As I mentioned in my last blog when we released the EnvCTR™ product module for public availability, we had spent over a year to develop it. We then tested it with one of the largest gaming entertainment companies in Nevada before announcing the product publicly. The response to the product has been very gratifying, enforcing our belief that there is a strong market demand for an integrated and easy-to-use product that is priced reasonably so that companies that don't need to spend hundreds... [More]

Steve Paul Jobs passed away yesterday and the world lost one of those rare human beings who was both a revolutionary technologist and a marketing genius. The mass outpouring of grief on a global basis is a clear indicator of how much Jobs and the products he willed into reality have changed our lives. Even for those who were firmly in the PC camp, I am sure their life was enriched by the movies made by his company, Pixar, such as Toy Story, Cars, WallE,.... His philosophy in life - Never Settle... [More]

As I was sipping my morning cup of home-brewed filter coffee, came across this wonderful article in NYT about a robotic machine that dismantles and recycles an old refrigerator in about 60 seconds. More importantly, it pretty much recovers and recylces almost all of the CFC coolant in the compressor and foam insulation safely. It's amazing how the old business of manual dismantling and all the environmental risks they posed has evolved to this high-tech level. That's why i had to put down my ste... [More]

One repeatedly hears that utilities are spending a lot of time and money on educating the customer on what they are doing. This is especially true as for as initiatives like Smart Grid, DSM, time-of-use or real-time pricing, etc are concerned. IBM recently released the results of a global survey of 10,000 consumers in 17 countries in which they asked them about their knowledge of these utility programs. Nearly 50% had no idea what these meant - that is not good news for utilities. It also shows ... [More]

We see the media barrage on Smart Grid projects and discussions of what to do with massive torrents of data coming in from smart meters and other devices in homes, offices and at various grid points. An area that has been getting less attention is the security threa posed by those interested in breaking into corporate web sites and through them into the sensitvie data stored by those companies on their customers. I came across an interesting report from McAfee about the prolonged attack on ... [More]