More efficient, cost and time saving operations & maintenance of power plants: the worldwide increasing requirements demand special software solutions that are adapted to the needs of operations & maintenance managers, technicians as well as asset managers. For the first time, Tobias Brüser, product manager cloud applications at meteocontrol GmbH, shares his insights. He gives PES a look into the development of meteocontrol´s latest software solution VCOM CMMS and the merits of agile development processes.
PES: Hi Tobias, welcome to PES. Please could you tell us how you came to work in the solar industry, and about your role at meteocontrol?
Tobias Brüser: I first came into contact with renewable energies about twelve years ago. It was in high school, where we established a student company in order to set up a photovoltaic system on the roof of our school. I have been in the photovoltaic industry ever since.
At meteocontrol I am the product manager running the team for our cloud applications. We turn requirements of the market into products and features. Launching a new product is always something very exciting and we are doing it again: we are expanding our online platform, the VCOM Cloud.
PES: We would love to know more about the platform.
TB: The VCOM Cloud is our platform for PV monitoring – all our customers worldwide trust in this solution to monitor their systems: the cloud-based software currently monitors more than 14 GWp in about 120 countries. Monitoring is our core business and we continuously set new standards in the industry.
We now plan to provide improved support to our customers for their O&M processes by offering a holistic solution: VCOM CMMS. ‘CMMS’ is short for Computerized Maintenance Management System. This solution will make the technical operation management of photovoltaic systems even simpler and more efficient and once again set a trend. The VCOM Cloud is now a modern cloud solution that incorporates the proven VCOM Monitoring solution as well as our newest product, VCOM CMMS.
