Impressive lineup does not include Amsterdam partner
Cisco this week announced an impressive lineup of partners for its smart grid ecosystem. They include, among other players, GE, Oracle, EMC, Siemens, Verizon and Wipro.
In all, there are 27 companies in the Cisco smart grid ecosystem. They intend to make their products interoperable for deployment in next-generation IP-based utility communications infrastructures.
Notably absent, however, is IBM. IBM and Cisco are partnered on a smart meter project in Amsterdam but IBM chose not to go through the required procedures to become part of the formal Cisco ecosystem, Cisco officials said.
Cisco also formed a smart grid technical advisory borad of about 18 global utilities to help the vendor design and develop products to meet their needs. Cisco says it is also providing security services to utilities. Power grids have been susceptible to cyberattacks recently.
Cisco sees smart grids as a $20 billion+ opportunity.
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