SmartSynch joins Grid Net’s Software Reseller Program
San Francisco — November 29, 2011 — Grid Net, provider of the leading machine-to-machine network operating system for the smart grid, announced that SmartSynch has joined its Software Reseller Program. SmartSynch becomes the third member of the program, which also includes GE Energy and Landis+Gyr.
“Grid Net is pleased to partner with SmartSynch,” said John W. Combs, Chairman and CEO of Grid Net. “With the drive toward more 3G/4G cellular smart grid deployments, SmartSynch’s expertise in using cellular networks as the communications backbone of the smart grid is an important addition to our software partner program.”
“We partnered with Grid Net so that we can provide their machine-to-machine network operating system for the smart grid and their smart metering / demand response application suite to our current and prospective customers,” said Stephen Johnston, CEO of SmartSynch. “Grid Net offers superior flexibility, scalability, and security, and we are pleased to be working closely with them.”
SmartSynch and Grid Net will soon announce their first project together.
Grid Net lets utilities choose from any number of device manufacturers and wireless carriers with high-speed broadband networks like 2G, 3G, 4G-LTE, 4G-WiMAX, and FTTH/Ethernet. Grid Net-enabled devices have the power to handle multiple advanced smart grid applications, and the bandwidth to deploy new capabilities in remote firmware upgrades, which provides ample room to expand the device’s capabilities over time.
Grid Net’s unique advantages include:
- The most scalable, extensible, and open standards-based software platform for advanced smart grid operations, so utilities can continually innovate without a costly rip and replace.
- Real-time information from device to back office applications, so utilities can have an up-to-the-second view into the operational state of their grid infrastructure, down to the customer meter, at all times.
- The ability to deploy both smart grid-side and demand-side applications, so utilities can holistically manage their demand and supply from one centrally managed, highly distributed software platform.
- High-speed wireless and wire-line broadband communications connectivity coupled with robust, secure processing power on every grid device, so utilities can distribute intelligence and control into their smart grids.
- Without question, the most secure device management platform in market today, so utilities can ensure complete data privacy and grid integrity throughout their entire deployment, while meeting the most stringent government and regulatory regulations for critical infrastructure protection.
Based entirely on Internet Protocols (IP) and Grid Net’s implementation of embedded SELinux, the Grid Net Machine-to-Machine Network Operating System for the Smart Grid is much more than a simple smart metering system. Grid Net-enabled smart meters are advanced distribution network grid sensors that can provide real-time quality of service, service reliability, and service safety information enabling the utility to provide the most optimal, reliable, safe, and cost-effective service to their customers. And since Grid Net runs on point-to-point wireless and wire-line networks, utilities do not have to wait for a full smart meter deployment to see these benefits.
About Grid Net
Grid Net’s machine-to-machine networking operating system for the smart grid empowers utility companies and energy services retailers to deliver more reliable, safe, secure, and energy-efficient products and services to their customers. Based entirely on Internet Protocols (IP) and Grid Net’s implementation of embedded SELinux, Grid Net delivers secure distributed machine-to-machine networks that are carrier-grade and built to meet the most stringent regulatory and governmental interoperability and cyber-security standards.
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, with offices in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia and Tokyo, Japan, Grid Net is backed by world-class investors Intel Capital, Braemar Energy Ventures, Catamount Ventures, Cisco Systems, and GE Energy Financial Services. Learn more at grid-net.com and follow us on twitter at twitter.com/Grid_Net.
About SmartSynch
SmartSynch is a company that creates smart grids for the utility industry. Since 2000, we have been the only provider of open standards, IP-to-the-endpoint smart grid solutions that utilize a cellular network as the communications backbone. Our clean-tech innovations in the two-way delivery of real-time energy usage data over cellular networks, in lieu of proprietary networks, have to date simplified deployments for 130 major North American utilities, while enabling their clean-energy initiatives and delivering greater Returns on Resources.
As a smart grid infrastructure company, SmartSynch’s IP-based solutions are capable of delivering grid intelligence to and from any device. Our products and services include SmartMeters™ and SmartBoxes™ that immediately IP-enable the grid, software solutions, and network management services for utilities and their customers, as well as clean-tech companies in need of remote communications and control functionality for products ranging from solar panels to plug-in hybrid vehicles.
For more information, visit www.smartsynch.com and follow SmartSynch on Twitter at www.twitter.com/smartsynch.
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