Roberta Bigliani

Head - Europe, Middle East & Africa, IDC Energy Insights

Analyst Profile Detailed

Mrs. Bigliani joined IDC in 2007 and in her role, she is responsible for EMEA research-based advisory and consulting services, which provide full coverage of the energy industry value chain including both utilities and oil & gas segments. Her area of expertise includes business and IT issues relevant to the utilities and oil and gas business, as well as sustainability, energy efficiency and clean technologies.

Mrs. Bigliani has over 18 years of experience in the gas and electricity industry. Prior to joining IDC Energy Insights, she worked for Accenture where she led consulting projects for all major Italian Utilities and Oil & Gas companies. Over the last four years, she joined Accenture's Integrated Marketing Practice where she was responsible for Utilities at the European level and for the Generation & Energy Markets at the global level.

Mrs. Bigliani is a regular contributor to the IDC Energy Insights blog on the IDC Energy Insights Community (http://idc-insights-community.com/energy) and tweets (@rbigliani) on business and IT issues relevant to the Energy sector.

In 2008, Mrs. Bigliani joined the European Commission DG Information and Society consultation group on Smart grids. In 2009, on behalf of the European Commission, DG Enterprise & Industry, she led a specific project on ICT in the European Utilities industry.

Mrs. Bigliani is one of leading analyst of IDC special study "How Global Usage of Information and Communications Technologies Impact on Sustainability" released in concomitance with the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen last December 2009.

Mrs. Bigliani is the author of several reports and a contributor on energy issues for specialist publications. She is also a regular conference speaker.

She is based in Milan (Italy), where she lives with her husband and her two daughters.

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Research Authored by Roberta Bigliani

IDC MarketScape: IT Service Providers in the EMEA Utilities Market 2013 Vendor Assessment Roberta Bigliani,  Gaia Gallotti May 2013 - Doc # EIOS02V    Vendor Assessment This IDC Energy Insights study uses the IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model to evaluate vendors supplying IT services to utilities across the EMEA region. This research analyzes quantitative and qualitative characteristics to provide me... purchase document

EMEA Utilities Industry Quarterly Update: January–March 2013 Roberta Bigliani,  Gaia Gallotti,  Luiza Semernya May 2013 - Doc # EIOS53V    Perspective This IDC Energy Insights Perspective provides a quick overview of the EMEA utilities industry in the first quarter of 2013, covering:M&A, agreements, reorganizations, and major business developmentsNew financing dealsMajor completed project... purchase document

EMEA Smart Energy Quarterly Update: January–March 2013 Roberta Bigliani,  Gaia Gallotti,  Luiza Semernya Apr 2013 - Doc # EIRS54V    Perspective This IDC Energy Insights Perspective analyzes the EMEA smart energy sector and outlines major M&A, alliance activities, business unit reorganizations, smart grid and smart meter projects and pilots, emobility developments, clean energy cons... purchase document

Residential Customer Engagement: An Opportunity or a Threat for Utilities? Petr Stabrawa,  Daniella Muallem,  Roberta Bigliani Apr 2013 - Doc # EIRS02V    Business Strategy Regulatory push, emergence of smart technologies, and increasing market competition are gradually forcing European utilities to revisit the quality of their interaction with residential customers. This IDC Energy Insights report examines th... purchase document

ScottishPower Trials Long-Range Radio for Smart Metering Communications Daniella Muallem,  Roberta Bigliani Apr 2013 - Doc # EIRS53V    Perspective Communications technologies for smart metering and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) continue to evolve with varying adoption rates in different global regions. In Europe and in the absence of common standards, utilities have largely m... purchase document

Flexibility is Key at IDC Energy Insights' Pan-European Utilities Executive Summit Daniella Muallem,  Gaia Gallotti,  Luiza Semernya,  Milan Kalal,  Petr Stabrawa,  Roberta Bigliani Mar 2013 - Doc # EIOS52V    Perspective This report summarizes the key themes and discussion points from the IDC Energy Insights hosted Pan-European Utilities Executive Summit held from March 4 to 5, 2013, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Over the course of the two-day event, around 40 de... purchase document

Silver Spring Networks Finally Breaks the Smart Grid IPO Drought Dan Yachin,  Daniella Muallem,  Marcus Torchia,  Roberta Bigliani Mar 2013 - Doc # lcIL24029913    IDC Link Silver Spring Networks (NYSE: SSNI) finally completed its IPO on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, nearing two years since it first announced its plans to go public in July 2011, and representing the first IPO of a venture-backed smart grid company ...

EMEA Utilities Industry Quarterly Update: October–December 2012 Roberta Bigliani,  Gaia Gallotti,  Luiza Semernya Feb 2013 - Doc # EIOS51V    Perspective This IDC Energy Insights Perspective provides a quick one-stop-shopping overview of the EMEA utilities industry in the fourth quarter of 2012, covering:M&As, agreements, reorganizations, and major business developmentsMajor completed projec... purchase document

EMEA Smart Energy Quarterly Update: October–December 2012 Roberta Bigliani,  Gaia Gallotti,  Luiza Semernya Feb 2013 - Doc # EIRS52V    Perspective This IDC Energy Insights Perspective analyzes the EMEA smart energy sector and outlines major M&A, alliance activities, business unit reorganizations, smart grid and smart meter projects and pilots, emobility developments, clean energy cons... purchase document

Smart Gas Metering in Europe Petr Stabrawa,  Roberta Bigliani,  Daniella Muallem Feb 2013 - Doc # EIRS01V    Business Strategy While some of the major gas countries have now committed to smart gas meter rollouts including the U.K., Italy, the Netherlands, and Ireland involving the deployment of over 50 million smart gas meters by 2020, most countries have yet to ma... purchase document

CEE and MEA Transforming Utility Markets 2013 Top 10 Predictions Milan Kalal,  Roberta Bigliani Feb 2013 - Doc # EEI01V    Top 10 Predictions This IDC Energy Insights study presents IDC Energy Insights' top 10 predictions for the utility industry in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (CEMA) in 2013."In 2013, the utility industry in Central and Eastern Europe ... purchase document

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