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Electricity Distribution Company MSEDCL Powers Up Intel Itanium Processor-Based Servers to Slash Bill Processing Time Down 24-Fold
White Papers Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. MSEDCL) is one of India's largest power distribution utility in India. Operating in the state of Maharashtra, MSEDCL services more than 15 million customers.
[January 1, 2009, 0:00]
Electricity Distributor ETSA Utilities, Simplifies Connections With SAP NetWeaver
White Papers ETSA Utilities wanted to simplify the request process for new connections, metering changes, service alterations, system augmentation or permanent removal of electricity supply and reduce turn around time and handling time on such requests.
[February 20, 2008, 0:02]
IBM looks to bridge worlds of IT and electricity
News IBM's top hardware executive, William Zeitler, will deliver a keynote speech at a large utility industry conference to make the case for bridging the worlds of IT and electricity. We want to challenge the [electricity] industry to stop thinking...
[June 16, 2008, 9:22]
Power-hungry PCs waste £61m in electricity
News The 200 companies collectively waste in excess of £61m of electricity per year - around 2.8m kWh of energy. The largest of those 200 companies could save as much as £2m from their annual electricity bill, according to the study.
[May 12, 2006, 10:05]
Turkish Electricity Distributor Raises Collection Rates 10 Per Cent With New Infrastructure
White Papers TEDAS is the sole electricity distributor in Turkey. To ensure its premier status for the future, the company needed to overhaul its existing subscriptions, billing, and payments infrastructure. The solutions were expensive to manage, suffered data...
[September 5, 2007, 1:00]
Report: US electricity grid hacked by spies
News Spies from other countries have hacked into the US electricity grid, leaving traces of their activity and raising concerns over the security of the US energy infrastructure in the face of cyberattacks.
[April 9, 2009, 9:25]
Romande Energie Increases Operational Efficiency in Preparation for Swiss Electricity Market Deregulation
White Papers The challenge was to provide better - and faster - information to customers calling with inquiries about their electricity supply. Romande Energie wanted to reduce the amount of time-wasting manual work caused by employees copying geographical and...
[December 8, 2006, 0:00]
Oracle Case Study: Assam State Electricity Board
White Papers Established in 1958, Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) is responsible for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity to more than 1.2 million industrial and residential customers across the state of Assam in northeast India.
[March 7, 2006, 23:00]
Sweet-toothed bugs generate electricity
News According to a report in October's Nature Biotechnology magazine, researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst have persuaded mud-dwelling bacteria to generate electricity from sugar. Although the new process is efficient -- up to 83...
[September 8, 2003, 16:35]
Electricity grid hacked for other reasons
Talkback I find it interesting that the only threat noted is for an attacker to disrupt electrical service on the grid or even in homes. Could it also be true that because we have a very successful and relatively stable electrical grid, that Russia and...
[April 15, 2009, 12:22]
Green Lighting Initiative Brightens the Way Toward Electricity Savings, Employee Satisfaction
White Papers Companies around the world are researching and implementing programs to reduce energy consumption and engage in environmentally friendly practices. The green movement clearly has the potential to evolve from its place in the spotlight to a new...
[April 23, 2009, 1:24]
Intel: Looking out for your electricity bill
News Multicore chips and power-saving tech will be key themes for Intel going forward
[December 6, 2005, 14:35]
ISO New England Monitors the Wholesale Electricity Market With SAS
White Papers Responsible for keeping the lights on from Eastport, Maine to Westport, Connecticut, ISO New England is the not-for-profit corporation that manages the 31,000-megawatt bulk electric transmission and generation system for all of New England.
[December 27, 2006, 0:00]
Pennsylvania Public Welfare Agency Doubles Caseworker Productivity While Saving $84,000 a Year in Electricity Costs With Dual-Monitor Solution From Dell
White Papers Caseworkers at the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Office of Income Maintenance were running into efficiency and accuracy problems because their primary casework application monopolized screen real estate and was difficult to minimize...
[November 8, 2008, 0:01]
Lancaster University Reduces Electricity Bills by ?107,000 Through Virtualization
White Papers Lancaster University wanted to reduce its carbon footprint while meeting the need for increased computing services across the campus. The university also looked to create an IT infrastructure that supported better business continuity.
[November 8, 2008, 0:01]
Power Corporation Develops New System to Streamline Delivery of Electricity
White Papers Korea Electric Power COrporation (KEPCO) has developed and operated Distribution Automation System (DAS) to achieve its goal of supplying the best quality electric power. Initially, KEPCO experimented with an Oracle DB-based system built with Alpha...
[May 1, 2007, 1:00]
Nanotubes break semiconducting record
News Semiconducting carbon nanotubes are significantly better at conducting electricity at room temperature than any other known material, according to recent tests at the University of Maryland. Mobility is a measurement of how well a semiconductor...
[December 19, 2003, 9:05]
Smart Metering for Electric and Gas Utilities
White Papers Utilities are seeking ways to keep electricity affordable despite rising demand that creates upward price pressures. Some jurisdictions have meter regulations that make it impractical to use a single meter for both gas and electricity.
[October 19, 2009, 14:14]
CIOs: 'Gas-guzzling' PCs pose IT power issues
News The rising cost of electricity, and thus of running IT hardware, is becoming an increasingly significant issue for organisations, according to UK IT chiefs. With ever-increasing electricity demand putting pressure on the national grid, along with...
[May 17, 2006, 16:40]
Intel puts Tri-Gate transistor on fast track
News Intel says that its Tri-Gate transistor, a futuristic device that will let electricity flow more freely inside chips, is moving closer to reality. More surface area leads to a more stable flow of electricity, which in turn can lead to greater...
[June 11, 2003, 7:54]
