DistribuTECH
Distributech 2020 Takeaways
Automation and Diversity at Distributech 2020 2020 could be a great year for the Utility Industry. It’s easy to get focused on the challenges the industry faces and take pause: pace of change, wildfires, liability, climate change, renewables, workforce…the list goes on. But as I spoke to…
Intelligent Connectivity is Changing the Way Utility Operations and IT Work Together
Come talk to the IT and OT experts from Cisco and Itron at DistribuTECH 2020. As we enter into a new decade, technology is shaping our future faster than ever. Everything is becoming connected and managed by an app on your smartphone, tablet or laptop. Utilities are no different. Consumers expect m…
Active Network Delivers Environmental and Business Outcomes for IoT and Cities
Visit our Itron and Cisco partnership page. Connected things are proliferating in cities (1.6 billion in 2016) and utilities (600 million smart meters in 2016) around the globe. Data is streaming into utility operational back office systems, providing inputs for everything from energy usage, billin…
Securing Communications Between the Distribution Line and the Control Center
As DistribuTECH kicks off, this is a great time to look more closely at how communications between distribution-line reclosers and a utility’s control center can work. Cisco and Eaton have developed a solution for this area of operations that speaks to utilities’ desire to—among other things—authent…
The San Diego “Chargers” Has a New Meaning as DistribuTECH Rolls Into Town
The Weather Channel today reported that snow and ice covers the ground in 49 of 50 states this weekend, so many of us are looking forward to traveling to San Diego at the end of this month for DistribuTECH! Warm breezes, palm trees, and some of the best technology available to the power industry wi…
Librestream and GBM Improve Safety with Rapid Response in the Field
Here’s a great story of how one of our oil and gas customers is making use of a sophisticated video collaboration solution in the field to accelerate response to issues and make significant improvements in safety and overall communication, especially in hazardous areas. Petroleum Development Oman (P…
Cisco and Partners Create a More Secure and Efficient Grid at DistribuTECH 2016
It was my third year of attending DistribuTECH and most attendees I met were no longer asking, “What’s Cisco doing here,” but rather, “What are you showing?” Many of the solutions we shared at our booth are made possible by partnering with other companies in the Utility space to help our joint custo…
5 Themes We Heard at DistribuTECH 2016
I just got back from the 26th year of DistribuTECH, the largest annual Electric Utility Industry conference. The theme was “Focused on the Future” and the industry met to participate in sessions on working through the challenges of increasing the amount of power from renewable resources, managing th…
Join us at Distributech 2016!
We’ll be at DistribuTECH for the seventh year in a row on February 9-11 at the Orlando Convention Center. Meet us in Booth #2047 to learn how we are working with our partners to help utility companies worldwide lower costs and deliver more services on a single, intelligent, and secure platform…