) August 31, 2009 -- CALM Energy, Inc. announced today that it is partnered with Consolidated Edison, Inc., Columbia University, The Prosser Group, and other energy experts in filing for smart grid stimulus funds from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Con Edison leads the team requesting approximately $46 million to help fund smart grid demonstration projects in the New York and New Jersey areas.

"By creating the smart grid through an integrated 'transmission to distribution to customer' foundation of information and intelligence," according to CALM Energy's CEO John Johnson, "utilities and consumers will have enhanced visibility and control over managing energy usage, reliability, and cost."

) October 27, 2009 -- Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations and renewable resource integration, today announced that it is to provide communications headend software to British Gas as part of the first phase of the utility's smart metering activities.

) August 24, 2009 -- Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced it is integrating its technology with IBM (NYSE: IBM) WebSphere and Tivoli products to help utility companies more easily and securely expand their Smart Grid initiatives.

) September 22, 2009 -- ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, and Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced successful interoperability of Trilliant's SecureMesh™ communications network with ABB's Station Automation and Protection products, enabling utilities to choose best-of-breed technologies for their Smart Grid rollouts.

) June 17, 2009 -- Energy directives and billions of dollars in smart grid funding are driving hundreds of smart metering initiatives around the world. Over the next five years, $21 billion will be spent on smart metering infrastructure, according to a recent report by ON World.

"Smart grid initiatives are transforming the metering industry," says Mareca Hatler, ON World's research director. "Open architectures, increased regulation, and evolving standards are challenging the status quo and resulting in new alliances that would have been unheard of just a few years ago."

) September 21, 2009 -- Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced that the company has been selected to implement the Smart Grid network to create a Smart City for City of Stratford, Ontario. The system will support Festival Hydro's 20,000 customers. The project will be completed with Capgemini, a leading provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing services for utilities worldwide.

) July 6, 2009 -- Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) announces the release of its webSmartEnergy Distributed Energy Management Solution (DEMS), as the industry's most comprehensive software solution for management of demand-side and distributed energy resources. webSmartEnergy DEMS provides the platform and applications needed to improve power system reliability, economics and environmental compliance by integrating demand response (DR) and distributed resources with power system and energy market operations.

) June 1, 2009 -- Space Data® the dominant nationwide wireless spectrum holder in the NPCS band, is offering its 930 MHz licensed spectrum for smart grid communications in combination with Full Spectrum's FullMAX™ Broadband Wireless System. FullMAX is the first Sub 1 GHz, end- to-end, wireless system based on the Mobile WiMAX standard. Together, the solution offers utilities their own private wide-area mission critical communications network for real time remote command and control of electric utility smart grid devices.

"The combination of our interference free, high powered frequencies with state of the art WiMAX technology provide utilities with a dedicated private broadband wireless system," stated Jerry Knoblach, CEO of Space Data.

) October 30, 2009 -- Infotility, Inc., provider of distributed intelligent agent software that enables utilities and communities to increase the efficiency and utilization of electric grid assets such as solar and wind power, has launched the field-test phase of a Smart Grid demonstration project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in conjunction with The Marin County Office of Sustainability.

At its 2009 Customer Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, OATI announced and demonstrated a comprehensive suite of applications as a part of its OATI webSmartEnergy™ family of software solutions. These applications address key Smart Grid requirements for management of demand-side, distributed and intermittent renewable resources, while considering grid constraints and energy market opportunities. (PRWeb Oct 23, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/OATI/webSmartEnergy/prweb3099244.htm

) April 20, 2009 -- Electric utilities are adopting Intergraph® Smart Grid software solutions to maximize system efficiency and performance. From Intergraph G/Technology, which provides the additional technical attributes needed to build and support a Smart Grid beyond the capabilities of conventional geographic information system (GIS) platforms, to InService 8.2, which consolidates Smart Grid command-and-control operations, Intergraph integrated software solutions are at work helping electric utilities get the most out of their Smart Grid technology.

) September 10, 2009 -- Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced that is has joined the U-SNAP Alliance, an open industry association dedicated to creating a low-cost, protocol-agnostic, and interoperable communications standard for connecting home appliances, thermostats, and controls to Smart Grid networks.

