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highlighting that ENSTAR Natural Gas has chosen Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing as well as Oracle Utilities Business Intelligence in a move to not only better understand its customers' needs to enhance its billing capabilities and the customer service it offers. The article also notes that Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing will provide ENSTAR Natural Gas with the ability to manage the complete lifecycle of its customers, encompassing service connection, meter read management, complex billing, payment processing and debt collection. The article includes comments from Bill Vellante, group vice president and general manager of Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle Utilities will help harness a complete view of customer data, streamline billing processes and enable more responsive customer service.

Highlighting that Oracle has introduced Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 to provide real-time views of grid activity to help properly align electricity generation with demand. The article notes that Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 provides flexibility in integrating geographic information systems (GIS) investments, including new support for International Electrochemical Commission (IEC) Common Information Model (CIM) standards. The article also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities notes 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 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 has announced that its Oracle Utilities Network Management System offers new modeling and analysis features to improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities. The article notes that the new modeling enhancements provide real-time views of grid activity to help properly align electricity generation with demand. 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 Oracle Solaris 11, which was previewed at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 and touted as the first and only fully virtualized operating system. The article notes that Solaris is the operating system at the heart of Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliance and powers the SPARC T4 server line, SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, Exadata Database Machine X-2 and X2-8 systems and Exalogic Elastic Cloud.

Highlighting that Oracle has released Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2.0, a key component of the Oracle Utilities Smart Meter Platform. The article notes that with Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2.0., utilities can organize consumption da

Oracle customer Nuklearna Elektrarna Krsko (NEK)discusses the reasons why it decided to implement Oracle Enterprise Asset Management and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 at its power plant. Additionally, the article details the benefits delivered by t

Highlighting that Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP), the largest municipal utility in North America, will replace its legacy customer information system (CIS) with Oracle. The article notes that Oracle's integrated suite of utility specific

Highlighting that Oracle announced that Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP), the largest municipal utility in North America, will replace its legacy customer information system (CIS) with Oracle. The article notes that the new system will enh

Highlighting that Oracle and Infosys Technologies announced the completion of a highly successful business transformation program incorporating the implementation of Oracle Utilities Network Management System at Seattle City Light, one of the nation's lar

Highlighting that Oracle announced that Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) will replace its legacy customer information system (CIS) with Oracle. The article notes that the new system will enhance customer service, billing processes, field s

Highlighting that Oracle announced that Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP), the largest municipal utility in North America, will replace its legacy customer information system (CIS) with Oracle. The article notes that the new system will enh

Highlighting that Oracle announced that Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) will replace its legacy customer information system (CIS) with Oracle. The article notes that the new system will enhance customer service, billing processes, field s

Oracle's announcement that Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) will replace its legacy customer information system with Oracle. The article notes that the new system will enhance customer service, billing processes, field services, meter data

UNIX SERVERS with 15 times today's processing power by 2015 are promised by Fujitsu and Oracle in a joint development deal.

Fujitsu and Oracle are promising Unix servers with 15 times today's processing power by 2015 in a joint development deal.

The Feb. 15 edition of eWeek includes this article highlighting that Oracle unveiled the Netra SPARC T3-1 2U (3.5-inch) rack server and SPARC T3-1BA ACTA blade system, both powered by the latest chip, at Mobile World Congress. The article notes that the

Highlighting that Echelon Corporation has teamed with Oracle to help utilities better manage outages, protect revenue, offer demand response, and offer prepayment options. The article notes that Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway integrated with Echelon's smart metering solution, allows utilities to deploy multiple applications to manage their assets and customers. The article also includes comments from Bastian Fischer, vice president 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.