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Hitachi Energy named leader in Asset Performance Management Hitachi Energy, a global leader in electrification, has been recognised as a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Utilities Asset Performance Management (APM) 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment. The IDC study evaluated 12 APM providers by qualitatively and quantitatively assessing their capabilities and strategies regarding their offerings in the power and utilities industry.
“A s utilities navigate the solutions have become essential for achieving operational resilience, reducing costs and delivering sustainable outcomes across their organizations,” said the IDC MarketScape. “A modernised and data-driven approach to APM is now a strategic imperative for utilities,” said John Villali, Senior Research Director, IDC Energy Insights. “Sophisticated APM solutions have become foundational to utilities’ digital and energy-transition strategies. With its heritage in the utility sector, AI-driven APM solution and global customer base, Hitachi Energy is well- positioned to guide and support utilities across the world in this important and continuously evolving space.” According to the IDC MarketScape: “Hitachi Energy has deep domain expertise in the utilities sector, especially in the transmission and distribution subsegments. Its APM offering provides over 175 prebuilt models covering transformers, breakers, and substation assets.” Furthermore, the report notes: “Hitachi Energy can provide a fully challenges of aging assets, clean-energy integration and grid modernisation, APM
systems, it enables a closed-loop of asset lifecycle workflows. Backed by over a century’s heritage of building and maintaining critical electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure across the world, including a library of more than 175 pre-built models for grid assets, Hitachi Energy APM allows utilities to prioritise the right maintenance, reduce failure risk, and optimise capital expenditures and operating expenses while meeting regulatory expectations. Using AI-driven analytics and network- aware context, APM combines operational and historical data to strengthen reliability, safety, and cost performance across transmission and distribution. Hitachi Energy APM is part of the Asset & Work Management suite of solutions, which supports Hitachi’s HMAX Energy portfolio of digitally enabled services. HMAX by Hitachi is a suite of next- generation solutions that brings the power of AI to social infrastructure. n
as a leader in APM by one of the world’s top technology research firms,” says Andy Howell, Global Head of Enterprise Software Product Group, Hitachi Energy. “Hitachi Energy has the world’s largest installed base in power transmission and distribution utilities. These same utilities are now adopting our integrated software solutions. Ultimately, IDC’s recognition reflects what’s
integrated APM + enterprise asset management (EAM) +
A modernised and data-driven approach to APM is now a strategic imperative for utilities.
field service management
most important: our customers’ success.” Hitachi Energy APM is purposebuilt for utilities, bringing together asset health,
(FSM) suite, which can provide a data- rich asset lifecycle management strategy that supports regional utility sector regulatory compliance across the globe.” “We’re pleased to be recognised
reliability, and optimisation into one suite. When integrated with enterprise asset management and work management
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