Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announces new US Government IPv6 (USGv6) support for its INTEGRITY(R) real time operating system (RTOS) and Platform for Secure Networking. Green Hills Software is the first RTOS provider to announce this support. via Green Hills Software Announces New USGv6 Support – MarketWatch.
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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 →
Siemens’ decision to buy long-time smart grid software partner eMeter this week might have been announced in an almost off-hand way during a big corporate conference call Monday morning. But its significance as a trend in the smart grid space speaks volumes. via Siemens, Competitors Snapping up Smart Grid Software : Greentech Media.
Now that smart meter software company eMeter found an exit with Siemens, perhaps it’s time for a bit of discussion about how to get a deal like that done. One of the key ways that eMeter has developed over the past 20 months since its current CEO Gary Bloom came on board has been to Continue reading →
eMeter, a privately held provider of smart grid software for utilities, has agreed to be acquired by Siemens, the German industrial giant, for an undisclosed price. via eMeter to be Acquired by Siemens.
It sounds like the beginning of a terrible joke: how much software does it take to screw in a light bulb? But as intelligent buildings have become less a vision of the future and more a present-day reality, this combination of lighting and software is no laughing matter. In fact, it’s fast becoming big business Continue reading →
A provider of smart grid software platform, eMeter recently announced that it will bring the Portuguese language version of its eMeter EnergyIP solution to the Brazilian market. eMeter’s EnergyIP software has already been introduced in European, Asian and North American markets. 40 customers in 11 countries, according to eMeter, are using the solution as the Continue reading →
Are electricity retailers finally offering nifty products to differentiate themselves? Electricity retailer TXU Energy introduced an iPhone app on Wednesday that allows customers to track their electricity usage and how high their monthly light bill is rising as the month progresses. via TXU offers customers their meter information in an app | Texas Energy and Continue reading →
Detectent, the leading provider of Customer Intelligence Solutions for North American utilities, recently unveiled new software that focuses on Smart Grid implementations. The software, CustomerIP, is ideal to be used in Smart Grid projects to enable a rapid deployment of cutting-edge business intelligence and analytics for electric, gas and water utilities. via Detectent Launches New Continue reading →
Petra Solar, a NJ- based technology company providing reliable, cost-effective smart energy solutions to the electric supply industry, announced the launch of its IntelliView smart energy platform. IntelliView provides utilities with a suite of state-of-the-art services to manage a wide range of smart grid applications. “IntelliView uniquely combines smart grid network infrastructure management with renewable Continue reading →
Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has released the 2011 Smart Grid Maturity Model (SGMM) update. The presentation, made during GridWeek 2011, provides updates on the worldwide community of SGMM users and partners. The SGMM is a management tool designed to help utilities map out and prioritize their smart grid plans, and measure progress Continue reading →
The recent exits of Google’s PowerMeter and Microsoft’s Hohm products targeted at consumers have some industry watchers asking if residential consumers really care about home energy consumption data. Where we once had a monthly bill that simply indicated the previous month’s kilowatthours of electricity use, smart meters can provide data as often as needed (although Continue reading →
BPL Global, a smart grid technology company, has just released version 3.5 of its Connected Energy or CNRG smart grid solution suite designed for advanced distribution automation of the electrical network. According to company sources, the suite streamlines integrated management of smart grid solutions from substations through customer premises. As it is based on a Continue reading →
eMeter, a leader in Smart Grid management software, today announced that NRGi, one of the largest consumer-owned energy companies in Denmark, has selected eMeter EnergyIP® meter data management platform to improve and scale NRGi’s Smart Grid deployment to over 210,000 meters. In partnership with Eltel, a leading European Infranet provider, eMeter will serve as part Continue reading →
British Gas is set to begin a major rollout of smart meters, fitted with touch screens, to UK homes. The smart meters will show detailed information of a customer’s energy costs in real time, the gas and electricity company said. They will also be portable around the house. via British Gas rolls out touch screen Continue reading →
Saving energy – and cutting energy bills – is on everybody’s mind these days. Some are concerned about peak oil and climate change, while others are more worried about the monthly utility bill. Whether you’re a tree-hugger, a penny-pincher or both, there’s an app for that. Several apps, in fact. via Top apps for monitoring Continue reading →
Oracle was recently ranked as the largest provider of “meter data management” services in the United States by Pike research. The networking-solutions giant is not taking its leadership status for granted. On the contrary, Oracle added a new offering to its smart-grid lineup last week with the “Utilities Network Management System.” via Oracle Makes Life Continue reading →
Siemens Energy is implementing eMeter EnergyIP, a meter data management system (MDMS), members of WPPI Energy, a regional power company serving 51 consumer-owned utilities in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa. Siemens reports it will configure, deliver, and support the project implementation, which began in June. via Siemens Provides eMeter Technology for Regional U.S. Power Company.
The hard-to-budge habits of the American energy consumer claimed another casualty in the smart-grid space last week as Cisco Systems decided to shut down its building energy management business. This adds Cisco Systems to the growing list of companies who tried and failed to convince energy consumers to conserve power. At the end of June, Continue reading →
Colorado-based Green Energy Corp. has been awarded $2,000,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding through the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) to further develop and market the GreenBus smart grid software platform. Recently honored as a 2011 Colorado Company to Watch, Green Energy Corp. has developed GreenBus to help power utilities modernize their operations, increase Continue reading →
