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Article highlighting an approach PowerWatch is taking to India's power grid peak use and blackout problems, which involves smart air conditioners that can send real-time power usage data from smart metering back to a utility and use the data for analytics and planning. The article notes that according to Oracle's recent "Big Data, Bigger Opportunities" report, very few utilities are taking advantage of the influx of smart grid data.

Article highlighting Silver Spring Networks' launch of its cloud service, SilverLink, to help share smart grid data. The article notes that the kind of tight operational integration that Silver Spring does with meter data management software partners, such as Oracle, is several levels of complexity higher than the data presentment it's doing via SilverLink. The article also mentions Oracle Utilities' "Big Data, Bigger Opportunities" survey, noting that a significant number of utilities that have deployed smart meters aren't putting their data to use for business processes and decision-making.

Survey: Amping up tech spending - Internet Retailer exclusive survey results find that in the next year most online retailers will spend more on technology, with many focusing on applications that will help them acquire customers and please mobile shoppers