls that keep go-live on schedule.

May 2026 · 7 min · Oracle Utilities Practice Lead

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What enterprise ERP can learn from systems that can't fail

Enterprise

What enterprise ERP can learn from systems that can't fail

The discipline utilities demand of their billing platforms is exactly what any enterprise should want for its core systems. Most simply have not had to learn it the hard way.

April 2026 · 6 min · Enterprise Practice Lead

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Beyond OUAF: applying AI to bill estimation without customization

AI & Data

Beyond OUAF: applying AI to bill estimation without customization

How a focused AI layer delivers estimation and payment reminders independently of OUAF. It is quicker to deploy, simpler to scale and free of customization debt.

March 2026 · 6 min · AI & Data Lead

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The cloud migration playbook: Oracle Utilities on ODA and OCI

Cloud

The cloud migration playbook: Oracle Utilities on ODA and OCI

A field-tested approach to moving Oracle Utilities estates onto Oracle Database Appliance and OCI with zero data loss at cutover.

February 2026 · 9 min · Cloud & Infrastructure Lead

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Test automation that keeps pace with quarterly Oracle releases

Quality

Test automation that keeps pace with quarterly Oracle releases

Why regression testing is the quiet bottleneck in Oracle Utilities operations, and how purpose-built automation cuts the effort by up to 80%.

January 2026 · 5 min · Quality Engineering Lead

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