White Papers

  • GridCom(TM): A Secure Wide-Area Network Architecture for the Smart Grid
    Dec 11, 2009 | TROPOS Networks, Inc.

    This white paper lays out some of the key drivers
    of a sharpened focus on security in the context of the Smart Grid
    and presents the functional requirements for system security in the
    wide-area aggregation networks (WANs) used as the platform for
    Smart Grid communications...

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  • Smart Grids: Strategic Planning and Development
    Dec 11, 2009 | Oracle

    Without strategic executive leadership and involvement of all
    departments, utilities embarking on Smart Grid projects risk near-term
    revenue loss, less-than-optimal service delivery, and long-term
    excessive IT costs that customers and communities may not tolerate.
    ...

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  • Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment - The Gateway to One-on-one Customer Relationships
    Dec 07, 2009 | Fiserv

    The benefi ts of electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) are
    undeniable. Although its promises have been promoted for a decade, it
    has fi nally reached critical mass in the market with the number of
    electronic bill payments surpassing checks in 2006. However, the
    ...

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  • MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT
    Dec 07, 2009 | Syclo LLC

    As a leading provider of enterprise
    mobile software, Syclo is a big believer
    in the benefits that mobile technology
    can bring to your organization. We, of
    course, aren’t the only ones: enterprise
    mobile applications are a $3.5 billion
    market (according to IDC...

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  • SEL Recommendations on Periodic Maintenance Testing of Protective Relays
    Nov 20, 2009 | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL)

    Over the past few years, there has been increased interest in testing
    practices for protective
    relaying systems. For example, NERC (North American Electric
    Reliability Corporation)
    produced Standard PRC-017-0 – Special Protection System
    Maintenance and Testing,...

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  • Advanced Protection and Control for a Power System Serving Industrial Customers
    Nov 09, 2009 | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL)

    To serve industrial customers in the Monterrey,
    México area, Iberdrola Energía Monterrey completed a project
    that consisted of building five 115/13.8 kV substations, several
    115 kV lines, and the protection and control system for the
    115 kV and 13.8 kV networks. In this...

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  • Slash your bill delivery costs by 48% or more
    Nov 09, 2009 | Striata Inc.

    Traditional billing methods involving paper, printing and postage are
    expensive, time consuming and often frustrating. Paper based billing
    provides little in the way of tracking and reporting.

    Introducing an electronic billing option can save your organization
    between...

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  • Mobile Device Management for Dummies
    Oct 28, 2009 | Sybase

    Welcome to Mobile Device Management For
    Dummies, your guide to the management and
    security of mobile computing equipment such as
    laptops and handheld devices.

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  • OPTIMUM TRANSFORMER COOLING CONTROL WITH FIBER OPTIC TEMPERATURE SENSORS
    Oct 19, 2009 | Neoptix, Inc.

    Cooling control of power transformers is traditionally provided by a
    winding temperature indicator (WTI) that is
    based on a measurement of the top-oil temperature and a simulation of
    the winding hottest spot temperature.
    This method has some drawbacks and utilities are...

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  • The Value of Billing Tranformation in an Economic Downturn
    Oct 05, 2009 | Amdocs

    To cope and thrive through the economic downturn, service providers
    look to reducing the cost to serve and generating new revenues even
    more. Service Providers’ billing infrastructure is a key imperative for both
    strategies.

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