Click to watch the first segment of our Jan. 18, 2012 webinar - Comparing Cellular with Other Communication Technologies - presented with Qualcomm as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In this segment moderator Jesse Berst introduces the speakers and provides a brief overview. He is followed by Joseph Ho from Qualcomm's R&D team, who shares results from his company's extensive study on cellular in smart grid communications.
Click to watch the second segment of our Jan. 18, 2012 webinar - Comparing Cellular with Other Communication Technologies - presented with Qualcomm as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In this segment Joseph Ho from Qualcomm's R&D team continues to share results from his company's extensive study on cellular in smart grid communications.
Click to watch the third segment of our Jan. 18, 2012 webinar - Comparing Cellular with Other Communication Technologies - presented with Qualcomm as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In this segment Brian Huey, smart grid specialist at Sprint Nextel, discusses cellular carriers' growth, challenges, partnerships and commitments to supporting smart grid communications.
Click to watch the fourth segment of our Jan. 18, 2012 webinar - Comparing Cellular with Other Communication Technologies - presented with Qualcomm as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In this segment Matt Gillmore, Director of Enterprise Architecture and Standards at Consumers Energy, discusses some of the lessons Consumers learned while researching and rolling out their cellular communications project.
Click to watch the fifth segment of our Jan. 18, 2012 webinar - Comparing Cellular with Other Communication Technologies - presented with Qualcomm as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In this segment panelists answered questions from webinar participants, ranging from emergency use and peak time prioritization; prioritizing data on a public carrier network; should a utility start with 3G or wait for 4G; percent of down time per year; carrier performance during disasters, and pricing mechanisms used.
Click to watch the sixth and final segment of our Jan. 18, 2012 webinar - Comparing Cellular with Other Communication Technologies - presented with Qualcomm as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In this segment panelists answered questions from webinar participants, including how many utilities are using cellular; cellular deployments in other parts of the world; the upgrade timeline for 4G and LTE, and using cellular in conjunction with other technologies.
The communications network is the foundation of a smart grid. Get the network right and you can leverage it for years. Get it wrong and you may hit a performance ceiling. Recently, engineers from Qualcomm studied more than 1,500 smart grid use cases to determine the five most crucial communications issues. Then they tested different technologies against eight different applications (including meter reading, outage management and distribution automation). Click to learn more about the five key issues, about how cellular stacks up and where to get the test results.
Click inside for video replays and presentation materials from our Aug. 24, 2011 webinar on top lessons learned from real-world smart meter deployments featuring experts from Baltimore Gas & Electric and Accenture.
Click to watch the first segment of our popular Aug. 24, 2011 webinar on top lessons learned from smart meter deployments presented with Accenture. In this clip moderator Jesse Berst introduces the speakers and provides a brief overview. Then Jessica Baker, smart meter project manager with Baltimore Gas & Electric, offers background on BGE’s four-year smart-meter initiative.
In this second segment of our Aug. 24, 2011 webinar on top lessons learned from smart meter deployments, Jessica Baker of Baltimore Gas & Electric and Shanu Nigam, senior manager of Accenture's Smart Energy Practice, discuss the planning and development that goes into exchanging meters and preparing for mass deployment. They also offer suggestions on how to avoid some of the stumbling blocks they've encountered.
In this third video clip from our Aug. 24, 2011 webinar on top lessons learned from smart meter deployments, Shanu Nigam of Accenture discusses the importance of establishing guidelines before getting started, as well as setting up backup systems and interacting with the business process. Jessica Baker of BGE explains how BGE’s business processes morphed from their original plan and also discusses some of the challenges they faced along the way.
Click to watch the fourth installment from our Aug. 24, 2011 webinar on top lessons learned from smart meter deployments. Shanu Nigam of Accenture and Jessica Baker of BGE lead off with a discussion of the different kinds of security requirements that utilities must consider as they plan deployments. They also talk about interacting with vendors and wrap up with some of the drawbacks encountered.
In this final segment from our Aug. 24, 2011 webinar on top lessons learned from smart meter deployments you'll hear Shanu Nigam of Accenture articulate the need to be prepared for all the extensive data and the importance of collecting and dispersing the correct data. Jessica Baker of BGE emphasizes the need to interact with all stakeholders, to expect multiple changes and the importance of defining goals and direction while still being able to implement new technology as it emerges.
This document includes the speaker presentation materials from our Aug. 24, 2011 webinar on top lessons learned from smart grid deployments, featuring experts from Baltimore Gas & Electric and Accenture.
This is the first segment from our July 19, 2011 webinar on best practices for merging information technology and operational technology presented with Accenture as part of SGN's Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In it moderator Jesse Berst introduces the panelists and provides a brief overview. He is followed by Wade Malcolm, Accenture's Senior Director of Smart Grid Operational Technology, who discusses why electric utilities need to blend IT and OT.
In this second segment from our July 19, 2011 webinar on best practices for merging information technology and operational technology, Wade Malcolm, Accenture's Senior Director of Smart Grid Operational Technology, cites some of the difficulties companies have discovered while trying to blend IT and OT – and some of the pitfalls to avoid.
In this third segment from our July 19, 2011 webinar on best practices for merging information technology and operational technology, Mark Wyatt, Vice President of Grid and Smart Energy Systems at Duke Energy, discusses steps his utility has taken to in the ongoing process of merging IT and OT. He also highlights best practices they utilize, as well as the impact NERC CIP has on the process.
In this fourth and final segment from our July 19, 2011 webinar on best practices for merging information technology and operational technology, our expert panelists answer audience questions regarding the importance of IEC Spec 61-970 and 61-968, integrating AMI and DMS and personnel skills needed for this process.
Video replays and presentation materials from our recent webinar on best practices for merging IT and OT, which featured experts from Duke Energy and Accenture, are now posted. Click inside for links.
This document includes the presentation materials used in the Smart Grid News webinar on merging IT and OT presented July 19, 2011 with Accenture. Featured panelists were Wade Malcolm, Accenture's Senior Director of Smart Grid Operational Technology, and Mark Wyatt, Vice President of Grid and Smart Energy Systems at Duke Energy. Jesse Berst moderated.
This is the first segment from our June 8, 2011 webinar on meter data management presented with IBM as part of our Lessons from the Real World series. In it moderator Jesse Berst provides introductions and Dr. David Shipman of IBM's Energy & Utilities practice describes the components that make up a successful smart grid.
In this second segment from our June 8, 2011 webinar on meter data management presented with IBM, Richard Wozniak, an information management program director for the IBM Software Group, introduces issues utilities experience when trying to use traditional databases with the exponential data generated by smart meters. He also discusses time series data.
In this third segment from our June 8, 2011 webinar on meter data management presented with IBM, Richard Wozniak discusses the pros and cons of using time series versus traditional databases and describes a client’s experience using time series.
In the fourth and final segment from our June 8, 2011 webinar on meter data management presented with IBM, Richard Wozniak discusses experiences clients have had using IBM meter data management solutions and answers questions from the audience.
This first segment of our Jan. 27, 2011 smart grid security webinar begins with moderator Jesse Berst introducing the speakers and providing a brief overview of the topic. Eric Trapp of Accenture follows with a discussion of the four key principles to utility infrastructure protection.
For years we've been expecting smart meter hardware prices to decline sharply. A California company we told you about earlier this year is promising a smart meter for as little as $20. Do you think it will happen? Will we see dramatic price drops in smart meters this year - or anytime soon? That's our Tuesday Topic this week. We hope you'll join the discussion.
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