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IoT / Data Analytics

HomeGrid Forum Advances G.hn for Industrial Applications
April 14, 2021
HomeGrid Forum is accelerating the development of G.hn for use in industrial settings, which will prove critical for the future success of businesses worldwide. Facilitating fast communication, G.hn is bridging the gap between legacy systems and newer technology to transform operations with reliable, fast connectivity.    more

AWS, Hitachi America, Reply, USAA Join Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative
October 15, 2020
The new community members join major automakers, smart city leaders, tech companies, startups, and other mobility stakeholders working together to accelerate the development and adoption of blockchain-based standards for the mobility ecosystem. These standards will be the foundation for a protocol-agnostic permissioned network that will enable all stakeholders to exchange, share, and monetize mobility and transit data.    more

Landis+Gyr and Vodafone Business Announce Partnership to Deliver Cellular IoT Capabilities for Energy Management
September 16, 2020
Building on IoT zero-touch capability, Landis+Gyr notes that utility customers will benefit from improved deployment speed and management of cellular smart grid devices. In addition, the partnership delivers low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology capabilities today, with the ability to transition to 5G networks where and when these networks are available.    more

IPL Selects Landis+Gyr for Advanced Metering Expansion and IoT Capable Network
May 14, 2020
The contract includes the addition of 350,000 advanced meters and updated network infrastructure to IPL's existing AMI program. Landis+Gyr will continue to provide network and meter management services, along with software hosting. IPL also utilizes Landis+Gyr's meter data management system, advanced load management system and operating software.    more

The Industrial Internet Consortium Unveils Enabling Digital Transformation With IoT Performance and Properties Measurement White Paper
May 11, 2020
“Digital transformation solutions must be measured throughout the overall digital transformation journey with each move being validated as promptly as possible to avoid disruption and unnecessary costs,” said Bassam Zarkout, Co-Chair Digital Transformation Working Group, Executive Vice President, IGnPower Inc. and one of the authors of the white paper. “Successful digital transformation requires a culture of measurement.”    more

Accedian and New Context Partner to Revolutionize Next Generation V2G & C-V2X Infrastructure
April 28, 2020
Overcoming previous limiting factors such as legacy commercial cloud security models and disaggregated telecom providers, the partnership offers cross-carrier, cross-jurisdiction, and cross-border edge security solutions and transactional forensic attestation at scale.    more

The Industrial Internet Consortium and the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation Announce Liaison
March 23, 2020
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) will advanced their shared interests. Under the agreement, the IIC and 5G-ACIA will work together to align efforts to enable interoperability, prevent fragmentation, and in particular to maximize synergies of 5G for the Industrial Internet.    more

Department Of Energy Announces $6.7 Million for IoT Integration Research
February 26, 2020
The university-led research teams (in partnership with industry, National Laboratories, or research consortia) will focus their research on methods to enhance coordination between these networks of devices to extend operational performance, including maintaining energy supply to critical defense facilities, regardless of whether they are distribution or transmission connected.    more

Trilliant and MultiTech to Deliver Transformative Solutions for Industrial Internet of Things and Smart Cities
January 30, 2020
The partnership brings the systems and sector expertise of Trilliant and the industrial communications hardware of MultiTech to enable aggregation of data from any sensor, actuator or smart device. The result is an IIoT gateway, bringing centralized data management across all cloud-based platforms for global IIoT, smart energy, and smart city applications.    more

Accenture and Snam to Collaborate on IOT Technologies for the Innovation and Sustainability of Energy Networks
November 28, 2019
The collaboration is part of a broad initiative by Snam - dubbed "SnamTec, Tomorrow's Energy Company" - that calls for investments of over €1.4 billion in innovation and energy transition by 2023 involving everything from the application of new technologies to increase the networks' sustainability to a commitment to green sectors such as sustainable mobility, renewable gas, hydrogen and energy efficiency.    more

Nearly $700 Million in Cumulative Funding Has Been Invested into Energy Blockchain Development
November 25, 2019
"Key findings from our analysis highlight the shift in focus away from transactive energy (TE) and peer-to-peer electricity trading toward pragmatic use cases with shorter maturity horizons and proven business models," says Johnathon de Villier, research analyst with Navigant Research. "In particular, recent project deployments have focused on renewable energy certificates and guarantees of origin."    more

Ondas Networks Releases Scalable MC-IoT Platform for Critical Infrastructure
February 28, 2019
Ondas Holdings Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Ondas Networks Inc., a developer of private licensed wireless data networks for mission-critical industrial markets, recently announced the release of its enhanced FullMAX radio architecture for highly scalable Mission Critical IoT (MC-IoT) networks.    more

Department of Energy Announces $15 Million for 4 Projects in Data-Driven Grid Management
February 27, 2019
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), now incorporating OpenFog, has announced the Security Maturity Model (SMM) Practitioner's Guide, which provides detailed actionable guidance enabling IoT stakeholders to assess and manage the security maturity of IoT systems. Along with the publication of the SMM Practitioner's Guide is an update to the IoT SMM: Description and Intended Use White Paper, which provides an introduction to the concepts and approach of the SMM.    more

