Interoperability is a concept that's been desirable for a long time but is finally within reach thanks to new standards and new attitudes. We expect to hear a lot more about it in the months to come - but Silver Spring Networks and eMeter are showing us how it's done today.

Big Data and Data Analytics are this year's buzzwords, as utilities strive to create sense - and value - from all that information streaming in from meters and other devices. Fresh off its purchase by Siemens, eMeter formally announces its analytics platform. Click to see which hassle the company says its new release will save utilities from.

Current eMeter CEO Gary Bloom was brought in specifically to get the company ready for sale or IPO. And he delivered, notes SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst, who has some thoughts on how Siemens' acquisition of the San Mateo, CA-based MDM specialist might affect others.

Just when you were trying to wrap your head around managing all that meter data, along comes eMeter CEO Gary Bloom with the pronouncement that it's not about MDM anymore. Click inside to read about SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst's insider conversation with Bloom, who believes meter data analytics (MDA) is where the real action will be.

Fort Collins Utilities has picked the team of Siemens Energy, Inc. and eMeter to implement a meter data management system for its stimulus grant-funded advanced metering project. Read more on what the project entails inside.

Two "firsts" announced today: S&C Electric will install what it says is the first community energy storage system at customers' homes in an AEP Ohio test of the technology. And eMeter announced that it has successfully integrated its Energy IP platform with utility CPS Energy's SAP IS-U EhP5 system to give CPS customers real-time energy use information and other enhanced metering services. Read more inside.

It's early in the week and it's already been a busy one for smart grid partnerships. Several Japanese corporations are working with the Hawaiian electric utility, state government, a local university and a DOE national lab on a multi-faceted smart grid demo project on the island of Maui. eMeter is working in Korea with Samsung SDS on a smart grid project to enhance systems integration and development. And we're bringing you the scoop on a partnership between Kansas City Power & Light and Google.

Meter data management software provider eMeter and Verizon have hooked up to develop and deliver what they say will be one of the first cloud-based meter data management solutions for the utility industry. The new service will deliver eMeter's meter data management software in a scalable cloud-based environment through Verizon's IP network.

Convergys and eMeter have joined forces to offer a packaged smart grid solution to provide next generation billing and data management capabilities for utilities and their customers.

This is the first segment of the Making a Business Case for Smart Meters Webinar presented with eMeter as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World series. Chris King from eMeter discusses the evolution of the business case and identifies the costs and benefits.

This is the second segment of the Making a Business Case for Smart Meters Webinar presented with eMeter as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World series. Chris King from eMeter continues with his discussion identifying and valuing the costs and benefits.

This is the third segment of the Making a Business Case for Smart Meters Webinar presented with eMeter as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World series. Rick Morgan, Commissioner of D.C. Public Service Commission, discusses the smart meter pricing pilot program that they conducted in 2005.

This is the fourth segment of the Making a Business Case for Smart Meters Webinar presented with eMeter as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World series. Steve Sunderhauf from Pepco Holdings talks about the history and issues of for the AMI business case.

This is the fifth segment of the Making a Business Case for Smart Meters Webinar presented with eMeter as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World series. Steve Sunderhauf from Pepco Holdings continues his discussion about the AMI business case.

eMeter, the global leader in Smart Grid Management software, today announced that The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a Taiwanese research organization that serves to strengthen the technological competitiveness of Taiwan, has selected eMeter's EnergyIP information platform and customer Web portal for use in its upcoming Smart Grid pilot program.