News@Cisco: Energy/Utilities News

Cisco Builds Upon Smart Grid Portfolio to Help Modernize the Electric Grid

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:30:00 PST

Singapore Polytechnic Pioneers Next Generation Educational Cloud Computing Center

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:00:00 PST

Energy Challenges in China: Looking to the Network for Answers

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:00:00 PST

It Takes More Than Smart Meters to Make a Smart Grid

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:00:00 PST

Holographic 3D: Problem-Solving that Pops

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:00:00 PST

Why Knowledge is (Solar) Power

Tue, 31 May 2011 04:00:00 PST

May 31, 2011 By Marc Gunther Should you put solar panels on your roof? It's a simple question, but not an easy one to answer. A West Virginia-based startup company called Geostellar aims to make it easier. Using the most detailed aerial maps ever made of the United States, powerful 3-D imaging technology developed for video games and extensive weather data from public and private sources, ...

Cisco and Living PlanIT Announce Alliance to Develop New Business Models for Smart Connected Communities

Fri, 13 May 2011 01:30:00 PST

PAREDES, Portugal, May 13, 2011 – Cisco and Living PlanIT today announced a strategic alliance and the signing of a definitive framework agreement to develop new business models for city management, through the use of networking technology, to advance sustainable urban living. This collaboration between Cisco and Living PlanIT is based on a shared vision of revitalizing communities and ...

Cisco Announces Upcoming Events with the Financial Community

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE Calif., February 25, 2011 - Cisco today announced that it will participate in the following events with the financial community during the month of March. The events will be webcast. Interested parties can view these events on Cisco's Investor Relations Web site at http://investor.cisco.com. Pacific Crest 2011 Pacific Crest Emerging Technology Summit March 2, 2011 San ...

ECOtality's Blink Network Integrates with Cisco's Home Energy Management Solution

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:00:00 PST

SAN FRANCISCO – January 31, 2010 – ECOtality, Inc.(NASDAQ:ECTY),a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies with a full range of products for charging electric vehicles (EV), announced today it has completed development for integrating the Blink Network charger interface with the Cisco® Home Energy Management Solution (HEMS). The Blink Network charger ...

How Network Consolidation Could Make Mining Safer

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:00:00 PST

January 18, 2011 By Jason Deign 2010 was a black year for mining. The plight of 33 miners trapped 700 meters underground following an explosion at the Chilean San Jose mine in August held the headlines for weeks. Their rescue was a cause for national and international celebration. But the jubilation was short-lived when another accident claimed the lives of 29 in the Pike River Mine, ...

AT&T and Cisco appointed to carry out global information technology energy efficiency review for Shell

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:00:00 PST

DALLAS, December 6th, 2010 - AT&T* and Cisco announced today that they have been chosen by Shell to carry out a global energy-efficiency project focused on improving Shell's information technology (IT) infrastructure. The project will involve calculating the CO2 footprint of Shell's IT operations as well as mapping Shell's energy-usage patterns with a goal of ensuring a highly energy- ...

Cisco Announces Upcoming Events with the Financial Community - UPDATED

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:30:00 PST

SAN JOSE Calif., December 7, 2010 - Cisco today announced that it will participate in the following events with the financial community during the month of December. The events will be webcast. Interested parties can view these events on Cisco's Investor Relations Web site at http://investor.cisco.com. Credit Suisse Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference Replay available ...

Cisco's Router in Space Debuts "Dial Tone From Space"

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:00:00 PST

By Laurence Cruz It's a common problem for emergency workers: You're at the scene of a natural disaster and you can't get a cell phone signal to save your life – or anyone else's. The hurricane, earthquake or flood has leveled cellular towers for miles. What do you do? Cisco's IRIS technology will let you make a VoIP call over the satellite – and here's the kicker – ...

Why Electric Cars Will Drive the Smart Grid

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 04:00:00 PST

December 6, 2010 By Marc Gunther If American consumers are going to pay the costs of building a smart electricity grid—an endeavor that will cost billions of dollars—they will want an answer to the question: What's in it for me? Right now, most have no clue. Most, in fact, don't know or care about the smart grid. It's not a topic of barroom or cocktail chatter—except in a ...

Why Greenpeace Thinks Smart Grid Could Help Save the World

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:00:00 PST

November 22, 2010 Moving to a low-carbon economy is probably the biggest environmental challenge of our times. Not just because of climate change, but also because unless we find a replacement for fossil fuels then the lights will eventually go out through a lack of anything to burn. But as well as being critical and unavoidable, decreasing our reliance on fossil fuels is fiendishly ...

Cisco Announces EnergyAustralia's Selection of 'Connected Grid' Solutions to Bring Integrated Intelligent Services, Resiliency and Security to the Smart Grid

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:00:00 PST

SYDNEY – Nov. 15, 2010 – Cisco today announced that EnergyAustralia, the largest energy network in Australia with 3 million customers, has selected Cisco® Connected Grid solutions as the infrastructure platform for the delivery of a range of business-critical services in its major substations across its electricity network. Cisco introduced the first offerings in its Connected ...

Energy Firm Boosts Productivity and Cuts Travel with Cisco TelePresence

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:00:00 PST

November 3, 2010 Enbridge Inc. is a Canadian energy delivery company, undergoing a period of unprecedented growth. It provides oil and gas transportation via pipelines stretching across North America, and gas distribution to about 2 million customers from a large gas utility in the greater Toronto area. A more recent line of business, green energy, generates 800 megawatts of renewable and ...

Electrical Utility Safeguards Grid from Malicious Threats

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:00:00 PST

October 19, 2010 British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC), a major North American electric utility, manages the publicly owned transmission system for British Columbia. Responsible for helping ensure the safe transmission of electricity within British Columbia, BCTC's operation is considered "critical infrastructure." As a result, the company must comply with the North American ...

Cisco Clearing Path to the "Internet of Things"

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PST

September 27, 2010 By Charles Waltner The Internet of Things is a tantalizingly ambitious concept for the next iteration of the Information Age in which almost any object or environmental condition can be monitored, possibly controlled and tied into the digital universe. By some estimates, the Internet of Things will be able to connect at least as many objects as there are atoms on the ...