smart grid
John Chambers
AS Profile Famous for running around the stage during keynotes, Chambers is not standing still on the business front either - one adjacent market he's eyeing up is energy via the use of smart grid technology,... [08 Oct 2009]
How Do You Put "Smart" Into the Smart Grid?
White Paper This paper offers views on the most effective ways to integrate, store, manage and analyze Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and smart metering data. It also explains how to make sure the information that utilities... [16 Sep 2009]
Big Blue wants tech to get water management flowing
News Upgrading the water utility infrastructure is analogous to the many smart-grid technologies now being tested to make the grid run more efficiently and use more renewable energy. It's... [08 Sep 2009]
Could new internet routing chop 40 per cent off Google's electricity bill?
News The idea of the "smart grid" is to modernise the electricity industry by overlaying digital communications onto the grid. Some utilities are already testing technology from Cisco that... [19 Aug 2009]
AMI and Beyond: How Wireless Broadband Enables the Smart Grid Today and Tomorrow
White Paper As they plan to take their first step towards their Smart Grid vision, most utilities are beginning their journey with the implementation of an AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) system. More and... [15 Aug 2009]
Smart Grid: Leveraging Intelligent Communications to Transform the Power Infrastructure
White Paper Smart grid is the term generally used to describe the integration of the elements connected to the electrical grid with an information infrastructure to offer numerous benefits for both... [07 Aug 2009]
Want to keep eavesdroppers out? HP researchers think they have the answer
News This feature, coupled with the distributed grid-computing nature of a darknet, means files can be effectively uploaded in perpetuity, even when the initial browser has been shut down. Black Hat is one of the top security... [27 Jul 2009]
Rise of the machine-to-machines
News Koerper pointed to the emerging netbook market and smart grid market as examples of where Motorola's technology could be useful. Motorola is turning to the consumer electronics market as it looks to... [02 Jun 2009]
David Lister
CIO Profile Lister told silicon.com: "It's a great time to be joining National Grid, there are dramatic changes in the industry from the increasing renewables and nuclear agenda, to smart grids and... [01 Jun 2009]
David Lister on smart grids and why he left RBS
Comment Lister said smart meters have a crucial role in helping National Grid match its power generation to future demand from its millions of customers across the UK and US. It's a great time to be joining... [29 May 2009]
Creating Our 21st Century Economy Through a Smart Grid
White Paper New technologies are already available to deploy the Smart Grid now. Congress recently demonstrated its willingness to lead by passing the Energy Bill containing a Smart... [14 May 2009]
Smart meter in every UK home by 2020
News It states: "The government believes smart meters will both change our energy habits in the short term and provide an essential stepping stone to smart grids in the future" - where micro-generation of... [11 May 2009]
'Invest £15bn in tech - create 700,000 jobs'
News The report, The UK's digital road to recovery, presents an economic model for working out how many jobs could be created if the government put major investment into a high-speed broadband rollout, a smart power... [30 Apr 2009]
Apple invites public to go on Safari 4
News Apple added some new history browsing options, such as the aforementioned Cover Flow interface in the basic history view as well as a new feature called Top Sites, which checks the various websites a user visits most frequently and... [25 Feb 2009]
VC spend goes green in 2008
News Other sectors with healthy investor interest included smart-grid companies, small-scale wind turbines, plastics recycling, green buildings, and agriculture technologies," Fan said. Green-tech venture... [07 Jan 2009]