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Cisco Spokesperson Says “Smart Grid May Be 1,000 Times Larger than the Internet”

By Chris de Morsella on June 25, 2009 Comments Off on Cisco Spokesperson Says “Smart Grid May Be 1,000 Times Larger than the Internet” cisco, Cisco Network Systems Solutions, Cisco Systems, communications networking, Duke Energy, Marie Hattar, power companies, smart grid, utilities

Marie Hattar, vice president of marketing in Cisco’s Network Systems Solutions group in an interview with LaMonica of CNet stated “Our expectation is that this network will be 100 or 1,000 times larger than the Internet. If you think about it, some homes have Internet access, but some don’t. Everyone has electricity access–all of those homes could potentially be connected.”

This is quite a large helping of hyperbole, possibly the product of an unguarded moment of enthusiasm, but it makes a good headline. Kidding aside the Smart Grid is going to be big business for technology companies. In the same interview Hattar said that Cisco believes that just the communications portion of the Smart Grid represents a $100 billion opportunity — “$20 billion a year over the next five years.”

Green Jobs Spotlight: Manager, SmartGrid Technologies – ICF International, Fairfax, VA

By Tracey de Morsella on May 4, 2009 Comments Off on Green Jobs Spotlight: Manager, SmartGrid Technologies – ICF International, Fairfax, VA air emissions markets, Climate Change, cyber security, defense, DOE, economists, electric power generation facility, emergency management markets, energy, engineers, environment, EPA, FERC, health, ICF International, ICFI, industrial boiler facilities, innovative analytics, integrated market analysis, integrated market modeling, natural gas, North American electric power, oil and gas reservoirs, power producers, program life cycle, regulatory support, SmartGrid, social programs, technology solutions, transmission analysis, transmission facilities, transportation, utilities, utility

To support our client’s needs, we seek individuals with expertise in the understanding of SmartGrid technologies, as well as implementation and policy issues. In this role you will build and manage a group of engineers, economists and other professionals to support utility and government clients that seek to evaluate and install SmartGrid technologies. You will work directly with internal ICF staff, our customers and partners for the purpose of providing advanced business solutions that address the SmartGrid challenges of the utility industry.