How EchoStor Helps Eversource Power New England Region

In Part 1 of this two part Channel Insider: Partner POV interview, host Katie Bavoso is joined by Nick Sikorski, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at EchoStor, as well as Mark Milano, Manager of IT Employee Experience and End User Computing at Eversource. Eversource is an energy company providing electricity, water, and natural gas to more than four million customers across New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. The company is also a client partner of EchoStor, the IT services and solutions provider based in Hopkinton, MA. Milano explained that if Eversource tried to bring all the IT services provided by EchoStor in-house, their costs would skyrocket and so could energy rates. Sikorski says he's been working with Eversource for years and the knowledge of Eversource's data center and technology infrastructure, as well as how it impacts utility customers, is what makes the partnership so valuable. Milano and Sikorski explain the latest innovation EchoStor and Eversource are working on: drone surveillance and image analysis. Eversource has started using drones to survey damaged power lines in remote locations. EchoStor has helped the company manage it's storage capacity when pictures filled Eversource's Sharepoint to the brim by using automation to review images and analyze them for anomalies. Milano also explains how EchoStor has been a critical partner in the power company's strategic data center journey. A new episode of Channel Insider: Partner POV is released on Thursday. Watch the interview on YouTube @ChannelInsider_NewsAndTrends If you have questions for a featured solution provider or want to be a guest on the show, reach out to us at [email protected] For more episodes of Channel Insider: Partner POV as well as written content on the IT channel, go to channelinsider.com Connect with Channel Insider on LinkedIn. Episodes of Channel Insider: Partner POV are hosted and produced by Katie Bavoso with help from Dana Sell, and edited by Ayen Alvarez and Katie Bavoso. The cover art for Channel Insider: Partner POV was created by Aubri Ziegler. The opening and closing animations were made by Mackenzie Burke. The thumbnails for each episode are made by Brandon Cornwell. Channel Insider: Partner POV is an asset of Channel Insider, which is a brand under TechnologyAdvice.