Fujitsu today announced an 18-month deal with WA's largest electricity provider Verve energy to design and implement an energy trading management system.
According to the CSIRO, an Australian energy distributor could soon trial technology that would allow energy consumers to slash their power usage in return for cash, and help cut the likelihood of power brownouts in Australia.
New Zealand generator Meridian Energy is planning a sweeping upgrade to the computer control system responsible for managing 30 percent of the country's power.
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On any list of businesses that can't afford downtime or system failure, power companies have to be close to the top. So when New Zealand electricity and gas generator and retailer Genesis Energy experienced a series of flaws in its backup and recovery systems, it had to act.
According to research by Gartner, the increasing use of IP technology in power stations, railroads, banks and other critical infrastructure could spell big trouble -- and soon.
Zone Labs CEO Gregor Freund says a run of software worm outbreaks has exposed a broken security philosophy.
ZDNet Australia looks at some of the biometrics technologies currently available and examines how they can protect your valuable network.
In the last few years, most of the innovation in security has involved finding clever new ways to do things with existing technologies. Are there revolutionary changes in the wings?
The N-Gage is a mobile gaming console that doubles as a phone, but does it combine the best of both worlds or represent a mistake on Nokia's part?
ZDNet Australia looks at some of the biometrics technologies currently available and examines how they can protect your valuable network.
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