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Even when the world is at a standstill, operators can’t put pipeline safety on hold. There’s too much riding on it.

In just the few short weeks since COVID-19 morphed from the global lexicon to the Americas and other areas of the world, integrity management teams have been forced to digitally transform both how and where they work, and to do it fast. Although one of the industry’s premier conferences on pipeline pigging and integrity management, PPIM 2020, was able to go on as scheduled in February, since then, face-to-face events like Europe’s Pipeline Technology Conference have shifted to interactive online versions, and video chats have replaced in-person meetings. Makeshift offices have been carved out of closets and kitchens in homes everywhere but relying on residential internet can be a slow and frustrating experience for people accustomed to the kind of technical infrastructure and firepower their companies offer. For integrity management teams, that’s made accessing mission critical data more difficult, which is highly impactful and challenging to meeting assessment and reporting requirements and making the important decisions necessary to keep pipelines operating smoothly and safely.

Of course, it’s not just the pipeline industry that’s having to adjust. When PwC surveyed CFOs the week of March 9, more than half (54 percent) said the outbreak could have a significant impact on their business operations. Even more—58 percent—said they thought the pandemic would decrease their revenue or profit.

This financial uncertainty is causing some companies to rethink their budgets and investments, including their allocations to technology. But we’re already moving more and more to a digital world and cutting back on the very tools that make people more efficient and productive is not the best approach right now.

As Vijay Gurbaxani, founding director of the Center for Digital Transformation, wrote, as we use technology to work from home, collaborate with our peers and move more of our lives online, these initiatives are more important than ever.

Not only is digital innovation part of future-proofing—preparing for any contingency from geopolitical crises to environment threats to the next global health catastrophe—it is essential right now to keep business moving, even if the starting point is a kitchen table at 3 in the morning.

The new normal may become the norm.

If there was ever a time to embrace digital transformation, that time is now.

With our Cognitive Integrity Management (CIM) solution, you can improve business continuity efforts and be better prepared for what’s next.

Big data analytics was transforming the oil and gas information landscape before the COVID-19 outbreak. But now, digital intelligence and cloud computing is more important than ever, especially as co-workers are miles, rather than cubicles, apart. If you haven’t transitioned to the cloud yet, there’s no better time. Not only will it keep colleagues connected during social distancing, it will be more advantageous as remote working becomes more entrenched in the future.

Cognitive Integrity Management lets you manage your integrity program in real-time from anywhere.

At OneBridge, our priority is supporting your integrity management efforts. We know that when it’s anything but business-as-usual, your business mission is still the same: To mitigate pipeline failures, protect assets, safeguard the environment and, most important of all, save lives.

With our Cognitive Integrity Management solution, you can improve continuity immediately.

  • Your team’s day-to-day operations can continue without disruption, working remotely.
  • You’ll continue to have access to the data and tools you need to conduct all aspects of your integrity management processes for your entire pipeline systems.
  • All compliance and enterprise-level functions and reports are available across the board, ensuring transparency and integration of information throughout your organization – a huge advantage over a siloed data approach.

The secure CIM database merges seamlessly into your existing processes.

  • Microsoft Azure cloud computing offers unparalleled security – the best in the world.
  • The system is scalable based on your needs and accessible from any location – all that’s required is access to the Internet.
  • The solution helps you avoid tribal knowledge problems if someone on your team becomes unavailable.

Wherever they are, your entire team can be up and running in minutes.

  • All it takes is Cognitive Integrity Management, running on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform – next generation technology that allow you to increase your efficiency and productivity.

There’s no question: Disruption is all around us.

But in a way, so is opportunity. By increasing technological capabilities now, including transitioning to cloud solutions, companies can emerge from this period of unprecedented upheaval stronger than ever.

This is a tough time for everyone. Fortunately, there’s new technology, Cognitive Integrity Management, to help to smooth the transition to a work-from-home world. Companies that adopt it now will have a significant competitive edge in the future.