When Smart Grid Meets Cloud Computing : Clean Energy Digest

Posted by Derek on December 28, 2009
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There may not have been two phrases that garnered much more buzz in 2009 than “smart grid” and “cloud computing.” They have a lot in common too. Both refer to a collection of technologies that few people understand in depth. Both are understood to refer to forward looking, game changing technologies. And both have the potential to change the paradigms of their respective industries. Only one of the technologies (that would be cloud computing) is truly consumer focused at this time and although smart grid aspires to be a consumer focused technology it will likely have to piggy back on the cloud to get there.

via When Smart Grid Meets Cloud Computing : Clean Energy Digest.

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