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Echelon wins smart meter project in Germany; plus insight on smart grid in Europe

A reseller for smart grid technology player Echelon announced a deal this week to deploy an advanced metering infrastructure system that will serve roughly 10,000 customers in Hassfurt, Germany. The contract, which will be rolled out over the next three years, is being handled by EVB Energie AG. The utility...

Tags: Germany, Green Technology, Echelon, Grid, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Smart grid players extend their influence beyond the pilot phase

When it comes to real market potential in the green tech space, smart grid-related technology is right up there. In any given week, I could post a half-dozen blogs about developments in this world. Echelon, in particular, has had a very busy summer, inking a new deal in Denmark, expanding...

Tags: Echelon, Project Deployment, Pricing, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-21

When you go inside, remember to turn off the lights

The streetlight outside my bedroom window burns all night, even when the moon is bright. While there are definitely foggy dreary nights when I welcome that small beam illumination, it seems an awful waste of energy. Indeed, according to Echelon, streetlights can use up to 40 percent of a city's...

Tags: Light, Echelon, Government, Web Site Development, Construction, Vertical Industries, Web Technology, Benefits, Channel Management, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-05-24

Photos: Where the building is the network

The San Jose, Calif., headquarters of Echelon, maker of technologies for smart buildings, model the company's energy management systems.Behind the scenes of "smart" buildings, including the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Sears Tower in Chicago, lies technology from Echelon. The company doesn''t call its embedded control technologies "green,"...

Tags: Network, Echelon, Photograph, Building, It', Echelon', That', Networking, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-05-14

An Earth Day Valentine for smart metering technology

Welcome to my own personal Earth Day morning nightmare, in which I have just wasted all 10 minutes worth of water trying to get the hot water heater to trigger at my hotel. I have to run a three-hour-long panel session in a mere three hours, and I'm the sort...

Tags: Echelon, Haaser, Data Centers, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Has McDonald's found the networked kitchen of the future?

McDonald's is networking its kitchen equipment to save energy, use powerlines more effectively and save some dough. Using gear from a company called Echelon McDonald's plans to network its kitchen equipment to manage energy use and cut maintenance costs through networked powerlines.In a statement, Echelon noted that McDonald's kitchen equipment...

Tags: IT Management, Innovation, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-07-10

Additional Resources

Memo to the President-elect: Environmental responsibility and economic revitalization go hand-in-hand

No matter their political affiliation, most people who have an opinion about what President-elect Barack Obama should do first after he's sworn into office point to the country's economic identity crisis as his first order of business. And given how much the latest jobs report rattled the...

Tags: Job, Clean Technology, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-08

News to know: Google; Green IT; Oracle; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: To Boldly Go Where No Search Engine Has Gone Before Beet.TV: Breaking News: Satellite to Gather Exclusive Images for Google Earth Blasts off in California...Larry...

Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Dana Blankenhorn, Green IT, Apple Inc., Video, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Corporate Communications, Rootkits, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Game Players, Marketing, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-08

Smart grid player Trilliant closes $40 million in funding round

Trilliant, a green tech company that's working with about 100 utilities on various smart grid deployments, has just closed a $40 million round of equity funding from a group of investors including affiliates of MissionPoint Capital Partners and zouk ventures. Trilliant CEO Bill Vogel characterizes the investment...

Tags: Green Technology, Ontario, Trilliant, Vogel, Government, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-28

2008 Audi A8 L W12

Photo gallery:2008 Audi A8 L W12The 2008 Audi A8 L W12 rests in a premier echelon of cars that combine extreme luxury with exceptional driving performance, cars that make it difficult to decide whether you'd rather be reclining in the back seat while a chauffeur drives or up there where...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, subwoofer, Audi A8, Audi AG, Bang & Olufsen, car, MP3

Product reviews 2008-07-24

There's data and then there's asking for trouble

There's data and then there's asking for troubleRE: There's data and then there's asking for troubleoff campus activities are private matters and should be held private, even of local staff insolong as students have not disclosed them. It should be the students call to disclose or not these information, and...

Tags: Down-under, RTI

Discussion threads 2008-06-17

Moody's software bug screws investors

Moody's software bug screws investorsGreedy investors deserve itI bet their eyes lit up at an investment listed as relatively safe but with a rate of return that was supposed to outshine it's closest peers."Too good to be true" comes to mind, especially if they didn't do their own research or...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Financial accounting, Investment, Moody's Corp., CPDO, software

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Beltronics Pro RX65

Among the higher-priced echelon of radar detectors, the Beltronics Pro RX65 includes solid features and easy user programming, along with demonstrated threat detection. Its interface choices range from a simple warning to a highly technical frequency display. While its simple three button interface is easy to use, its volume control...

Tags: Aerospace & Defense, radar, Pro RX65, X-band, sensitivity, display

Product reviews 2008-05-06

(Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)

(Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)Physical CompressionWe see the diameter of the cable at the surface. What diameter is it when it reaches the depth of 3 miles?RE: (Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)Always amazes me what one will do to get High Speed Internet to have that High Speed Porn.RE:...

Tags: Network technology, cable, Internet, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

Patriot Act preventing Google Apps adoption in schools

Patriot Act preventing Google Apps adoption in schoolsOpen Records ActAren't all U.S. public schools under the Open Records Act anyways? I.e., isn't "private communcations" for private and non-U.S. schools only at best?...The unpatriot act is only part of the shift from a Democratic Republic to a Fascist regime. I have...

Tags: Regulations, records request, USA PATRIOT Act, Google Inc., Google Apps adoption, Google Apps

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

Creeping totalitarianism: The NSA, personal data and you

Creeping totalitarianism: The NSA, personal data and youThe question iswhy shouldn't the NSA have the same access to information Google has? The gathering of information is vital to National Defense. It must be controlled with checks and balances to prevent abuse.The United against a common enemy States of...

Tags: Databases, SECURITY, NSA, totalitarianism, personal data

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

Nortel shares sink, but CEO's pay rises

Nortel shares sink, but CEO's pay risesTypical for U.S. Corporation....No matter if the corporation is sinking the Execs get while the getting is good laying off so they can increase their own paychecks.And people wonder why U.S. Corporations are failing to provide jobs in the U.S.. It is greed pure...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, U.S. company, job, Nortel Networks Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

2008 Volkswagen R32

Hot hatchback aficionados dream of a car like the 2008 Volkswagen R32. Where most hot hatchbacks, such as the 2007 Honda Civic Si, use front-wheel drive and a turbocharged four-cylinder engine, the R32 upgrades those specs with all-wheel drive and a 3.2-liter V-6, giving it exceptional handling and power that...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Volkswagen R32, Volkswagen AG

Product reviews 2008-01-03

Greening the electric grid

At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference in Davis, Calif., panel moderator Marc van den Berg, of Vantage Point Venture Partners, leads a discussion with technology executives on emerging technologies in the area of electrical systems, such as automating electrical processes, self-healing electrical grids and grids powered by renewable energy resources....

Tags: Renewable Energy, Grid, Green

Videos 2007-09-12

Sharp LC-52D64U

Although consistent color and brightness across every part of the screen is the norm for plasmas and rare among LCDs, most LCDs produce a uniform-enough picture to satisfy just about everybody. When we reviewed the last two Sharp LCDs, models LC-52D92U and LC-46D62U, we certainly did not come away satisfied...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, menu system, Sharp LC-52D64U, Sharp Corp., LCD

Product reviews 2007-09-11