Oracle launches Fusion Middleware 11g
Jul. 01, 2009
Oracle will unveil a major chunk of Fusion Middleware 11g, the foundation for its next-generation Fusion Applications, during an event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
Cisco and Duke Energy work to build smart grid
Jun. 10, 2009
Cisco has been enlisted by a Fortune 500 electric power company to monitor and control power consumption by creating a smart grid.
AT&T enters smart grid sensor business
Jun. 24, 2009
While the United States isn't yet close to implementing smart grid technology on its power infrastructure, AT&T is trying to stay ahead of the curve by getting into the smart grid sensor business.
IP carrier Telarus moves into cloud computing
Jun. 23, 2009
A few weeks after Verizon Business announced a move into cloud hosting, another IP carrier, Telarus, has launched a cloud computing platform aimed at the enterprise hosting market.
China denies cyberattacks on U.S. power grid
Apr. 10, 2009
Malware attacks from China and Russia designed to shut down the U.S. electrical grid in a time of war did not occur, China said Thursday.
Power grid is found susceptible to cyberattack
Mar. 21, 2009
An emerging network of intelligent power switches, called the Smart Grid, could be taken down by a cyberattack, according to researchers with IOActive, a Seattle security consultancy.
Upgrade to Suite B security algorithms
May. 27, 2009
Most companies do not know what level of cryptography is required to properly protect their data lifeblood, nor do they have anyone tasked with assessing the coverage. As a result, most corporations today are not ...
Stimulus bill to provide 'windfall' for wireless providers, ABI projects
May. 26, 2009
The economic stimulus package passed earlier this year will provide a $6.8 billion windfall to the wireless communications industry, projects ABI Research.
Embedded intelligent networks are mushrooming
May. 21, 2009
One area I'm paying a lot of attention to these days is what I'm calling "embedded intelligent networks," or networks that integrate seamlessly into physical reality, enabling us to monitor and ultimately manipulate the ...
Cisco outlines strategy for utility networks
May. 18, 2009
IP network will extend from the power generation facilities to the home
Willful technological ignorance
May. 15, 2009
Mark Gibbs is irked by a GE marketing program that willfully uses the wrong name for a technology it uses. He sees this as symptomatic of a trend of needless inaccuracy about technology that just keeps us slightly ...
New cybersecurity bill for electric grid readied
Apr. 29, 2009
Amid growing concern over the vulnerability of the U.S. electric grid to cyberattacks, two lawmakers are preparing to introduce new legislation aimed at bolstering the industry's responsiveness to such threats.
Third annual scare story about the national power system
Apr. 17, 2009
As far as the headline writers at the Wall Street Journal were concerned the battle was over and the U.S. electricity grid was under control by the enemy - "Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies."
Third annual ...
Data Centers Want an MPG Rating for Energy Efficiency
Apr. 14, 2009
These days, with the shock of $150-per-barrel oil only a year old, consumers in the market for a car will likely pay much more attention to a pair of numbers: The vehicle's two miles-per-gallon ratings.
Fiber cuts slash Silicon Valley's Internet arteries; China denies cyberattacks on U.S. ...
Apr. 10, 2009
Fiber cuts slash Silicon Valley's Internet arteries; China denies cyberattacks on U.S. power grid
How serious is threat to power grid? Depends who you ask.
Apr. 09, 2009
Expert opinion differs widely over a report that the U.S. electric power-grid has been compromised by cyberspies, perhaps from Russia and China, who have installed malware so they can disrupt industrial control systems ...
Brocade's new data center switch; Cyberspies in U.S. power grid?
Apr. 09, 2009
Brocade's new data center switch; Cyberspies in U.S. power grid?
Outrunning the giant snowball
Apr. 09, 2009
Outrunning the giant snowball
Cyberspies have compromised U.S. power grid, newspaper reports
Apr. 08, 2009
Cyberspies, probably from Russia or China, have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that can disrupt it, says an article in the Wall Street Journal that neither names the source of the ...
Smart grid, other environmental control systems not smart about security
Mar. 30, 2009
If lengthy requirements were a measure of success, then smart grid technology is well on its way to being an anomaly in the environmental controls space. But I'm not going to try to hold my breath for that to happen.
Hey kids, what's Colonel Klink up to?
Mar. 27, 2009
Hey kids, what's Colonel Klink up to?
Keep an eye on smart grids and sensor nets
Mar. 19, 2009
Part of being a professional pundit is having the ability — real or imagined — to “see around corners.” That is, to predict with some degree of accuracy that which hasn't been invented yet.
Oracle 11g R2, Middleware 11g coming soon
Mar. 18, 2009
Oracle is set to release two highly anticipated products within the next several months -- Oracle Database 11g Release 2 and Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g -- company President Charles Phillips revealed during the vendor' ...
Measuring data center efficiency easier said than done
Mar. 13, 2009
The Green Grid's Power Usage Effectiveness metric rates the energy efficiency of data centers. It's catching on, but measurements can be misleading.
Sys admin discovers 13-million-digit prime number
Sep. 29, 2008
A system administrator - not a mathematician - used a grid of computers supplied by volunteers at the University of California, Los Angeles, to find the world's largest known prime number. The immense number is made up ...
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