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T-Mobile brings almost 13 million people in the UK closer in touch with everything that's important to them. That means people such as family, friends and workmates, and the things that matter to them, like the football score, their favourite music and email.
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OSIsoft delivers the PI System, the industry standard in enterprise infrastructure, for management of real-time data and events.
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Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in more than 150 countries.
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T-Mobile brings almost 13 million people in the UK closer in touch with everything that's important to them. That means people such as family, friends and workmates, and the things that matter to them, like the football score, their favourite music and email.
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OSIsoft delivers the PI System, the industry standard in enterprise infrastructure, for management of real-time data and events.
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Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in more than 150 countries.
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Guest Contributor
Chairman, GDS International
Sales and the 'Talent Magnet'
A lot is written about being a ‘Talent Magnet’, either as a company, or as President. It’s all good practice – listen, mentor, reward, provide clear goals and career maps. Good practice for the employer, but what about the employee?25 May 2011
White Papers
Focus Area: Smart Grid
Greening the enterprise, going solar
For most businesses, especially consumer-facing businesses, the question is not whether to install solar energy products, it is how to do it. Stakeholders are bombarded with news stories about the effects of climate change and the need for sustainable alternatives to meet energy needs. They are demanding that business leaders step up and start doing something to make a difference. Especially for retailers, going green is no longer simply a differentiator, it is the price of admission to access the market ruled by environmentally aware consumers. And today, that is virtually all consumers.
Managing information in a wireless environment
Jeff Newman of Enfora explains the importance of implementing wireless technology into the energy grid.
Separating smart grid hype from market reality
By Kore Telematics. With so much buzz about the Smart Grid, it is more important than ever to remind ourselves where the term originated and what it means.
What's on first: insights in NISTs
Never will one mistake the complexities of the Smart Grid, and of undertaking the improvement of its protections, for a straightforward task in security and engineering. It presents an Augean stable of issues, and NIST has waded in with a legion of contributors, to first make sense of it all, and then to start handing out shovels.
Smart grids: understanding the challenges
Energy fuels our standard of living. We need to find ways to satisfy our appetite for power in a sustainable manner. Smart grid technologies are radically changing the business of the electrical utility. Two major elements of this change are IT security and the impact to customer experience. For the latter, many utilities are starting to feel the strain on their customer support strategies. This issue is addressed in more detail in the TELUS-sponsored IDC Energy Insights white paper, From Customer Service to Customer Engagement: Are Utilities Prepared for the Smart Grid Experience? available for download at www.telus.com/utilities
Source: www.americainfra.com© 2012 GDS Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.