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News & Announcements

  • Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Implementing Oracle Utilities Suite to Integrate Mission-Critical Systems and Enhance Services

    Oracle - 5/13/08

    Oracle announced that Sam Houston Electric Cooperative, a member-owned electricity provider based in Livingston, Texas, is implementing the Oracle® Utilities application suite – including Oracle Utilities Network Management System, Oracle Utilities Mobile Workforce Management, Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing and Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management – to help improve operational efficiency and control costs for its members.
  • Verint Systems Achieves Significant Patent Milestone

    Verint Systems Inc. - 5/12/08

    Verint Systems Inc., today announced it has surpassed 400 patents and patent applications worldwide, the majority of which are issued or filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. These patents significantly strengthen the company’s patent portfolio and underpin Verint’s position as the leader in enterprise workforce optimization and security intelligence.
  • Public Utility Again Named Award Winner

    May 09 - Patriot Ledger, The; Quincy, Mass.

    The Braintree Electric Light Department has been recognized for excellent customer service.

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Utilities getting it—MDM and SOA are helping

05/13/2008 at 02:40 PM   |   Warren Causey - Reinventing the U.S. Utility Blog
I had occasion today to participate in a webcast with Wanyonyi Kendrick CIO at JEA (formerly Jacksonville Electric Authority). JEA is the eighth ...[read more]

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Can the Power Industry Eliminate its Price Controls to the End Customer?

05/13/2008 at 10:05 AM   |   Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - Electricity Without Price Controls Blog
The dead-end of regulator’s capacity for price controls shows up once again, while modeling the Smart Grid business case. Under today’s EP ...[read more]

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