Technology:
Fujitsu and Metawater will jointly start the business that utilizes
big data for the management and maintenance of water infrastructure like water
purification plant by the end of 2014. Metawater will collect data and
Fujitsu will analyze them. Metawater will collect photos, sounds, and comments
of workers that local governments across the country obtain in the inspection
of pumps and water pipes. Fujitsu will analyze them to work out the optimal
management method for lower maintenance cost. It will start to provide local
governments with the cloud service using tablet PCs within this month. Workers
will input comments, photos, and motor sounds into their tablet PCs while they
are inspecting the water infrastructure.
Chugoku Electric Power Plant introduced the "malfunction prediction
system for large plant" developed by NEC
to one of its nuclear power plants on a trial basis. The system analyzes a huge
amount of data collected from the sensors installed in the plant and
automatically defines the normal operation, and informs abnormality as soon as
it finds an operation different from the normal operation. NTT Data
commercialized a system to utilize data obtained from multiple sensors installed
on the bridge for repair work with a view to lengthening the life of a bridge.
Big
data are now used mostly for promotional activities in marketing, but utilizing
them for the management and maintenance of infrastructure is spreading.
Fujitsu's approach to big data
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