Under a new agreement, OBI Partners will leverage Barco's X2O visual communications technology, enabling the company to go to market faster with their industry-leading business intelligence solutions.

The X2O technology will be embedded into OBI Partners' software products to enhance data visualization in various ways, tailored to a customer's specific needs.

In an era where forward-thinking utilities are working to enhance knowledge and improve mission-critical decision making in their Transmission and Distribution (T&D) operational space, OBI has provided operational business intelligence solutions, services and consulting to optimize network operations, service reliability and restoration performance.

'Our focus has been to supply utilities with industry-leading solutions that enable them to make accurate, proactive decisions based on near real-time data. With the availability of information and technology, utilities customers now expect and demand service as well as answers to their questions,' comments Ray Kasten, President of OBI Partners.


Hans Dekeyser, VP Strategic Marketing Industrial & Government, concurs: 'This agreement enables Barco to better serve the industry with a full suite of visualization solutions, that also includes our new platform designed to increase operator efficiency, OpSpace. With our combined offering, the entire utility corporation - from the executive leadership to field operators - can now enjoy a modern state-of-the-art, real-time view of operations.'

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