Delivering Intelligent Connectivity: Unlock the Potential of the IIoT
Communities and utilities have a lot to consider when choosing a partner for a digital transformation initiative. Here at Itron, we are critical…
Big Thinking Abounds in Idaho
This past weekend, I took part in the Think Big Festival located in Coeur D' Alene (CDA), Idaho – just a short drive away from Itron’s headquarters…
Industrial IoT Takes Center Stage at IoT World 2019
Next week, Itron heads to the IoT World Conference and Exhibition hosted May 13-16 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California. Throughout…
Innovation in the Age of ‘Smart’ Tech
Recently, I had the honor of speaking at the National Governors Association (NGA) winter meeting. For those who are unfamiliar with the NGA, it is a…
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
Itron President and CEO Philip Mezey recently spoke to the importance of creating smarter communities at two national conferences: the National…
Bring Your Smart City Solution to Life with Itron
Itron has invited IoT developers to submit their solutions to the inaugural Itron Smart City Challenge. The Smart City Challenge will bring together…
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 large event is focused on…
Wi-SUN: The Chosen Technology Connecting the World’s Smartest Cities
Cities worldwide are ramping up deployment of smart technologies that accelerate progress towards sustainability goals, while empowering them with a…
Focusing on the Future of Smart Cities at ITS World Congress
As Itron continues to influence and make an impact on the future of smart cities, we are excited to be an exhibitor at the upcoming Intelligent…
Itron Customers Top Smart City Governments List
Itron delivers solutions that help cities become more efficient and sustainable. Recently, Eden Strategy Institute, a strategy consulting firm, put…
IoT World Continued: Partner Engagement Demonstrated During IoT Live! Tour
In last week’s blog post, we highlighted what we said on stage during IoT World. This week, we’re going to discuss how our partners helped us…
Partnering for Smarter Cities
I recently had the pleasure of attending the second annual Smart Cities Week Silicon Valley, organized by the Smart Cities Council. During this…
National Hurricane Preparedness Week: How Smart Technology is Helping Cities Prepare for an Active Season
Following a record-breaking 2017 hurricane season – which cost the U.S. more than $200 billion in damage, eclipsing the previous record of $159…
Beyond the Hype of Smart Cities
Communities organizations, cities and companies must work every day to truly achieve the big picture of creating smart cities. Our goal of…
The Connected World and Autonomous Cars @CES 2017
Day two at CES was all about the cars—self-driving cars—a.k.a. Autonomous Vehicles (AV). AVs will change transportation as we know it by creating a…
Transforming Energy Networks and Enabling Applications with OpenWay Riva
The second session we attended today was “Transforming Energy Networks and Enabling Applications with OpenWay Riva,” which was hosted by Curt Kirkeby…
Itron Among Founding Partners of Spokane’s Smart City Living Lab
Itron is among the six founding partners of Urbanova, the newly-named smart city living lab in Spokane, Washington, which announced today the…
Itron Plays Key Role in Envision America Workshop
Itron, a world-leading technology and services company dedicated to the resourceful use of energy and water, is pleased to be among the partner…
Not only Smart but Active – Distributed Intelligence for IoT
In the developing age of the Internet of Things (IoT), we must stay attune to emerging technologies and industry transformations. What if real IoT…
Connecting Today’s Cities for Greater Resourcefulness Tomorrow
The need to apply technology to solve real challenges in our communities is growing. Cities and utilities across the country are facing a broad range…
Moving to a Single Multipurpose IP Network – Looking out to Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Cities
Itron Utility Week 2015 kicked off this morning with a great general session! We hope you had a chance to watch the livestream, but if you weren’t…
Innovating for the Future of Utilities: Itron and Cisco
It’s day two of the Knowledge Conference at one of the year’s most anticipated events – Itron Utility Week. Utility industry observers have been…
Smart City Vision Reaches the White House: Itron Joins Team of Partners to make Envision America a Reality
Cities and utilities across the country are facing a broad range of pressing problems and considering how to best navigate and utilize technology for…
Envision Charlotte: Building a Smart City Through Collaboration and Innovation
Itron and Envision Charlotte recently hosted a conversation about the role technology and collaboration play in driving urban modernization and…
Itron Highlights Collaboration with Microsoft on CityNext Initiative
Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona During the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Sharelynn Moore, Itron's vice president of…
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 & Sullivan 2014 North American Smart City Company of the Year Award with an award…
European Utility Week 2014 Talks Smart Cities
Exhibitions and sessions at the upcoming European Utility Week will highlight new demands for a sustainable future and offer the biggest smart…
Russ Vanos Featured in Meeting of the Minds- The Annual
Itron's Russ Vanos is a featured author in the most recent addition of The Annual, a Meeting of the Minds publication highlighting key blog posts…
Leveraging Advanced Metering Infrastructure to Improve Outage Response
Getting a handle on overall grid reliability and outage trends for the entire U.S. is challenging. Despite generally high reliability numbers, power…
Smart Grid Technology Applied to Industrial IoT
Over the past few years there has been increased interest in using technologies currently deployed in smart grids for Internet of Things (IoT)…
Taking a Holistic Approach to Non-Revenue Water
Every day, between 10 and 30 percent of water pumped is lost or unaccounted for. Known as non-revenue water (NRW), this lost water costs utilities a…
Connecting the Unconnected—Leveraging Technology to Improve the Way Cities are Designed, Built and Run
Achieving greater sustainability – in the economic, social and environmental realms– is possible when we connect people, process, data and things in…
How could cities better connect all their residents to economic opportunity?
How do cities create greater opportunity for their residents? In two words, innovation and collaboration. With the world’s population reaching 8…
Managing Energy and Water Resources to Shape Cities of the Future
In a trend of ever-expanding urban centers, more than half of the world’s population now lives in towns and cities for the first time in history. As…