Officially, Microsoft has three things to get across this week: it is scaling its global efforts through its partnerships, it’s introducing a new version of its smart energy reference architecture (SERA) and it has a global survey being released today. (Our overnight publication process precluded a sneak peek, but the survey results will be all Continue reading →
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Enspiria Solutions, a provider of consulting and systems integration to the utility and government sectors, announced that the company has been included in the recently published Microsoft Smart Energy Reference Architecture. SERA was developed by Microsoft as a definitive reference in the utility and power industry and addresses technology integration across the full smart energy Continue reading →
Microsoft Corp. today announced it has developed a reference architecture based on familiar, cost-effective Microsoft platforms that can serve as the basis for development of the “integrated utility of the future.” The Microsoft Smart Energy Reference Architecture (SERA) is Microsoft’s first comprehensive reference architecture that addresses technology integration throughout the full scope of the smart Continue reading →
Microsoft has a new platform meant to make it easier for utilities to integrate its software with smart grid technologies. What else is it planning for the utility industry? Utility smart grid systems have a lot of technologies – both cutting-edge and decades-old ones – that need to be integrated for those systems to work. Continue reading →



