Cisco hopes to do more than simply secure a large part of the smart grid market for itself; it's also hoping that its technology helps prevent the kind of cyber-security breaches that could ...

Cisco, for its part, is looking beyond those short-term stimulus dollars. In his talk, DeBeers described how the smart grid will be just one piece of an "Internet of things," a future integration ...

About $200 billion will be invested globally in the smart grid network between 2008 and 2015 [1] out of which, about $53 billion [2] are expected to be invested in the U.S. alone. The size of such ...

Cisco is gearing up to invest aggressively in smart grid technology, which it sees as the successor in opportunity and scope to the internet, the networking company's chief executive John Chambers ...

But in the emerging and yet defined smart grid industry, a good-looking and easy-to-use device only gets you so far. Here are four reasons the Cisco gadget won't take the smart grid by storm: ...

The networking giant has announced a big push into a smart meter communications integration, distribution and transmission automation, home and business energy management and data storage.

Cisco knows a bit about building networks and it sees a $100 billion market opportunity in the smart grid. The company, whose networking gear is installed in all corners of the Internet, on Monday ...

Continuing its expansion into lucrative business niches, Cisco Systems today will announce its entrance into the smart grid infrastructure market, which the company estimates will grow to $20 ...

Cisco ( CSCO ), which competes with the likes of Juniper ( JNPR ) in the router and switch market, has traditionally used acquisitions as one. Smart Grid: Growth Opportunity for Cisco and its ...

Utilities, consumers, and businesses take note: Cisco has its laser sights on the smart grid, and it's coming to a display panel near you. For the home, the company introduced a new controller and ...

Cisco is lining up partners in its smart grid initiative, an effort to upgrade utility information infrastructures with Cisco routers and switches. Cisco is creating the Cisco Smart Grid Ecosystem ...

Cisco Systems (CSCO) is expanding its foray into smart-grid technology, which helps utilities and consumers manage their electricity supply and consumption by providing realtime information about ...