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5/09/2011

Featured Articles » Power to the People: CFCL Joins Britain's Broadest Smart Grid Study to Date » Cool New Smart Grid Tools » 'Get Smart," Mandates USDA Chief, Awarding Funds to Carroll Electric and Other Rural Utilities » Titan Energy Worldwide Announces New Platform to Support Onsite Power Generation   Sponsored By: M2M Evolution Conference- September 13-15, 2011, The Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX The M2M Evolution Conference is for those industry professionals interested in capitalizing on a rapidly growing segment of the telecom industry. The M2M Evolution Conference embraces the any-to-any strategy of the Internet today. It showcases the solutions, and examines the data strategies and technological requirements that enterprises and carriers need to capitalize on a market segment that is estimated to grow to $300 Billion in the year ahead.   Top Stories » Trilliant Appoints Salim Khan from ABB as Chief Operating Officer » WTRS Releases WTRS Low Power Embedded Wi-Fi Emerging Technology Q2 2011 Study » Silver Spring Networks Unveils New App for Monitoring Power Voltage » On-Ramp's Latest ULP Upgrade Holds Exciting Possibilities for Smart Grid   From The Expert Corner May 09, 2011 Can EPRI be more like CableLabs? By Carl Ford Partner, Crossfire Media The history of telecom is filled with wasted efforts and several blind alleys with technology, support systems and other “cost reduction” efforts. Fundamentally, the history of telecom is filled with great innovation followed by a hit or miss of industry success -- the transistor, the videophone, the first Voice over Packet (Ethernet) etc. However, with some, when deployed properly, efficiency was achieved and the cost was recovered. Bell Labs (News - Alert), Bellcore, delivered a lot of research that progressed innovation regardless of whether it progressed telecom. EPRI is the equivalent of the technology. EPRI does a lot of good things and was probably the first virtual organization since it works collaboratively with utilities and partner companies in over 40 countries... Read More    Featured Videos Smart Grid Summit    Featured Resources » Successfully Deploying Enterprise SIP Trunking: Tools and Techniques for Overcoming Common Roadblocks » Forecasting, Planning, and Analysis for Complex Contact Center Operations » Listening Is No Longer Enough   TMCnet's Blogs » Data Center Certs » $25 Computer Runs Linux on USB stick - Asterisk on a Stick? » Tele-Pacific Buys into Hosted   Featured Channels » Solar Power » Wind Power » Renewable Energy   Visit smart-grid.tmcnet.com for the Latest Smart-Grid News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Smart-Grid Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of IP Communications professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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