Department of Energy Announces $15 Million for 4 Projects in Data-Driven Grid Management
February 27, 2019
Projects will apply concepts like machine learning and peer-to-peer cryptography to build new tools to share data, boost efficiency, and mitigate grid emergencies. If successful, the cohort will advance our understanding of a changing grid, allowing for greater integration of new resources like renewables and energy storage.    more

The Internet of Things Security Institute (IoTSI) releases IoT Security Framework for Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure
February 21, 2019
The Internet of Things Security Institute (IoTSI) announced today that it has released an IoT Security Framework for Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure. Alan Mihalic President of the IoT Security Institute says the objective of the IoTSI 's to provide the cyber and privacy frameworks that can be implemented from the base build through to the build completion.    more

The Industrial Internet Consortium and Wi-SUN Alliance Announce Liaison
February 15, 2019
Under the agreement, the IIC and the Wi-SUN Alliance will work together to align efforts to maximize interoperability, portability, security and privacy for the industrial Internet.    more

Vlocity and FirstFuel to Integrate Energy Data Analytics and Utilities Cloud Apps
February 14, 2019
FirstFuel Software, a global leader in B2B energy analytics and customer engagement for utilities, and Vlocity, Inc, a leader in Energy & Utility cloud software on Salesforce, have announced a Vlocity Industry Partner (VIP) alliance and the verified integration of Vlocity Energy and Utilities Cloud Apps with energy data analytics from FirstFuel.    more

Sentient Energy Unveils Ubiquitous Grid Monitoring And Analytics System
February 13, 2019
Sentient Energy recently (2/6) unveiled the first ubiquitous distribution grid monitoring and analytics system for grid reliability and safety. The Sentient Energy Grid Analytics System couples the Ample Analytics Suite with intelligent sensors that can be deployed anywhere on the distribution grid.    more

Schneider Electric Publishes Global Digital Transformation Benefits Report 2019
February 13, 2019
The study reveals that digitization, by harnessing IoT, can result in significant savings in operational expenditure - leading to step change improvements in efficiency, reliability, safety, and sustainability. Businesses and organizations report an average savings of 24% in energy consumption, as a result of digitization.    more

Smart Energy Water and IBM Sign Multi-Year Agreement to Speed Innovation on the Cloud
February 12, 2019
Smart Energy Water (SEW), a global energy and water cloud platform provider serving over 150+ utilities worldwide, has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with IBM to leverage the IBM Cloud for SEW platform global deployment over the next five years.    more

Fujitsu Expands IoT Platform with Integrated Smart Lighting and Energy Solutions
February 1, 2019
Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. recently (1/30) announced an expansion of its Internet of Things (IoT) technology platform which is designed to enable the rapid development and deployment of smart utility applications. With the addition of new ecosystem partners ClearWorld and GreenStar, this platform of tools and technologies includes solutions for integrated smart lighting and smart energy resilience.    more

TROVE Posts Record 2018 Results on Strength of AI Software, Agile Data Science Methodology
January 31, 2019
TROVE, a predictive data science company, this week announced it secured contracts with 10 new clients, expanded its portfolio of use cases to address its clients' priority needs, and continued to attract top data-science talent to its growing organization on way to a record 2018.    more

LO3 Energy and eMotorWerks Join Forces for Energy Blockchain Trial
January 27, 2019
Late in 2018, transactive energy startup LO3 Energy and Enel X subsidiary eMotorWerks announced a groundbreaking collaboration that seeks to bring owners of EVs and residential solar systems together in a peer-to-peer trading and grid balancing marketplace. Both companies are relatively well known in the energy blockchain world. Their new partnership is newsworthy for a few reasons.    more

Amazon to Join Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors
January 27, 2019
The Zigbee Alliance, an organization of hundreds of companies creating, maintaining, and delivering open, global standards for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that Amazon will join its Board of Directors. The decision by Amazon to join the Zigbee Alliance at the Board level is a strong message that the industry is focused on simplifying and adding convenience to the growing range of IoT devices available to customers.    more

Landis+Gyr and Sense to Add Next-Gen Energy Management Solution to Utility IoT Platform
January 17, 2019
Landis+Gyr and Sense recently announced a partnership that makes Sense technology available within Landis+Gyr's Gridstream Connect IoT platform, enabling utilities to provide a wide range of home energy management services to consumers.    more

mPrest to Partner with Southern Company for Grid Modernization and Distributed Smart Energy Apps
January 8, 2019
mPrest, a monitoring, control and big data analytics software leader for the internet of energy market, and Southern Company have announced a collaboration to develop and implement a solution to further enhance the resiliency, efficiency and flexibility of Southern Company's distribution system.    more

Zigbee Alliance and Thread Group Achieve a Major Milestone with Release of Dotdot 1.0
January 8, 2019
Together, the Zigbee Alliance and Thread Group have reached a critical milestone in IoT interoperability with the completion of the Dotdot 1.0 specification and announcement of the Dotdot over Thread certification program. For the first time, developers of smart products can confidently use a mature, open, and certifiable interoperability language over a low-power IP network.    more