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The future of electric utilities – change and disruption ahead

The future of electric utilities – change and disruption ahead

By Tom Raftery on November 24, 2015

The utilities industry has typically been change averse, and often for good reasons, but with the technological advances of the past few years, the low carbon imperative, and pressure from customers, utilities are going to have to figure out how to disrupt their business, or they will themselves be disrupted. I gave the opening keynote […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged demand side management, disruption, electricity, Electricity 2.0, IoT, solar, utilities

GreenTouch release tools and technologies to significantly reduce mobile networks energy consumption

GreenTouch release tools and technologies to significantly reduce mobile networks energy consumption

By Tom Raftery on June 19, 2015

Mobile industry consortium GreenTouch today released tools and technologies which, they claim, have the potential to reduce the energy consumption of communication networks by 98% The world is now awash with mobile phones. According to Ericsson’s June 2015 mobility report [PDF warning], the total number of mobile subscriptions globally in Q1 2015 was 7.2 billion. […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged cellular, communications networks, Electricity 2.0, energy efficiency, greentouch, Internet of Things, IoT, mobile, mobile networks, Wireless

IBM’s InterConnect 2015, the good and the not so good

IBM’s InterConnect 2015, the good and the not so good

By Tom Raftery on March 5, 2015

IBM invited me to attend their Cloud and Mobile Conference InterConnect 2015 last week. Because of what IBM has done globally to help people get access to safe water, to help with solar forecasting, and to help deliver better outcomes in healthcare, for example, I tend to have a very positive attitude towards IBM. So […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged apple, Cloud, cloud emissions, Electricity 2.0, greenqloud, ibm, ibminterconnect, interconnect, Internet of Things, IoT, smart grids, SoftLayer, utilities

The coming together of the Internet of Things and Smart Grids

The coming together of the Internet of Things and Smart Grids

By Tom Raftery on November 21, 2014

I was asked to speak at the recent SAP TechEd && d-code (yes, two ampersands, that’s the branding, not a typo) on the topic of the Internet of Things and Energy. This is a curious space, because, while the Internet of Things is all the rage now in the consumer space, the New Black, as […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged demand response, electricity, Electricity 2.0, Internet of Things, IoT, renewables, smart grid, utilities

GE publishes Grid Resiliency survey

GE publishes Grid Resiliency survey

By Tom Raftery on November 7, 2014

GE’s Digital Energy business produced this infographic recently, based on the results of its Grid Resiliency Survey measuring the U.S. public’s current perception of the power grid. The survey was conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of GE from May 02-06, 2014 among 2,049 adults ages 18 and older and from June 3-5, 2014 among […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Electricity 2.0, ge digital energy, grid resilience, renewables, Survey, utilities | 1 Response

Technology for Good – episode thirty four with Salesforce’s John Tascheck

Technology for Good – episode thirty four with Salesforce’s John Tascheck

By Tom Raftery on October 19, 2014

Welcome to episode thirty four of the Technology for Good hangout. In this week’s episode our guest was SalesForce SVP of Strategy, John Taschek. John and I are both longtime members of the Enterprise Irregulars, but this was the first time John and I had had a conversation outside of email! Some of the more […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged #df14, apps, climate, Comms, Electricity 2.0, GreenMonkTV, Hardware, Internet of Things, IoT, John Taschek, mobility, Open source, Privacy, salesforce.com, security, Sustainability, wearables

Ubiquitous computing, the Internet of Things, and the discovery of sound

Ubiquitous computing, the Internet of Things, and the discovery of sound

By Tom Raftery on July 10, 2014

I had a really interesting, wide-ranging, conversation with SalesForce’s VP for Strategic Research, Peter Coffee the other day. A lot of our conversation revolved around how recent changes in the Internet of Things space, in ubiquitous computing, and in Big Data and analytics area are enabling profound effects on how we interact with the world. […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, Big Data, Cloud, Electricity 2.0, Health, Internet of Things, salesforce.com, smart grid, transportation, ubiquitous computing

GE’s PowerOn systems helping utilities to work smarter

GE’s PowerOn systems helping utilities to work smarter

By Tom Raftery on June 25, 2014

We at GreenMonk have been researching and writing about the smart grid space for over six years now. It has long been a sector which resisted significant change, but no more. Several factors have come into play which has ensured that the smart grid we envisioned all those years ago, is now starting to come […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged DMS, Electricity 2.0, next generation customer service, oms, poweron, smart grid, Social Media

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