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TDi Technologies Announces Unique and Highly Secure Remote Access Management Solution Addressing NERC-CIP Requirements
TDi Technologies Inc. - TDi Technologies, the leader in IT Foundation Management, today announced their highly-secure and unique ConsoleWorks Remote Access Management solution - designed to meet the strictest remote access cyber security and compliance requirements of the NERC-CIP standard while also improving operational efficiencies. more...
From the Control Room, to the Substation, to the Pole, ConsoleWorks Automates Baseline Configuration Management of All Cyber Assets
TDi Technologies Inc. - TDi Technologies, the leader in IT Foundation Management, today announced the availability of the new, automated Baseline Configuration Management solution designed to provide managerial visibility and control over the BCM practice while eliminating the majority of sources where human error can result in unintentional device configuration changes that impact the overall security practice. more...
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A Perfect Example of the Normalization of Deviance in the Power Industry

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Smart Grid: SoS "… interacting in unpredictable ways that regulators and investors cannot comprehend

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SMART GRID: EEFECTIVE REACTIVE POWER CONTROLLER

Blogger Photo By Shehu Khaleel - Utilities today devote considerable attention to managing voltage levels and reactive power (VAR) throughout the power transmission and distribution systems. more...

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Harnessing Disruption - Dealing with the Threat of Technology and Competition

 Thursday Feb 16, 2012 - 12:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

This utility industry is on track to spend $1.6 trillion in the coming two decades on generation, transmission and distribution. Clearly, new ways of creating and delivering power will change the business. How does such a capital intensive industry make more...

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With the realization of the smart grid, the utility industry has experienced fundamental change over the last decade. Entirely new areas of expertise, value, challenge, and opportunity have emerged. Right at the heart of these opportunities and challenges is how more...
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 Wednesday Feb 15, 2012 - Thursday Feb 16, 2012 - Orlando, FL

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Small & Medium Utility Companies -- 10 Things to Consider Before Renewing on your IT Journey

By Sathyanarayana Krishnamurthy
Small & Medium Utility Companies are eager and ready to embrace the new Technology. It can be just an ERP implementation focused on better cost management or advanced Smart Grid implementation to drive efficiency. Unlike more...
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Role Of Information And Communication Technology In Mitigating The Effect Of Climate Change

By Shehu Khaleel
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be an important tool of combating climate change, and should be engaged because ICT sector is a sector that is used to rapid changes and development. more...
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CIOs Have Reached the Boardroom...Oops!

By Warren Causey
Only a few years ago, it wasn't uncommon to see articles about the climb from basement data processing centers toward the executive suite by utilities' top information technology (IT) staffers, or chief information officers (CIOs). more...
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Corporate CIO Staffs Are Confused About Interoperability, And They Are Not Alone!

By Rik Drummond
The software purchasing community requires interoperable products in their networks, value and supply chains that install easily to begin intercommunicating with other like products in a straight forward manner. This frequently is not the case more...
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Does Software as a Service Work for the Meter to Cash Business?

By Frank Hoogendoorn
The analogy was excellent. I was at a conference listening to Gary Hoover, of Hoover Online fame, draw a parallel between tsunamis and business trends. Tsunamis may seem like sudden events that appear without warning; more...
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