CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced today that it is collaborating with leading wireless network and performance management software provider Proximetry to leverage its AirSync™ platform as the foundation of a first-of-its-kind smart grid network management cloud service. For utility operators seeking to proactively and efficiently manage their smart grid communication networks, CSC’s AirSync Cloud offering provides Continue reading →
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Not all cellular network traffic comes from our cell phones and gadgets; a growing amount will come from machines using these networks to communicate (Internet of Things), including the utilities that provide you with power and water. On Thursday, Sprint announced that a variety of smart grid vendors will be using its wireless networks to Continue reading →
GridMaven Utility Solutions, a division of SK Telecom Americas (SKTA), today announced the availability of GridMaven Network Manager(TM), an entirely new approach to optimizing utility smart grid communication networks. GridMaven Network Manager(TM) (GNM) is a powerful software product that sits atop utility communication networks, allowing operators to manage them as a system and ensuring real-time Continue reading →
The smart grid won’t really be truly smart until all its different networks are merged into one. First, you’ve got to build a platform that can tie them all together. Then, maybe, you can control them all in unison. While companies like Silver Spring Networks try to expand existing smart meter-specific networks to cover more Continue reading →
Realizing full benefits from a smart grid ultimately means controlling devices in customers’ homes, businesses, and other facilities. But who should exercise that control, and how? via How should home energy management networks be controlled? — Cleantech News and Analysis.
MIT researchers have released a report titled The Future of the Electric Grid which examines the current state of the nation’s electric power infrastructure and the challenges faced by the industry as it evolves over the next two decades. Of particular concern is the ability to protect these critical resources as they are converted to Continue reading →
The beta release of Grid2Home’s G2H-SE2 software, which can be customized for any platform and supports interoperability over wired and wireless networks, is now available. Grid2Home chief executive officer Rick Kornfeld calls the release “an important milestone for SEP-2 and shows its readiness for product implementation and participation in interoperability and lab testing. This is Continue reading →
With demand for energy consumption projected to greatly increase, the utility industry is looking for ways to improve the efficiency, predictability and reliability of their networks. Smart grids are being developed as a means to service those requirements as well as to lay the foundation for future growth. via Test Tools Help Identify and Eliminate Continue reading →
Utilities are increasingly using public cellular networks to support the real-time data communications of smart grid systems deployments, according to a report from Pike Research. The ubiquity, increasing data capacity, throughput and responsiveness of public cellular networks around the world makes them suitable, often in conjunction with private networks, for the machine-to-machine (M2M) communications infrastructure Continue reading →
Cisco Systems’ CGR 2010 and CGS 2520 are the first products in the company's Connected Grid portfolio, one of several efforts from Cisco to bring intelligence and greater security to the networks used by utility companies. The goal is to make the generation and distribution of power more efficient both for the facilities and for Continue reading →
The subject of a new white paper from smart grid player Trilliant is a bit technical for yours truly BUT it does cover an issue that is increasingly on the minds of utility companies and government agencies that are deploying smart grid solutions: how do you keep the data and the applications secure? via When Continue reading →
A growing number of automakers are readying plug-in vehicles for mass market rollouts within the next 3-5 years. Racing against the clock, some of the first major deployments of smart charging technology — software, networks and devices that can manage vehicle recharging to minimize strain on the grid and maximize use of clean power sources Continue reading →
