What Xtensible Solutions does

Xtensible Solutions, LLC is a US-based provider of standards-based semantic integration and information management solutions for the electric utility industry, founded in 1998 and headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The company enables electric utilities, transmission and distribution operators, and energy market operators to integrate fragmented enterprise data, apply advanced analytics, and modernize grid operations using methodologies grounded in the IEC Common Information Model (CIM) and related standards such as OpenFMB and IEEE 1547. Xtensible serves a concentrated base of large enterprise customers including Southern California Edison, Exelon, Ameren, CAISO, AEP, Duke Energy, EDF, Eskom, SDG&E, Oncor, and others, with disclosed active engagements at six of the ten largest utility organizations globally (collectively representing $465.7 billion in market value).

The company's technology stack has evolved across three generations: the original Model-Driven Integration (MDi) Workbench introduced in 2003, the MD3i semantic model management framework released in 2006, and the Affirma enterprise semantic and metadata management platform, which reached general availability in February 2023. Affirma represents a transition toward subscription-based recurring revenue and is positioned to provide a unified reference layer for utility data modeling, mapping, integration, and analytics. Xtensible complements its products with consulting services spanning strategy and architecture, enterprise information management, system integration, BI and data analytics, and training, and maintains an active role in standards bodies including the UCA CIM User Group, SGIP, and the OpenFMB Task Force.

Xtensible generates revenue through a mix of professional services, software product licensing (MD3i and related frameworks), and subscription fees (Affirma). The firm operates from offices in Orlando (headquarters), Austin, and Johannesburg, and has performed CIM-based work across North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South America, the Caribbean, and Australia. In October 2024, Xtensible was acquired by SAM, the leading US provider of Managed Geospatial Services, with SAM becoming the exclusive commercial partner to the North American utility industry for Affirma; the company continues to operate as a subsidiary under the Xtensible brand.

Name

Xtensible Solutions

Legal name

Xtensible Solutions, LLC

Website

https://xtensible.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Xtensible Solutions provides standards-based semantic integration and information management software and consulting for electric utilities, anchored in IEC CIM standards and delivered via its Affirma, MD3i, and MDi platforms to a concentrated base of large enterprise utility clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Utility Data Integration Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Grid Data & Analytics Enablement (MDM, Data Integration, Hosting) (EUAEANAI)

Keywords

• Utility data integration
• Semantic metadata management
• IEC CIM standards
• Smart grid consulting
• Enterprise information management

Headquarters

HQ city

Watertown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services including strategy & architecture consulting, business & technology consulting, enterprise information management, system integration, BI & data analytics, and training for utility clients.
2. Affirma Subscription: Upon acquiring Xtensible Solutions, SAM became the exclusive commercial partner to the North American utility industry for Affirma, a subscription-based enterprise semantic modeling and metadata management solution.
3. Software Product Licensing: MD3i and related software frameworks are offered as products to utility clients for semantic model management and data integration.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Xtensible Solutions provides semantic-based data integration, information management, and analytics software along with consulting services to electric utilities worldwide. Core offerings include the Affirma enterprise semantic and metadata management subscription product, the MD3i semantic model management framework, and the MDi Workbench, all centered on IEC CIM standards for interoperability, system integration, and advanced analytics across utility enterprise data.

Product overview

Xtensible Solutions offers standards-based integration and intelligence solutions for the electric power industry. The company's portfolio centers on semantic-based data management products designed to help utilities achieve seamless, frictionless access to their data. The core offerings include Affirma (a subscription-based enterprise semantic and metadata management platform), MD3i (Model-Driven Integration Information and Intelligence framework for semantic model management), and the original MDi (Model-Driven Integration) Workbench. These products enable utilities to optimize system integrations, maximize smart grid investments, and apply advanced analytics and automation across their organizational data streams. Supporting these products are consulting services covering strategy and architecture, business and technology consulting, enterprise information management, system integration, BI and data analytics, and training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AFFIRMA: Enterprise Semantic and Metadata Management solution - a seamless single point of reference for utilities data modeling, mapping, analytics and integration for digital transformation.
• MD3i
• Enterprise Information Management Framework

