随着信息系统的发展，信息技术的重点正在从单一功能特定的业务系统转移到企业范围的解决方案。这些解决方案不一定依赖于单一的信息系统或平台。一方面，数据可用性和信息部署方法已经达到了无与伦比的比例。另一方面，实用信息技术（IT）管理者面临的挑战是，根据要求或规定，向内部和外部组织提供数据。这给IT经理收集和管理大量数据带来了挑战。如果所涉及的信息系统不集成，IT经理将面临更复杂、更大的挑战。信息集成为公用事业IT经理提供了收集、管理和部署公用事业数据的工具和工具。企业应用程序的价值在于它们实现了对部门信息和流程的集成。 公用事业公司存储的数据将在未来很长时间内保持其价值。尽管技术变革和信息系统将不断发展，但数据仍将至关重要，并将成为一项长期资产。加利福尼亚州桑迪戈市认为，为了充分实现其数据的价值，系统必须集成。圣地亚哥市于1996年启动了监控和数据采集（SCADA）主站更换项目。新的SCADA主站BEACH项目于1999年成功安装。以前的SCADA系统通过纸张和电子报告向城市工作人员报告运行数据。然而，水利部数据经理表示，他们对获取用于各种系统功能的在线SCADA操作数据感兴趣。因此，圣地亚哥市启动了SCADAproject海滩项目。包括数字。

As information systems evolve, the focus of information technology is shiftingfrom having single function-specific business systems to enterprise-widesolutions. These solutions are not necessarily dependent on a single informationsystem or platform. On the one hand, data availability and information deploymentmethods have reached unsurpassed proportions. On the other hand, utilityinformation technology (IT) managers are faced with the challenge of making dataavailable to internal and external organizations as requested or regulated. Thiscreates a challenge for IT managers to collect and manage enormous amounts ofdata. IT managers face more complicated and bigger challenges if the informationsystems involved are not integrated. Information integration provides utility ITmanagers with the vehicle and tools to collect, manage, and deploy utility data.The value of enterprise applications is the integration they enforce onDepartments' information and processes. A utility's stored data will retain itsvalue well into the future. While technology changes and information systems willevolve, data will remain vital and become a long-term asset. The City of SanDiego, California, believes that in order to fully realize its data's value,systems must be integrated. The City of San Diego embarked upon a SupervisoryControl and Data Acquisition (SCADA) master station replacement project in 1996.The new SCADA master station, the BEACH project, was successfully installed in1999. The previous SCADA system reported operational data to City staff throughpaper and electronic reports. Water Department data managers, however, expressedinterest in obtaining online SCADA operational data to use in various systemfunctions. Therefore, the City of San Diego initiated the BEACH for SCADAproject. Includes figures.