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checklist Prep List: Time to Get Ready for a Great IUW 2018 Itron Utility Week (IUW) 2018 kicks off at the end of this week—and we’ve got all the details to help ensure your trip is a success. As...

iStock 1011182136 Prep List: Time to Get Ready for IUW 2019 Itron Utility Week (IUW) 2019 kicks off on Oct. 11 with pre-conference trainings and hits full steam on Oct. 13 with the Knowledge...

Itron 765x500 Pressures on Smart Grid Business Cases This afternoon we attended an Itron Utility Week breakout session with Tracy Tinsley, project manager, information management, at Duke Energy....

women_Engineer Powering Women in Utilities The work-life balance can be a challenge to manage, but as with any difficult situation, Samantha Ettus has proven it is better with pie. Ettus tackles...

Marina_Itron Inspire_F Itron Inspire 2022: Preparing for the Unknown and Experiencing the Unexpected Thank you to our in-person and virtual attendees who joined us for day two of Itron Inspire...

Anterix Private LTE Today & Tomorrow The Right Technology at the Right Time Creating a more resilient grid requires data driven intelligence in a more secure, accessible and interoperable...

iStock 1210770881 Providing Resourceful Solutions to Protect Our Most Precious Resource We may live on a planet that has 71% of its land mass covered in water, but that doesn’t mean it is easily...

Itron 765x500 Real World Experiences with Home Area Network Applications In our ever-connected world, customers are demanding more technology and information to give them understanding and control...

IUWblog 1 e1508283124300 Real-time Load Disaggregation Our final blog of #IUW17 features a session with Robert Sonderegger and Luke Scheidler from Itron discussing how Itron’s OpenWay® Riva...

Inspire_Awards Recognizing Our Customers at Itron Inspire After a busy three days of thought provoking keynotes and informative breakout sessions, Itron Inspire 2021 wrapped up by recognizing our...

data SAP and Itron Delivering Digital Transformation in Utilities "SAP is a Gold Sponsor of Itron’s Utility Week in Houston, Oct. 15-17. Below is a brief overview of what we will be showcasing....

Itron 765x500 Save the Date for Itron Utility Week 2014 Itron Utility Week is Itron’s annual customer event where gas, water and electric utility customers meet to discuss emerging trends and share...

Itron 765x500 Register to Watch Itron Utility Week Live Not able to attend Itron Utility Week in person? Greentech Media is streaming Monday and Tuesday's general sessions as well as two key...

Itron Inspire 2022 Interviews2 Sharing Industry Insights and Perspectives at Itron Inspire At this year’s Itron Inspire, Itron leaders, customers and partners had the opportunity to sit down with...

Itron 765x500 Siemens Digital Grid - When It Comes to Resourceful Innovation - Agility Is Key Utilities are facing tremendous uncertainty as the consumerization of energy drives a transformation of...

iStock_000025663183Large Solar Energy: Can Technology Create a Win-Win for Utilities and Customers? This afternoon we wrapped up the Itron Utility Week Knowledge Conference by attending a final...

Itron Inspire Blog 2 Take the Next Leap Forward in Resource Management at Itron Inspire We couldn’t be more excited to return to Marco Island, FL for the energy industry’s premier customer-focused...

Itron 765x500 Technology Watch – The Latest and Greatest Smart Grid Trends Technology innovation is occurring at an exponential rate and new technologies promise huge benefits for utilities’...

Resourcefulness Report 2022 The Power of Data and Analytics in an Uncertain World Mother Nature's wrath was felt worldwide in 2022 – from a record-breaking heatwave in California to a devastating...

EV Charging Smart Charging as Collaborative Energy Exchange Lowers Barriers, Gives Control to Consumers Our Nissan Leaf is an exciting addition to the Knowledge Center. One can’t help but hop in...

Itron 765x500 Smart City Innovation at Envision Charlotte Live streaming from San Antonio this afternoon, Amy Aussieker, executive director of Envision Charlotte, discussed how the Envision...

RIR Blog Strengthening Grid Resilience to Prepare for the Unexpected and the Inevitable This week at Itron Inspire 2021 we released the “Preparing for the Unexpected and the Inevitable: An Itron...

networks Supporting the Outcomes of Today and Tomorrow Itron Utility Week (IUW) 2018 is almost here! Next week, 1,000 customers from a range of industries will come together in Scottsdale, Arizona...

Duke 4 Transforming the Customer Experience We’re well underway at #IUW17 and our second blog features a session led by Joe Thomas from Duke Energy discussing how the company utilizes data to...

Itron 765x500 Tune in Tomorrow: Live IUW Media Briefing with Itron Executives, Customers and Partners Join us for an exclusive media briefing. In the streaming broadcast, Itron executives will...

Itron Inspire Solutions Blog Turning Challenges into Opportunities at Itron Inspire 2022 Cities and utilities around the globe continue to face challenges related to climate disruption,...

RIR 2023 Blog Understanding the Current State of the Energy Transition in the U.S. Fueled by lower cost of renewables, consumer demand and an increase in environmental mandates, the energy...

Capgemini_Blog Unlocking Tomorrow's Opportunities with Next-Gen AMI Today For many utilities, more than a decade has passed since the initial development of their advanced metering infrastructure...

Itron 765x500 Utility Industry Leaders Bob Sitkauskas and Brad Long Join Itron Utility Week Board of Directors The Itron Utility Week board of directors recently gained two new members: Bob...

