Itai Dadon Discusses the Itron Smart Community Challenge with Meeting of the Minds
In 2020, we begin a new decade in which vehicle electrification is becoming a dominant force in reshaping the electric grid. In a recent article for…
Industry Predictions: Where Challenges and Opportunities Reside
DISTRIBUTECH 2020 is one of our industry’s leading events, and this year it did not disappoint. The conference delivered an impressive line-up of…
Catalyzing IoT Innovation to Bring Utilities and Communities Together
This week, we are excited to announce the Smart Community Challenge, Itron’s second edition competition that is designed to bring innovation to solve…
Itron Delivering Innovation at DISTRIBUTECH 2020
From safe, reliable and resilient critical infrastructure to efficient and connected communities, Itron is innovating how utilities and cities manage…
To Move or Not to Move: Insights from CES 2020
Humans are designed to walk 12 miles per day, according to anthropologists. This dates back to when we roamed the Serengeti desert. Modern humans…
Itron Named in 2019 Gartner Market Guide for Meter Data Management
As a trusted leader in the meter data management space, Itron has 92 utility companies currently using Itron Enterprise Edition Meter Data Management…
2019: Our Year in Review
At Itron, we're dedicated to creating a more resourceful world. Together with our customers, we work to improve the quality of life, ensure the…
Reduce Waste this Holiday Season
I just returned from the World Climate Summit in Madrid, which brought together key leaders from around the globe to discuss solutions and define an…
Natural Disasters and Technology for Resiliency
Itron recently released our report on utilities’ current state of disaster preparedness. As many of you have experienced or may already know,…
Empowering Women in Utilities
At Itron Utility Week 2019, we once again celebrated the women who contribute their time and talent to the utility and smart city industries.…
Saving Sea Turtles with Streetlights
Every year in Florida, baby sea turtles scurry from their nests at night and make their way to the ocean. Thousands of nests are laid every year on…
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…
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 Conference. As…
Introducing Itron’s New President and CEO
Today, Tom Deitrich steps into his new position as president and chief executive officer at Itron. Deitrich has served as Itron’s executive vice…
The Front Door for Cleantech Innovation in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s La Kretz Innovation Campus is the front door for cleantech innovation in Los Angeles. The campus…
Itron Collaborations Recognized at IoT World Awards
Last week at IoT World, Itron was shortlisted for its nomination of Con Edison’s methane detectors for the Best Industrial IoT Solution Award and…
Itron Showcases the Potential of Intelligent Streetlights and Smart City Use Cases at LIGHTFAIR International
Cities around the world are beginning to implement smart city solutions to ensure greater safety, efficiency and convenience for their citizens. For…
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…
Our Year in Review
At Itron, we are dedicated to creating resourceful communities across the globe with our technology, growing portfolio and community outreach. This…
Itron Idea Labs Attends LA CoMotion Leadership Conference
As an entrepreneur-in-residence for Itron Idea Labs, I was excited to be able to represent our organization at the recent LA CoMotion Leadership…
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…
Engaging Students with Conservation Station
Itron and Discovery Education’s joint educational outreach program, Conservation Station: Creating a More Resourceful World, launched last week. This…
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…
IUW18 Day II: Turning Expert Insights into an Actionable Approach
Nearly 1,200 attendees reconvened this morning ready to absorb all that they could during the last day of our Knowledge Conference at one of our…
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 to…
IUW 2018: Connect. Innovate. Transform.
Itron Utility Week (IUW) kicks off at the end of this month with three simple words—connect, innovate, transform. A simple message that translates…
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…
Power Over Energy: Educating Consumers Through Social Media
At Itron, we strive to help create a more resourceful world—and that mission goes beyond partnering with utilities and cities. Through our Power Over…
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…
Don’t Miss Itron and #IoTLive at #IoTWorld
Itron is excited to yet again be participating and exhibiting at this year’s IoT World at the Santa Clara Convention Center on May 14-17. This event…
Itron Showcases the Future of Smart Cities at #CES18
Providing a peek into the future, Itron showcased its vision of what it may be like to live in a city of the future from a consumer standpoint at the…
The Robots of #CES2018
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Autonomous vehicles, drones, artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality, robotics and smart cities are…
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…
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…
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…
How Energy, Water and the Smart Grid Lead to Smart Cities
More of the world’s population lives in urban areas than ever before. As city populations grow, the demand for services increases and officials are…
IUW Knowledge Center – Smart Cities
Becca Jones and Roberto Aiello from Itron walked us through how Itron technology is helping to shape the smart cities of the future. Itron enables…
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)…
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…