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10/01/2012

ITEXPO Austin 2012 begins in: 1 Day. REGISTER NOW!   Featured Articles » FortZED in Colorado Uses Distributed Energy to Reduce Peak Load by 20 Percent » AMI Managed Services Looking to Cloud » MISO Deploys Synchrophasor Monitoring Devices onto Electric Grid » Smart Charging to Fight Pollution   Sponsored By: AT&T Our world is becoming more connected every day, improving the way we live, work and play. Machine to Machine solutions wirelessly connect millions of varied devices to a network, enabling two-way communication. From trucks and turbines to heart monitors and vending machines, M2M allows network-ready devices to connect and share reliable real-time data via radio signals. The Machine to Machine Solutions community provides readers with an in-depth look at how M2M solutions are connecting organizations and offering savings in time, cost and labor through featured articles, resources and news surrounding the latest developments in the machine-to-machine industry.   Top Stories » IEEE Announces Globally Relevant Smart Grid Standards » Itron to Provide Advanced Metering Solution to Victoria State Water Utilities » S&C Electric Company Upgrades IntelliTeam VV Software » Silver Spring Networks Reveals Speed-to-Value Program, Improves ROI and Offers Benefits for Customers   From The Expert Corner October 01, 2012 IBM and Swiss Supermarket Use Distributed Energy to Run Refrigeration Units By Cheryl Kaften TMCnet Contributor In Switzerland, IBM (News - Alert) has joined with Migros, the nation’s largest retailer and supermarket chain, in a consortium that will demonstrate innovative and “cool” smart grid technology. Their initiative, called FlexLast, will use refrigerated warehouses as a buffer against the intermittent availability of solar and wind energy on the grid. In addition to Armonk, New York-based IBM and Zurich-based Migros, the consortium partners include BKW FMB Energy Ltd, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Bern; and Swissgrid, the national grid operator. "Besides demonstrating the technology behind the project, we also hope to illustrate how industrial energy consumers can re-engineer their processes for optimal power system integration. It's a financial win–win," said Wolf-Christian Rumsch, project manager for BKW. For Swissgrid, improving the stability of the electric infrastructure— which will have a positive impact on the availability of energy supplies—is a no-brainer... Read More    Featured Resources » Effectively Bridging Lync and Legacy Communication Nodes in a Mixed Environment » Building the Better Cloud   TMCnet's Blogs » How Corning Created the Ultrathin, Ultrastrong Gorilla Glass » (Another) Cloud Survey   Featured Channels » Green Builders » Solar 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      Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology 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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