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In the News . . . Mid-October Update

On October 12, 2010, IBM Corporation and Kyoto Publishing announced the publication of the IBM report titled Generating Insights: Accelerating Into a New Era in Energy. The report explores how the global electric utility industry continues to be reinvented through new technologies and confronting opportunities regarding business strategy, technology innovation, customer interface, regulation, security and consumer demand.

A series of IBM authors and contributors from Oracle, Juniper Networks, Black & Veatch, Southern California Edison, the Global Intelligent Utility Network Coalition, and the Newton-Evans Research Company make up this compilation of white papers in the tenth annual Energy & Utilities project. The project includes papers on topics such as: Collaborating for a Smarter Grid; The Impact of Smart Grid on Climate Change; Smart Grid Security and Architectural Thinking; The New Era In Distributed Generation; Smart Nuclear Power; Keeping the Lights on While Transforming Electric Utilities; and the Newton-Evans contribution, Re-Investing in Electric Power Utilities to Build A Smarter Grid. 

The full IBM report can be downloaded (after sign-up) at http://www.generatinginsights.com/

Also, Chuck’s article, Sailing the Seven “C’s” With CISCO and Itron has been featured in the October 2010 issue of PowerGrid International magazine. Click here to read the October 2010 issue.