The Smart One, a device invented by Simon Wilby could be a huge first step in cutting down on our reliance on the national power grid, just in time for World Environment Day 2009. The Smart One is a d

) October 16, 2009 -- Trilliant Incorporated and Cooper Power Systems, a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), today announced the deployment of a jointly developed product, the SecureMesh™ Powerline Repeater, that enhances Smart Grid coverage at Hydro One in Ontario, Canada.

The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA) will be offering a three-part series this fall called "Smart Grid, Technology and Colorado." Smart grid technologies hold the potential to dramatically decrease energy consumption, reduce peak loads and tap Colorado's abundant renewable resources. When fully integrated, these technologies will fundamentally change the way we create, deliver and use energy.  (PRWeb Sep 23, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/09/prweb2921214.htm

) June 24, 2009 -- Smart grid standards and wireless sensor network technologies promise a revolution for consumers and energy providers, according to a recent report by ON World. While smart metering has received the most attention, demand for "Home Area Network" (HAN) energy management solutions has attracted hundreds of startups as well as large corporations such as Cisco, GE, and Google.

Home Area Network Innovation Explosion
ON World researchers have evaluated dozens of user-friendly HAN systems by companies such as EnergyHub, Google, Greenbox, PowerMand, and Tendril. Integrated with broadband and wireless sensor network technologies such as ZigBee, these systems provide advanced in-home energy management solutions for less than a few hundred dollars.

Forecast in the newly released WTRS Smart Metering and HAN Applications Report projects the smart metering market for ZigBee chipsets to reach $35 million in 2012. (PRWeb Jul 1, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/07/prweb2592824.htm

Concord MA. selects Intelagrid Inc. to provide smart grid infrastructure to serve its 16,000 residents.

) October 30, 2009 -- The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) announced that Brendan Thompson, General Manager of CTS, joined the Board of Directors for its newly formed Smart Grid society. The mission of the TAG Smart Grid society is to educate, enlighten, and accelerate the development of Smart Grid in Georgia by exploring key technologies and collaborations necessary to drive Smart Grid systems into reality.

According to a new market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications, the U.S. market for enabling technologies for the smart grid will be worth $19.4 billion in 2009.

) September 3, 2009 -- Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Top 100 Winners. Inclusion in the GoingGreen 100 signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities in the green technology industries.

Solar Velocity’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing Scott Burkey was appointed to the new Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Smart Grid Society’s Board of Directors.

Solar Velocity’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing Scott Burkey was appointed to the new Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Smart Grid Society’s Board of Directors.

) April 15, 2009 -- President Barack Obama's multi-billion dollar stimulus package for smart grid technologies is good news for start-up companies like Consert, which will soon launch a pilot project to demonstrate its energy management system that combines hardware and software designed to save consumers money and keep utilities operating effectively and efficiently.

) June 2, 2009 -- Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) is pleased to announce the successful deployment of the OATI webSmartEnergy - Variable Generation Scheduling, a software tool that automates scheduling of the power produced by wind and solar farms into the electric grid and wholesale markets. Considering the variable nature of wind and solar generation, the automation capability assists the plant operators to avoid any scheduling penalties and to maximize revenues from energy production and renewable energy credits.

) October 28, 2009 -- SmartGridNews.com, the Web's No. 1 site for the modernization of the electric grid, has launched a one-stop resource to monitor the progress and impact of stimulus awards for Smart Grid projects around the country.

The newly launched Stimulus Channel on SmartGridNews.com provides constant updates, specialized content and timely tools for locating funding, projects and/or partners for the build-out of tomorrow's grid. As those projects begin to report progress (as required by the Recovery Act), the site will also provide a one-stop clearinghouse of the findings and results.

) July 8, 2009 -- Multi-billion dollar smart grid and home health initiatives are driving the Smart Home market despite a challenging economy, according to ON World. The energy crisis and out-of-control healthcare spending have governments and the private sector scrambling to develop smart technologies such as Wireless Sensor Networking (WSN) that pay for themselves in months, not years. In 2012, ON World predicts that global WSN products and services for the Smart Home will be worth $6 billion.

