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Coming soon: No more estimates for Columbia Gas meter readings
Feb 20 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Sean Adkins York Daily Record, Pa. - Most local Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania customers know how to read their bills. More...
As smart meter deployments continue, some utilities turn to public carrier solutions
Chartwell Inc. - While many utilities have chosen communications solutions such as mesh or power-line communications for smart grid deployments, some have chosen cellular networks to overcome geographical or structural barriers, according to Chartwell Inc. more...
E.ON IT Embraces Convergys Smart Revenue Solutions across its Group
Convergys - Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG) announced today that it has signed a new group-wide Framework Agreement with E.ON IT. more...
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SAIC Provides Smart Grid as a Service Offering to Four Alaskan Villages
SAIC Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, LLC - Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] was awarded a contract by Intelligent Energy Systems (IES) for smart grid infrastructure solutions for four Alaskan villages. more...
Oracle Utilities Meter-to-Cash Applications Running on Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Demonstrate Unprecedented Throughput for 10 Million Interval Meters
Oracle - Oracle announced the unprecedented ability to process more than one billion records and generate 500,000 customer bills within an eight-hour nightly window using Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing, Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management and Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway - integrated using Oracle Application Integration Architecture and running on Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2. more...
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Utility Industry Predictions 2012: Keeping the lights on during uncertain times

Blogger Photo By Chris Lewis -   By Warren Causey The old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times”, seems to be working overtime as the more...

Will Germany be the First Country to Adopt the EWPC-AF?

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - After reading the press release of Germany’s Federal Network Agency Bundesnetzagentur, I think that Germany will be the first country more...

Is Your Infrastructure Ready for Smart Metering? - Part 5 (The Final Chapter)

Blogger Photo By Jay Cappy - By Jay Cappy, Verizon Business PS Utility Practice Lead – IT Advisory Services   This is fifth and final installment more...

Cyberthreats Recognized by FBI

Blogger Photo By Ernie Hayden - On January 31st FBI Director Robert Mueller and National Intelligence Director James Clapper noted in a US Senate hearing that more...

Is Your Infrastructure Ready for Smart Metering? – Part 4

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Grid Analytics Issues, Trends, & Drivers

 Wednesday Feb 29, 2012 - 12:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

With the realization of the smart grid, the utility industry has experienced fundamental change over the last decade. Entirely new areas of expertise, value, challenge, and opportunity have emerged. Right at the heart of these opportunities and challenges is how more...

Managing the Data Explosion: The Reality Behind MDM Implementation

 Thursday Mar 1, 2012 - 12:00 AM Eastern - Virtual Event

Many utilities are planning to implement a meter data management system to leverage their investment in advanced metering infrastructure, creating operational benefits and customer benefits out of Big Data. more...

Energy Utilities as Underappreciated Socially Responsible Investments

 Tuesday Mar 6, 2012 - 12:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

When one thinks of socially responsible investing (SRI), utilities are not typically top-of-mind. Utilities are rarely considered as candidates for the large and rapidly growing number of SRI funds-funds which are projected to reach as much as $9 trillion in more...
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Smart Metering: Getting the Consumer Onside

By Jim Hayward
In this article, Jim Hayward and David Wing, of Baringa Partners, share their thoughts on what suppliers must learn from consumer psychology (and history) to ensure smart meter roll outs succeed.

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Filed Under Metering

MDM in Cloud Computing

By Ashish Gupta
Cloud computing has brought in radical change in the way IT infrastructure (compute, storage and network) can be provisioned on demand from a shared pool and charged on pay per use model. This results in more...
Filed Under Metering

Smart Meter Marketing

By Kenneth Smith
Let's face it. Most consumers really don't care about electricity per se, except those of us who work in the industry. Just like most consumers really don't care about hand tools, except serious do-it-yourselfers and more...
Filed Under Metering

De-Mystifying AMI Infrastructure Management

By Manish Kumar Pandey
AMI Infrastructure management is critical to utilities business to ensure higher network availability, secure communications and have a framework to effectively manage smart metering infrastructure with the ability to scale. As utilities are busy deploying more...
Filed Under Metering

Getting the Best Value Smart Meter for Your Money

By Mark Englad
Utilities and governments must think ahead when planning a smart meter roll-out -- early obsolescence is an expensive error. Customize and build in future-proofing to stay ahead of the game advises Mark England, CEO, Sentec. more...
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