Itron 765x500 Utilizing the Itron Cloud for Managed Services Itron Utility Week’s Knowledge Conference is in full swing, and during one of our morning sessions, we heard from Rusty Cunningham,...

smart city 3 What I Learned About Smart Cities at Itron Utility Week 2018 I had the opportunity to attend Itron Utility Week this year on behalf of Iguá Saneamento, a water provider in Brazil. This...

WIU Women in Utilities Session: Mastering the Art of Effective Communication Denise Thomas, president of The Effective Communication Coach, started off day two of Itron Inspire 2021 with a powerful...

scottsdale What to Do and See in Scottsdale Next week, 1,000 industry leaders, technology visionaries and peers will come together in Scottsdale, Arizona for Itron Utility Week (IUW). If you’re...

iStock 1066422156 What to Explore at IUW 2019: Knowledge Center Spotlight Flights are booked, our solution and product demos are prepped, and the sunscreen is packed – it’s time for Itron Utility...

Itron 765x500 What Will the Utility Business Model Look Like in 2025? This year, we added new Big Picture sessions to the Itron Utility Week line up. The thought-provoking sessions were led by...

Itron 765x500 You Still Have Time to Register for Itron Utility Week Registration Is Open You still have time to learn from and collaborate with Itron employees, partners and industry leaders to...

Itron 765x500 Itron Celebrates Frost & Sullivan 2014 North American Smart City Company of the Year Award at DistribuTECH 2015 This afternoon at DistribuTECH 2015, Itron celebrated our Frost &...

iStock 1035484088 Accepting Nominations: 2020 Excellence in Resourcefulness Awards In partnership with Frost & Sullivan, Itron is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Excellence in...

iStock 1141333760 1 Addressing COVID-19 Dear Customers and Partners, Over the past several weeks, Itron has continued to monitor and navigate through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This...

Mohari Pico Power Plant Inauguartion_1_small 1 A Brighter Future for a Nepali Village In November, representatives and volunteers from Itron had the great opportunity to travel to Nepal to help...

iStock 1201855903 Animal, Societal and Artificial Cognition How does a society think? For that matter, how does cognition occur in any organism or superorganism? What is the purpose of cognition?...

innovation Bringing Innovation to Life: Caltech’s FLOW Rocket Fund Itron is proud to be a corporate sponsor of the FLOW Rocket Fund at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), which is now...

iStock 1006079022 Challenges in Removing Obstacles on the Path to IoT Companies such as Cisco, Ericsson and other players have been projecting the exponential expansion of connected IoT devices for...

barcelona2 Connected Cars Everywhere! Cars everywhere. Some, are a very similar to the ones I saw at CES (see my previous blog, The Connected World and Autonomous Cars @CES 2017) while some are new...

ces2018 Consumer, Commercial Needs Met at #CES2018 The Consumer Electronics Show 2018 is my re-introduction to the electronic industry’s show of all shows – the last time I was here was about 15...

lightbulb 1 Disruption Ahead Thomas Edison would have no trouble recognizing most of the component parts in any electrical generation and distribution network today. The technology that made the...

barcelona3 Figuring Out 5G One of the main topics I heard talked about at Mobile World Congress is 5G— the next generation cellular. I tried to forget everything I know about 5G, and I roamed the...

Deep_Learning Deep Learning: Get Ready for Another Revolution Deep learning—the use of multiple layers of wide neural networks to solve a learning problem—is hugely popular, but still a toddler....

CES_Shaun Drones, Robots and More – Oh My My first visit to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) left my head spinning – figuratively and literally. To begin with, I was intrigued by the mass of...

cescar2 Going Zero to 60 at #CES2018 From the excitement in the air about rooms full of new tech to the chaos of navigating the pavilions with an expected new record attendance of approximately...

iStock 601375704 Improving Sustainability at Commercial and Industrial Companies: It Begins with Measurement As I read the news of those who hit the streets for the climate strike, I reflected on...

CESmachineintel In Search of Machine Intelligence @CES 2017 Day three at CES. I was on a mission to find machine intelligence, not a product but an ingredient technology. I was expecting to see it...

iStock 1039087980 Innovation and the Inception of Itron Idea Labs Nine out of 10 Fortune 500 companies in 1955 disappeared from the list by 2016. The average tenure of a Fortune 500 company...

Innovation Projects Innovation Projects: How to Determine Progress Innovation projects are different from product development projects. Many tools and processes have been developed and are...

iStock 1252264713 scaled Increasing Citizen Engagement in Smart City Planning Over the past six months, Itron Idea Labs has had discussions with cities to understand their biggest complications...

iStock 1014664366 Is My Smart Home Really Smart? I am a smart home geek. I have all the “smarts”: voice assistant/speaker, security cameras, lighting, fans/air purifiers and a thermostat. My home...

clean tech 2019 Itron Idea Labs at the Cleantech Open Global Forum I recently represented Itron Idea Labs at the Cleantech Open Global Forum held in Los Angeles at LACI, the Itron-sponsored Los...

clean energy 2 Itron Idea Labs Attends First-Ever California Climate Cup, Supports Clean Energy Itron Idea Labs continued its partnership with the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) this week...

blockchain Itron and Blockchain at CES 2019 Itron was among a number of companies highlighting blockchain technology and applications at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019. A blockchain-based...

Iotcity Itron and Omron Creative Labs Collaborate to Enhance Smart Cities and Public Safety Omron Creative Labs of Omron Electronic Components LLC and Itron Idea Labs will be teaming up to...