) June 22, 2009 -- Smart Metering applications are evolving and becoming standardized today. Among the standards being evaluated, ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 have made significant progress penetrating the Smart Metering market application.

) May 12, 2009 -- Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) an industry leader providing innovative software solutions and services to the North American energy industry announces the acquisition of the 22 acre OATI Campus in Minneapolis, Minnesota which will house the next generation OATI Data Center. The property is located in Minneapolis and was formerly known as the Honeywell Camden Facility. The OATI Campus infrastructure and location are key components in the design of the Data Center. Dr. Sasan Mokhtari, President and CEO of OATI, made the announcement today following yesterday's successful closing of the real estate transaction.

) February 6, 2009 -- Netfirms, Inc. (Netfirms.com) a leader in web hosting, domain names and a pioneer in grid hosting, announced today it will showcase its innovative Enterprise Grid Hosting Platform at the Cloud Computing Conference on February 11, 2009. The premiere event brings industry experts and customers together to explore Cloud Computing, Grid Computing and the future of this market. The Conference will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

) February 6, 2009 -- Netfirms, Inc. (Netfirms.com) a leader in web hosting, domain names and a pioneer in grid hosting, announced today it will showcase its innovative Enterprise Grid Hosting Platform at the Cloud Computing Conference on February 11, 2009. The premiere event brings industry experts and customers together to explore Cloud Computing, Grid Computing and the future of this market. The Conference will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

St. Petersburg, Russia In the light of the latest update of its Ajax UI toolkit, DHTMLX have released the newest version 1.6 of its dhtmlxGrid component, a feature-rich Ajax data grid for web applications. Being the main player in DHTMLX components library, dhtmlxGrid incorporates all the advanced functionality required for building rich tabular interfaces, as well as fast and reliable performance and polished design.

) April 16, 2009 -- Premier cloud computing infrastructure provider, GoGrid, a division of ServePath, announced its partnership today with Grid Dynamics, Inc. a leading provider of scalable mission-critical solutions. The partnership addresses customers' demands for developing, migrating and running applications in the cloud in a secure environment.

The strategic partnership between GoGrid and Grid Dynamics brings solutions utilizing Grid Dynamics' industry best practices and GoGrid's hybrid model of dedicated servers and cloud servers. These customer focused offerings are for those companies who are looking to:

Smart Processing Solutions Inc. (SPS), is pleased to announce that their Smart Processing Suite™ has been validated by Visa’s Payment Application Best Practices (PABP).

Sigmasoft has recently released new version Ajax sortable dhtml data grid "Sigma grid 1.6.0".Written in pure javascript, Sigma grid is designed for displaying and in-line editing data in a scrollable and sortable table. Beside in-line editing, keyboard data navigation, sortable and frozen columns, CSV / XML /JSON supporting, the new version brings more exciting features.
Huge dataset supported

Smart Communications, Inc., the Philippines' leading wireless services provider, is introducing another practical and useful mobile solution for the Filipinos called FREETXT 2625.

Minsk, Belarus - Scand announced the update of its Ajax web ui component dhtmlxGrid to version 1.4. dhtmlxGrid is a cross-platform, feature rich, easy-to-use data grid that delivers spreadsheet functionality in a web application. The grid control enables developers to quickly implement editable data grids with lots of advanced features without complex coding.
The major update enhancements include:
- enableAutoWidth method The grid can automatically adjust its size (height and width) to the size of the page its placed on. The grid takes all the available space on page and smoothly changes its size when page is resized.

Smart JCL Expander tool expands at 1,000,000 lines of code per minute and works off-mainframe

) April 14, 2009 -- Premier cloud computing infrastructure provider, GoGrid, a division of ServePath, announced its partnership today with Grid Dynamics, Inc., a leading provider of scalable mission-critical solutions. The partnership addresses customers' demands for developing, migrating and running applications in the cloud in a secure environment.

Grid-Tools’ data-centric approach to software testing and development was widely regarded as the most innovative new methodology in today’s software testing market at the SQC event. Grid-Tools, the leading software vendor in data creation, test data management and information lifecycle management, announce they will be donating their £500 winnings from SQC to the Indian charity The Sujnana Trust.