Keith Muller
These statements are not intended to be a promise or guarantee of future availability of products, services, or features, but merely reflect our current plans based on factors currently known to us, which may change. Purchasing decisions should not be made based on reliance on these statements.
For decades, on-premises hydraulic modeling and asset management tools have been the backbone of water management, allowing engineers and operators to simulate and analyze systems, assess hydraulic performance, manage replacements and repairs, and keep up with their daily operations, all from their local machines.
The connectivity trend that is shaping software
We’ve spent over 30 years developing these capabilities, and over that time some water utilities have invested in the on-site infrastructure required to use them, sometimes supplementing their operations with complex, on-premises computing power. This has driven significant advancements in managing water and wastewater networks, but the technological landscape is rapidly evolving. It’s become increasingly clear that the ability for water professionals to meet future challenges will lie not in disconnected legacy desktop software but in the adoption of cloud-connected solutions, APIs, and live data feeds.
This is good news. Because technology has come so far, the long-held dream of creating a true digital twin hydraulic model of a very complex system to use in day-to-day operations, maintenance, and even asset management – a “full-lifecycle” collaborative dream that many water professionals have shared over the last few decades – is finally a reality.
And there are more innovations in store. We believe technology throughout the water industry is poised to make a substantial leap forward via the widespread adoption of cloud technologies, but we also know that not everyone is ready to make this leap.
It’s essential to support essential use cases
Autodesk is moving quickly in this direction, but we understand our industry’s challenges with transitioning as quickly as technology evolves. Budgets are tight, and labor is short. While innovation may be top of mind, and full digital transformation is always going to be the goal, adopting new systems and processes can take a back seat to maintaining crucial use cases. Some time-tested software and systems are still doing mission-critical work.
This is why we are extending the availability of existing applications to accommodate important needs and use cases, ensuring a smooth transition for specific existing applications. We are doing this by making more products available to our customers as Autodesk subscriptions, via flexible and scalable subscription plans, to help tackle every aspect of the water infrastructure asset lifecycle.
Four product families available via subscription
So, what’s changing? We are making four industry-standard product families from the Innovyze portfolio available for purchase as an Autodesk subscription:
We’re committed to providing these essential products through our regular sales channels as subscriptions, ensuring you have a path forward and bridging the gap between your current on-premises workflows and future innovations. If these trusted tools meet your current needs, you can continue to use them to deliver projects efficiently and run your operations while we guide you toward a more connected future.
We’ve been publishing a public Water Solutions Roadmap for the last two years because we want you to see the significant progress we’re making with integrating Innovyze software into Autodesk. We want you to be confident that we’ll keep delivering exceptional value for years to come, and we’ve updated the roadmap to include these products.
Stormwater and wastewater modeling
In stormwater and wastewater modeling, InfoWorks ICM continues to be the product of choice as the most advanced and highest fidelity storm, sewer, and flood modeling solution on the market. With InfoWorks ICM, you can model an entire urban city or regional system if needed, though we recognize that not all customers require this capability or are ready for it.
The availability of XPSWMM and XPSTORM as Autodesk subscriptions provides flexibility in choosing the software that fits your needs while helping customers continue to meet the requirements of environmental programs worldwide, including the NFIP, without any interruption. When you are ready to consider an upgrade to InfoWorks ICM, migrating XPSWMM and XPSTORM files is easier than ever with the XP Importer.
Asset management
In asset management, our customers will continue to use Info360 Asset and InfoAsset Manager – each serves the industry with distinct and valuable capabilities.
Info360 Asset is our SaaS application for reviewing, storing, and managing inspection data; assessing asset condition data; determining risks; and guiding renewal decisions. The software’s intuitive interface and integration with Esri’s ArcGIS Online has made it the ideal solution for both technical and non-technical stakeholders to collaborate on asset management decision making. Additionally, Info360 Asset enables third-party integration with VAPAR AI image analysis to help maximize the value of inspection programs and efficiently connect those programs to capital planning efforts.
InfoAsset Manager is a robust operational software solution that consolidates data from sources like GIS and CMMS for proactive maintenance and emergency response. It delivers hybrid on-premises and cloud capabilities and direct field communications through InfoAsset Mobile and InfoAsset Online. InfoAsset Manager also integrates with InfoWorks ICM using the same Workgroup server and database technology, enabling concurrent edits, version control, and data synchronization for better flood risk control, capacity assessments, and more informed asset decision making.
Network operations and analytics
In network operations, Autodesk offers several solutions to create both operational and dynamic digital twins of your network and plants. Info360 Insight and Info360 Plant are cloud-based solutions for operational analytics, incident management, and compliance reporting. These applications are flexible, with an easy-to-understand interface, and do not require a hydraulic model to gain valuable operational insights.
ICMLive and IWLive Pro are dynamic modeling solutions that work with InfoWorks ICM and InfoWorks WS Pro models to provide a near-real-time view of network performance and alert teams to adverse events. These tools are currently used in critical operations, such as evaluating evacuation times for field crews during storms, warning the public about potentially dangerous overland flow paths, sending service outage alerts, and responding to contamination events.
What does this mean for existing users?
If you are currently using one of these tools – XPSWMM/XPSTORM, InfoAsset Manager/InfoAsset Mobile/InfoAsset Online, ICMLive, or IWLive Pro – you will be provided a path forward to continue using your software as an Autodesk subscription. If you are an XPSWMM/XPSTORM user who is ready to move to InfoWorks ICM, you may be eligible for our InfoCare to Subscription program.
Are you using one of these products and have questions about continuing their use with a subscription or upgrading to one of our next-generation products? Reach out to our team, and we’ll help ensure you’re prepared to tackle any challenge – both now and in the future.