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XiO Cloud Data Platform: Safer By Design
XiO has seamlessly deployed over 800 software updates for the last ten years to bolster our platform against emerging physical and cyber threats. Our dedicated team of instrumentation, control, and database security professionals aims to develop software that is reliable, fault-tolerant, and, most importantly, secure.

Can you briefly overview XiO and its position in the water and wastewater industry in Texas?
XiO helps customers improve operational efficiencies, drive sustainability, and create value or ROI by better-utilizing data. We’re a software and data services company with deep roots in industrial automation and control.

XiO began in California, where we’ve helped hundreds of water companies leapfrog existing SCADA technology and move directly to cloud-based

Innovation Issues Facing Municipalities

Municipalities, such as cities, counties, water agencies, and special districts, face a variety of innovation challenges. Most municipalities lack agile infrastructure and often operate with outdated, obsolete technology. The recent rise in cloud platforms, cloud software, cellular communications, and Internet Of Things (IoT) devices has created an opportunity for municipalities to access superior solutions at lower costs.

As a wave of older workers retire from public service careers, the loss of critical institutional knowledge in the water and wastewater sector is a well-known concern. Institutional knowledge or memory is the collection of unwritten, decentralized information related to an organization’s history, relationships, processes, and assets accumulated over time. Smaller organizations are more prone to the impacts of institutional knowledge loss because they have fewer workers. Organizations th

There are more than 150,000 public drinking water systems and 16,000 publicly-owned wastewater treatment systems in the U.S., serving nearly the entire country. Despite the critical nature of these resources, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says cybersecurity in this sector is weak and at risk<

Digital transformation in the water industry is accelerating at a remarkable pace. As utilities and engineering firms look for data management solutions, the issue of whether to build your own applications on a cloud data platform or pay for applications developed by others, becomes increasingly relevant. XiO was recently approached by a large Texas-based utility in the process of implementing their own in-house cloud data services platform. Wh