Products and services

• Affirma Subscription-based enterprise semantic and metadata management solution providing a single point of reference for utilities data modeling, mapping, analytics, and integration. Designed for utilities seeking digital transformation through their data, with claimed 25-50% cost savings over traditional approaches and reduced technical risk.
• MD3i (Model-Driven Integration Information and Intelligence) Software architectural framework for semantic-based data management and model-driven integration enabling utilities to achieve interoperability and data sharing across platforms, applications, and stakeholders, supporting advanced analytics and automation across organizational data streams.
• MD3i Portal Semantic model management portal providing login access for utilities to manage their model-driven integration workflows and data architectures as part of the MD3i framework offering.
• Xtensible Asset Flex Model Standards-based asset data model built on IEC CIM 61968 that supports asset maintenance, lifecycle, health, risk, and inspection results, augmented with Doble data types and integration microservices for fast and efficient access to asset data.
• Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Framework Xtensible's framework for enterprise information management supporting utility operations, adopted as a standard by the SGIP and used to help utilities drive business value and growth from their data through standards-based information management.
• Strategy and Architecture Consulting Consulting service providing utility clients with strategy and architecture advisory for standards-based integration, semantic modeling, and enterprise information management initiatives.
• Business and Technology Consulting Services Consulting service providing business and technology advisory to electric utilities using CIM standards and a semantic-driven approach to support enterprise IT and business operations.
• Enterprise Information Management Services Consulting service delivering enterprise information management engagements to electric utilities, addressing data architecture, metadata, and integration challenges across the enterprise.
• System Integration Services Consulting service providing system integration expertise for electric utilities, enabling interoperability and data sharing across different platforms, applications, and stakeholders using standards-based approaches.
• BI and Data Analytics Services Consulting service helping utilities apply BI and data analytics across integrated organizational data streams to support grid operations, asset performance, and decision-making use cases.
• Training Services Training service providing CIM standards, semantic modeling, and utility data integration education to utility client teams, including tutorials at industry conferences such as DistribuTECH.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25-50% cost savings over traditional integration approaches
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• SAMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 October 2024SAM, the nation's leading provider of Managed Geospatial Services across utility, transportation, and infrastructure markets, acquired Xtensible Solutions in October 2024. The acquisition extends SAM's consulting capabilities, enriches its technology offerings, and brings a connected and integrated Managed Geospatial Service portfolio to the utility industry. Xtensible's industry standards and software frameworks (MDi, MD3i, Affirma) are integrated into SAM's portfolio.
• Elia Grid InternationalmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023European partnership established in 2023 for combining forces to provide comprehensive solutions for utility clients worldwide. Begins work on the Control Room of the Future in the Middle East.
• ESRImajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Xtensible became an ESRI Bronze Partner in 2023 to continue the expansion of the ESRI UN Model in conjunction with Network Model Management Systems.
• Siemens AdvantamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Xtensible and Siemens Advanta joined forces to support AEP's Next Generation T-Nexus Program for Network Model Management.
• Duke EnergymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Xtensible partners with Duke Energy and other companies and standards committees to support the development of OpenFMB (Open Field Message Bus) - a publish-and-subscribe model of communication for smart grid devices.
• OraclemajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2013In 2013, Oracle and Xtensible collaborated to create the Oracle Utility Data Model (OUDM), leveraging Xtensible's MD3i Framework for Enterprise Semantic Modeling and industry standards like CIM.
• White Bird PLLCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal counsel serving Xtensible Solutions in the acquisition transaction with SAM.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Oracle Utilities: Oracle's utilities division offers the Oracle Utility Data Model (which was built on Xtensible's MD3i framework), MDM, and customer information systems for electric, gas, and water utilities. It is a broad incumbent in the same utility IT/data integration space, with overlapping customers and a complementary (rather than competing) technology relationship.
• Siemens Smart Infrastructure: Siemens is both a partner (Siemens Advanta co-developed the AEP T-Nexus program with Xtensible) and a broad incumbent in utility grid software, with Gridscale X, network model management, and grid integration offerings targeting the same electric utility buyer. Comparable for grid data integration and CIM-related network model work.
• ESRI: ESRI's ArcGIS Utility Network is a foundational platform for utility GIS, and Xtensible is an ESRI Bronze Partner. ESRI is a broad incumbent in utility spatial data management; the partnership (and overlap in addressing CIM-based network modeling for utilities) makes it a close adjacent peer.
• Hitachi Energy: Hitachi Energy (formerly Hitachi ABB Power Grids) provides enterprise software for utility grid operations, network model management, and asset management. Comparable to Xtensible in serving large electric utilities with CIM-based integration and grid management solutions.
• AVEVA (PI System): AVEVA PI System (formerly OSIsoft) is a leading operational data infrastructure platform used extensively by utilities for real-time and historical data management. It is comparable to Xtensible as enabling technology for utility data integration, analytics, and operational intelligence.
• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure): Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure for Power & Utilities offers grid operation, ADMS, and utility data management solutions globally. It is a broad incumbent competing for utility data integration and grid modernization budgets, with overlapping capabilities in network model and asset management.
• GE Vernova (GridOS): GE Vernova's GridOS portfolio (formerly GE Digital Grid Solutions / Alstom Grid) provides utility grid management and network model software to investor-owned utilities worldwide. It competes for the same electric-utility IT modernization budget as Xtensible, with overlapping CIM and IEC 61970/61968 alignment.
• Bentley Systems (OpenUtilities): Bentley Systems' OpenUtilities and AssetWise offerings provide network modeling and asset management for electric and water utilities, with deep CIM alignment. It is a broad incumbent competing for utility data integration and network model management budgets.

Direct peers

• Elia Grid International: Elia Grid International is a strategic partner of Xtensible (2023 European partnership for the Control Room of the Future in the Middle East) and offers utility consulting and grid operations expertise to European and international utilities. It is a direct peer in CIM-based integration and utility consulting.
• Doble Engineering: Doble (part of ESCO Technologies until Xtensible's leadership buyback in 2020) provides asset diagnostics, testing, and data management for electric utilities. Historically a sister company under ESCO, it remains directly comparable in utility data and asset management expertise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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