Cisco, whose hardware is at the core of the Internet, is readying communications gear for utilities, businesses, and consumers to modernize the electricity grid. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

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 threaten ...

As the hype around a "smarter" power grid has heated up, tech giants like Google and Microsoft are vying to create the universal remote for your home's energy use: Both have released software that ...

Cisco this week expanded its smart grid portfolio for utilities with a reference architecture, products and services intended to modernize the electric grid. Cisco unveiled the GridBlocks Architecture ...

Cisco (CSCO) has squeezed itself into the overloaded home-energy management market with a slick new gadget that allows customers to see how much power they're using in real time. Unfortunately, Cisco ...

Start-up GridNet now has another feather in its cap in terms of big-name investors. Others include GE Energy Financial Services and Intel Capital. In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about ...

"Networking technology will serve as the platform of a smart, more secure energy grid for the 21st century," said Cisco CEO John Chambers in a statement. "Cisco is uniquely positioned to provide a ...

Networking giant Cisco Systems is diving into the growing field of smart grid technology, betting that its communications equipment can help utilities better manage and distribute their energy. Cisco ...

Cisco, which competes with the likes of Juniper in the router and switch market, has traditionally used acquisitions as one element to fuel growth. However, growing investments in smart grid indicate ...

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 has ...

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 to ...

Cisco and Itron, which makes smart meter systems, on Wednesday said they will partner to target smart grid systems. The two companies weren't shy about the lofty goal to build "a definitive 21st ...