Communications and Networking
Cisco Drops $150M In Investment Funding For IoT Startups
Yet another entree into the IoT fray, and another great way for startups to secure the funding they need, so long as they can articulate a tie-in with the strategic objectives of Cisco. Cisco Drops $150M In Investment Funding For Internet Of Things Startups – Small Business Technology News – Entrepreneur News – Entrepreneur Resources.
Read MoreCap and Trade in the NW. Key Economic Driver for Smart Grid?
The west coast appears to be moving towards cap and trade legislation as a means to build in the cost of CO2 pollution into our energy production prices. This has the potential to more quickly level the playing field for innovative renewable energy, energy efficiency technologies, and smart grid technologies. California has been…
Read MoreNetworking Equipment for Commercial Building Automation Systems Will Reach $34.7 Billion by 2021
Continued rapid growth forecasted in building automation systems, for a large number of use cases. The energy consumption in commercial buildings is so large that there continues to be plenty of opportunity to find savings. » Networking and Communications Equipment for Commercial Building Automation Systems Will Reach $34.7 Billion in Annual Revenue by 2021…
Read MoreCritical OpenSSL ‘Heartbleed’ bug puts encrypted communications at risk | PCWorld
This is just wonderful. Hackers can de-crypt past, saved communications using this, since they have access to the private keys. It’s an ugly reminder about that generate state of security on the Internet, and the continued need for better solutions. Critical OpenSSL ‘Heartbleed’ bug puts encrypted communications at risk | PCWorld.
Read MoreItron Looks to Embedded Sensing for the Grid Edge – using .NET?
The deployment of distributed computing for demand side management is in it’s early days. While Linux appears to be the OS of choice for embedded computing in this space, it’s interesting to see Itron using Mono to leverage their .NET investments. It will be interesting see if they get the performance they…
Read MoreTransformational Technology? Software-defined networks, serious interest in Fed Agencies.
Proponents of software defined networks tout benefits in manageability, security, ease of deployment and reconfiguration. On paper, a number of these benefits look great. To move from a hypothesis to delivering the potential benefits, Federal Agencies are experimenting with the architecture now. Additionally, there may be opportunities for companies to…
Read MorePanasonic Makes Big Push Into Solar-Storage Integration
Solar and storage can work together to form an effective renewable, distributed generation solution, and Japan and Panasonic in particular are driving hard to make it happen. However, there are still plenty of opportunities in this. From Panasonic’s manager: “That’s supported the deployment of battery systems in about 15,000 homes across the country, he…
Read MoreSDS Client “PerceivIt” Advances to Semi-Finals at Angel Oregon
We’re pleased to share that Software Diligence Services client PerceivIt, has made it into the semi-final round at Angel Oregon 2014. PerceivIt, a new start-up founded by Jonah Peskin, makes Internet-connected sensor solutions to add real-time field data to business software for increased operational insight & efficiency. This is an IoT play in SmartGrid/Energy…
Read MoreIEC Approves OpenADR Specification
This is a very big deal. To foster the adoption and deployment of Automated Demand Response solutions, the industry needs an interoperable, open, standard. Open ADR 2.0 appears to be well on it’s way to being that standard – significant adoption by a number of major utilities, along with the growing number of major…
Read MoreHow to make the most of COTS technologies | C4ISR & Networks | c4isrnet.com
The availability of the most advanced COTS networking equipment, in ever-decreasing form factors, has the potential to significantly contribute to soldier mission objectives. However, the complexity of systems composed of best-of-breed enterprise solutions threatens those gains. In this article that I contributed to C4ISR magazine, for PacStar, I discuss the issues and ways…
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