Energy - Oil & Gas and Utilities
Cisco helps Norway Utility Modernize Power Grid
You may not have heard about BKK AS. They are actually the second largest power grid owner in Norway with over 180,000 customers. Like many power and energy companies, some of their equipment has been around a long time. It works, but it’s getting old and it’s time to move on to somethin…
Western Power Distribution creating the Blueprint for Grid Modernization with Cisco
I’ve been to the UK twice this year. The traffic is terrible! Worse than I ever remember! Commentators that’s a good sign – a sign of economic prosperity. That certainly seems to be the case in the UK. My last European-related blog – Ferguson Group Ltd keeps an Eye on Operati…
Unveiling Cisco Collaborative Operations and Secure Ops Solutions
Cyber security risk management and compliance for industrial control environments – especially in the Oil and Gas Industry, and the ability to connect experts for mission critical communications and collaboration are key areas that Cisco is addressing with two new services-lead solutions. We&…
Security and Collaboration – Top of mind for IT and OT (Operational Technologies) professionals
During the past ENTELEC event held in Houston, I had the opportunity to chat with Shawn Birch – Partner Development Consultant At Tait Communications to ask him about his impressions of the shows and what would be the key care-abouts of IT people during this Oil and Gas event. Tait Communications is…
BC Hydro, Cisco and Itron – a Powerhouse in Canada
With just under two million customers, BC Hydro is deploying the first standards based multi-services in production FAN network with IPv6 802.15.4/RPL mesh to manage the Automated Metering Infrastructure(AMI), Distribution Automation(DA) and other advanced gird applications. The design is based on C…
Energy Networking Convergence Part 2: Cyber & Physical Security
This is the second of a four part series on the convergence of IT and OT (Operational Technologies) by Rick Geiger Physical Security has evolved from serial communication to modern systems that are largely, if not completely, IP networked systems. The unique requirements of physical security have o…
High Energy at Cisco Live in San Francisco
Cisco Live is always a ‘High Energy’ event, and this week at San Francisco proved no different. It was also a place where Energy companies themselves had come to learn about the newest trends and product solutions from Cisco and, just as important, to mingle and network with peers and in…
Cisco Live Utilities Session a Big Success: Converging IT and OT (Operational Technologies) – BSAIoT-2100
Rick Geiger presented Session BSAIoT-2100 – How to Successfully Converge IT and OT (Operational Technologies) at Cisco live in San Francisco this week, with strong interest from attendees. Many of you know of Rick Geiger from this blog and other publications. Rick’s session at Cisco Live…
I am meeting old colleagues again. Are you?
Recently I have join the Internet of Things (IOT) Solutions Marketing team, supporting the oil, gas and mining industries and suddenly in my new role I am meeting with old pals from oil, gas and mining industries again, finding them in different events, conversations, and blogs that just some months…
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