Case Study: Datamatics achieves near‑real‑time, scalable smart‑meter data processing with Actian's Ingres Vectorwise

Datamatics Selects Ingres Vectorwise to Power its Smart Meter Solution

Datamatics Global Services selected the Ingres Vectorwise analytical database to power its new Homes Hosted Meter Solution after Germany’s Energy Management Act made 15‑minute smart‑meter reads mandatory and sent meter data volumes soaring (≈35,000×). Smaller utilities faced prohibitive IT costs to process this influx of data, so Datamatics needed a scalable, cloud‑based platform that could handle high‑frequency readings and integrate with existing billing systems.

The cloud service, running on Vectorwise, delivers near‑real‑time processing and a customer portal for consumption, tariff and feed‑in analysis, with flexible lease or purchase licensing (recommended threshold at 10,000 meters). In benchmarks Vectorwise read and evaluated up to 7 million units every 15 minutes on standard hardware, demonstrating the performance and licensing flexibility needed to serve utilities of varying sizes.

Datamatics

Michael Thuleweit

Managing Director