digital grid

CiscoLive 2017! You’re the Digital Energy Superheroes

You are the champions of configuration; the sultans of software, the pashas of peripherals, the bhagwans of bandwidth, the wizards of wireless and industrial IoT; the kings and queens of the cloud. For the Superheroes, we have a Super-Event, as Cisco rolls into Las Vegas for the annual CiscoLive me…

Augmented Reality: A New Reality for Utilities

Cisco has worked to bring the cloud closer to the ground through Fog and Edge Analytics, but what if we could bring the cloud right to the point of origin, to the place where the data is needed most? This is where IoT crosses the chasm between analytics and proactive interaction. It’s the new distor…

Cisco Live Berlin Shows Innovation and the Future of Energy and Manufacturing

Writen by Jon Judson and Scot Wlodarczak Rain and cold greeted the thousands who attended CiscoLive Berlin this year, but the city’s venues were warm and dry and the locals were always ready with a smile and good German food. And of course, “Einen halben Liter Pilsener, bitte” will get you a nice pi…

DistribuTECH 2017 Shows a Window to the Future of the Digital Grid

Enable – Differentiate – Define. This is the message Cisco brought to DistribuTECH 2017, and as the utility industry experiences their own Digital Business Transformation, the Digital Vortex draws them ever closer to the whirlwind. With new technologies and capabilities emerging almost daily, the co…

European Utility Week highlights advances in “Going Digital”

Paella, Tapas, Spanish reds, thin slices of Iberian Ham, Antoni Gaudi, and a twisty walk through the Gothic Quarter. Yes, I’m talking about Barcelona! And it was there, in the “Head and Hearth of Catalonia” where the 2016 European Utility Week was held November 15 – 17. Walking the floor reminded m…

Join our #CiscoChat – Utilities security imperative: more real than ever

Utilities across the globe are telling us that cybersecurity risks and protecting data from intrusion and manipulation are among their highest concerns. To shed light on this critical topic, we are hosting a #CiscoChat to learn how utilities are approaching their cybersecurity strategies on Wednesda…

The Tempest – and the Digital Grid

We’ve all experienced it. A flash, a resounding boom, a flicker, then darkness. Then comes the scramble for the flashlights and candles. How long will the lights be out? It’s hard to say, but hopefully after a few anxious moments, there’s a flicker again and power is restored. Usually it’s a brief o…