The report claims the watchdogs have not understood the importance of assessment by independent companies and recommends much stricter monitoring of power and water companies in future. The National Audit Office has criticised UK utility regulators...
He noted that both energy and water sectors still have much further to go in offering customers the kinds of choices that telcos offer now. Representatives of water, power and telecoms companies were told today what they can expect from the...
Such networks -- the two common types being Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) networks and Distributed Control Systems (DCSs) -- have come under intense scrutiny after the 11 September terrorist attacks, as they could be weak points...
The storage software giant intends the core UpScale product from Ejasent, also headquartered in Mountain View, California, to help it in its utility computing drive. Utility computing is a relatively new approach to handling IT and the ability to...
Both Sun and Big Blue have also been on the acquisition trail en route to utility computing's promised land. With a pair of acquisitions, Hewlett-Packard is looking to pick up some additional systems-management technology to help it push forward...
Siemens will supply a managed voice and data IP network for the water company and will provide support and monitoring services for the infrastructure. Anglian Water has signed a five-year deal worth £25m with Siemens Communications.