For the exercise of its statutory duties and the fulfillment of its institutional mission, the ONS developed a series of studies and actions to be performed on the system and its agents which implies intensive use of information processing based heavily on the use of IT.

Among the main results of the actions undertaken by the area of ​​corporate IT in 2013 are:

• Implementation of Cloud Computing and Big Data Studies

Unfavorable rain seasons between 2011 and 2013 required an order of thermal generation well above indicated by NEWAVE and DECOMP models. This fact led the National Energy Policy Council to determine the development of a new methodology for the internalization mechanisms of risk aversion in models of energy studies and pricing (CNPE Resolution 03/2013). This work, which culminated in the choice of CVaR (Conditional Value at Risk) model, can only be done within the stipulated period, because of the use of cluster provisioned in Cloud Computing environment, which allowed the round of 600 cases of NEWAVE and DECOMP run for a week.

The need for long-term meteorology predictions meteorologias the implementation of the mathematical model Community Atmospheric Model - CAM, developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in the USA, provisioned in cloud computing and that has been routinely used to support the electro energy planning for the ONS.

For the project System design for Synchronized Phasor Measurement (SMSF), which will require the assembling of large volumes of information from various PMU (Phasor Measurement Unit), which when processed, will increase the electrical safety of the BIPS it was required in the early studies of new storage technologies and data processing of large volumes dealt with the use of big Data, provisioned in Cloud Computing.

Completed Projects of Application Systems

Throughout 2013, major projects and development actions to support the purposive areas that contributed significantly to the management of data and information systems were completed, among which:

• Load Forecasting System for Energy Studies (SPCEE) - Stage IV, which deals with the Implementation of Models of Data Processing. It supports the improvement of the process and increases the quality of predictions of charge. The phase of load and availability of information for such studies has been completed.

• Integrated Collection and Disturbance Analysis System (SPERT) - Stage II, which deals with the Disturbance Analysis, ensures improvement in service quality of the analysis and treating disorders and receiving of files disturbance process.

• Registration Data for External Relations (CDRE), which deals with the consolidation of records of industry agents representatives, as well as linking the processes involved in the ONS. It ensures greater assertiveness and centralization of information of industry agents data records.

• Integrated System for New Installations (BIPS I), which deals with monitoring the integration of new premises to the National Interconnected System.

• Integrated Registration Disturbance System (SIPER), which brought together the processes of assessment and statistical analysis of forced shutdowns and performances of the protection system with respect to perturbations, enabling the listing of information and broadening the perspective on events in the Interconnected National System.

• SEP (Special Protection Systems) Management System, allowing integration of the ONS with the agents to improve the management of special protection systems.

• Completion of the second phase of the Automation of the Methodology for the Development of ONS Systems project, with the deployment of Microsoft Team Foundation tool, taking another step with respect to increase agility and improving the quality of development and systems maintenance.

• Completion of the implementation of the systematic use of function points under tank regime for new projects, with a choice of three major suppliers - Pitang, Everis and Chemtech. It is expected that with this new contracting model, there will be reduction in the total development time of projects and acquisition of business knowledge and technology in the ONS, by these suppliers, ensuring on medium term, an increase in efficiency, productivity and quality of products delivered.

• Hiring for bidding processof two new suppliers of maintenance applications more suited to the characteristics of the ONS size, replacing five other companies, enabling economies of scale with improvements on the speed and quality of service provision. The implementation of the Maintenance Portal that connects the ONS to its service providers is observed, allowing the exchange of services in a fast, flexible way and within agreed service levels indicators.

Aiming at facilitating the development of new systems for determination of generation data (SAGER) and for the administration of contracts and calculations of services and charges (SAAT), given the complexity of the requirements of the processes to be supported it became necessary to identify alternatives of advanced technology solution. The adoption of a new technology platform, able to contemplate the fulfillment of requirements as reproducibility, flexibility of rules, autonomy of user areas to introduce changes in the processes and rules, auditability and traceability, highlights the complexity of the solution and the huge technological challenge to offer a robust solution to the ONS, not only to support the processes indicated, but also to serve as a basis for future development of solutions for other processes with similar requirements. During the year 2013 Concept Trials with IBM and Oracle providers were conducted, the entire bidding process has been specified, starting the bidding process.

• Advances in Information Security

Over the past three years, through the Plan of Action and other initiatives, the ONS has made significant investments in infrastructure of cyber security. In 2013, special attention was given to aspects of management and governance of information security:

• Approval in December 2013 by the Executive Board, of the Policy for Use and Information Security and Associated Assets. It is the formal statement of the Organization about its commitment to the protection of its information and/or information under their custody, as well as adequate and aware use of available information assets, aligned to its Code of Ethical Conduct.

• In 2013 work to Project MSS (Managed Security Services) began, for the consolidation of management services security infrastructure from a single source. We are expected to increase our ability to detect and respond to cyber incidents, and bring financial gains due to increased scale.

Advances in Infrastructure

In 2013, given the moves in location of ONS offices (Rio de Janeiro, Recife and Florianopolis), the efforts of the IT infrastructure team were significant, aimed at reducing the impact of change of equipment, service migration and preparation of all new infrastructure in the new addresses. This work was done in a planned and responsible way, allowing that there was no interruption in services available to the ONS colaborators.

Also noteworthy is the implementation of the new (Cisco Call Manager) IP telephony system with the use of speed data transmission at 10 Gbps for structured cabling and new network assets (switches) of the new facilities, allowing early convergence of multimedia solutions for the ONS, which should be expanded in the next cycles.