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Highlighting that Oracle Utilities has extended its smart-grid capabilities with the release of Oracles Utilities Network Management System 1.11, which offers new features to help electricity companies improve distribution grid management. The article notes that new advanced distribution management features help utilities extend smart grid initiatives to support renewable resources and electric vehicle recharging. The article also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that incorporating new technologies into a real-time model of the grid is vital to utilities' ability to manage network activity.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has published two smart grid specifications that aim to help drive the development and deployment of open, interoperable smart grid technologies internationally. The Renew Grid article features a quote from Bastian Fischer, Vice President, Industry Strategy, Oracle Utilities, who notes that industry's involvement in standards development is critical, as standards contribute to innovation.

Highlighting that Oracle Utilities sees Africa as a strong smart grid market. The article notes that in South Africa, smart grids will enable better electricity management as power generation becomes more decentralized through greater use of renewable energy. The article includes comments from Bastian Fischer, vice-president and general manager, Oracle Utilities, EMEA noting that smart grids enable utilities to align the consumption of more volatile and less predictable renewable energies.

Highlighting that Oracle has introduced Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11, which offers new modeling and analysis features that improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities. The article notes that the new modeling helps analyze the effects of customer loads in different locations and identify where off-peak recharging is needed due to grid capacity constraints, incorporate renewable resources like solar roofs and backyard windmills into the grid and use stored electricity as another source of energy. The article also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle Utilities Network Management System offers the real-time modeling and power system simulations utilities need to optimize grid operations as networks change.

Highlighting that to extend Oracle's smart grid capabilities, Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11, which offers new modeling and analysis features to improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities. The release notes that new advanced distribution management features help utilities extend smart grid initiatives to support renewable resources and electric vehicle recharging. The release also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle Utilities Network Management System offers the real-time modeling and power system simulations utilities need to optimize grid operations as networks change.

Highlighting that Oracle and Grid Net will work together to deliver advanced distribution management systems and meter data management technology to support utilities' smart grid deployments. The release includes comments from Bradley Williams, vice pres

Highlighting that Oracle announced the availability Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11, which offers new modeling and analysis features to improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities. The article notes that the new advanced distribution management features help utilities extend smart grid initiatives to support renewable resources and electric vehicle recharging.

Highlighting that Cobb Electric Membership Corp. has selected Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management and Oracle Smart Grid Gateway to support its smart grid initiatives. The article also notes that Cobb Electric Membership Corp. plans to use the Oracle solutions to verify, store, process and format smart meter data, providing every department, application and business process with the metering information it needs.

Highlighting that Echelon Corporation is integrating its smart metering technology with the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway to give utilities an efficient means to deploy multiple smart grid applications. The article notes that Echelon's head-end-based system software pre-processes the data collected from meters or other smart devices deployed and passes it to the Oracle Utilities gateway which then presents this data in a unified fashion to Oracle's suite of applications.

Article highlighting a press release announcing that the Fayetteville Public Works Commission (FPWC) selected Oracle and Infosys Technologies to help support FPWC's smart grid initiatives. The article notes that one of FPWC's goals is to improve communication among customer service representatives, dispatchers, and technicians.

Highlighting that Oracle and Echelon have collaborated and are offering a new integrated solution that will help them manage outages and new applications more efficiently, as well as introduce renewable energy sources. The article notes that Oracle integrated their Utilities Smart Grid Gateway with Echelon's smart metering solution to enable utilities to deploy multiple applications quickly and safely and help reduce the cost and complexity of enhancing smart grids with new devices, data streams and business processes. The article also includes comments from Bastian Fischer, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that utilities need to act now even though regulations, standards and available technology will change, so they are looking for an open, multi-application solution that will grow with them over time.

Byline by Bastian Fischer, vice president and general manager, Oracle Utilities EMEA highlighting a recent study by Oracle Utilities revealing that organizations in the EMEA region are making progress towards the adoption of smart grids and smart meters.

Highlighting that Lakeland Electric, a public utility based in Florida, has selected Oracle Utilities' meter data management system (MDMS) to support its smart grid initiatives. The article notes that the MDMS solution enables Lakeland Electric to connec

Highlighting that Oracle release Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.10.0 with new smart grid and cybersecurity enhancements. The release includes comments from Stephan Scholl, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Utilities, noting