A look at the major developments in the CMMS Industry, highlighting the most important recent 
news from vendors across the field.
Oracle
Some of the best and brightest minds in CMMS will gather to address the future of the industry in San Jose, CA.
The ninth annual Oracle Maintenance Summit will take place on January 27.
The event will cover trends, best practices, and lessons learned over the past year in business. It is also an opportunity for industry professionals to network with other customers.
Keyworded “enabling agents of change,” the conference aims to provide a unique “forum for deeper discussion of key issues in maintenance.”
Speakers include Hall of Fame NFL Quarterback, Steve Young.
IBM
IBM Maximo has landed its first partner for its Software as a Service program.
Total Resource Management will be teaming up with Maximo for its SaaS Solution Provider program.
TRM’s system will offer business knowledge, IT expertise, and customer support to IBM.
Maximo is a leading enterprise asset management system, known especially for its inventory, labor, and general maintenance management.
The news comes on the heels of IBM’s latest upgrade of Maximo with version 7.6. Key new features include embedded business intelligence and analytics capabilities, and will be able to link with IBM Cognos.
Muir Data Systems
Operations and maintenance spending will increase by $6 billion by 2025, according to a recent study by IHS Energy Research.
This is in large part due to many wind turbines coming out of warranty, and wind turbine CMMS vendors like Muir Data Systems stand poised to capitalize on the trend,
Utility-scale wind maintenance management is troubled by plants’ remote locations, their wide separations, their total number of parts, the fact that they typically are placed in severe environments, and the resulting ever-present safety concerns.
The trend could also spawn the development of a wind turbine industry-specific CMMS mobile platform, which Muir Data Systems CEO James Parle says the company is ready to develop.
“Advances in mobile technology and the reduced cost of cloud-based computing have enabled development of industry-specific mobile CMMS platforms that integrate and streamline maintenance management activities as summarized in the accompanying illustration,” Parle says.
