M2M Radio

Peggy Smedley answers a question from the audience, along with Mike Carrozzo, chief editor, M2M magazine, about some of the ways that M2M can help the environment. Smedley and Carrozzo discuss an environmental monitoring solution which has the potential to predict forest fires before they happen based on factors such as humidity and wind speed.
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Florence Hudson, Energy & Environment Executive, IBM Corp., explains the company’s Smarter Planet initiative as it relates to M2M technology and how consumers can do their part to contribute to the program. She talks about the role technology plays in the construction of more energy efficient buildings by providing architects with realtime information.
http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet

Florence Hudson, Energy & Environment Executive, IBM Corp., talks about how demand response applications are helping to increase the reliability of the smart grid and how IBM is sharing its best practices with cities in the U.S. to help reduce their carbon footprint. She also gives her predictions as to where she sees the Smarter Planet initiative and M2M technology heading in the near future.
http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet

Smedley and Michael Mara talk about a variety of applications which promote ways of putting more control into the hands of consumers in regards to their energy consumption. The first application is a demand response program being used in California that involved selling energy reserves on the wholesale market. Another application involves the collaboration between Cisco and IBM to transform Amsterdam into a smarter city, and the final application features a Canadian utility using TOU (time-of-use) billing and smart meters for all residential customers.
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Mark Perry, director of product planning, Nissan Americas, talks about how Nissan’s new Green Program is pushing green initiatives throughout the automotive industry. He discusses Nissan’s new electric car, the LEAF, and how it is using M2M technology. Perry also gives his predictions as to what the future will hold for Nissan and M2M.
http://www.nissanusa.com

Adrian Tuck, CEO, Tendril Networks Inc., talks about the needs of the utilities industry and how Tendril is working to address those needs. He also talks about the TREE (Tendril Residential Energy Ecosystem) platform and how it can save both utilities and consumers money by enabling more efficient energy consumption management.
http://www.tendrilinc.com

Adrian Tuck, CEO, Tendril Networks Inc., discusses Tendril’s partnership with GE and how the two companies are working to bring connected appliances to the home. He also talks about what makes Tendril’s offerings so unique and the advantages to working with an open platform.
http://www.tendrilinc.com

Smedley discusses a number of green-themed applications including a new energy-efficiency plan being proposed by a Virginia-based utility. Other applications include a smart grid system being used at a military base’s bowling center in Hawaii and a new way for consumers in the U.K. to pay for energy.
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Peggy Smedley discusses some of the new ways that M2M technology is being used in eco-friendly applications such as a large-scale smart meter deployment in Texas. Another application discussed used the Internet to analyze information pertaining to water management at a larger European port city. The last application talked about using wireless sensors in heating systems to enable customers to control the temperatures in their homes via the Internet.
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Peggy Smedley talks about a company in the agricultural industry that is pushing green initiatives by creating a new product that monitors the health of crops and regulates how much fertilizer is used through sensors on farm equipment. She also talks about a new system that allows consumers to use water more efficiently when watering their lawns.
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Peggy Smedley discusses the new mandate in Britain to provide every home with a smart meter and compares it with other smart meter deployments taking place throughout Europe. She also talks about eco-driving and how it correlates with M2M technology to help the environment.
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Gus Ezcurra, CEO, Advanced Telemetry, discusses his company’s new EcoView Commercial energy management system and what brought about the development of the solution. He also elaborates on the different ways the solution can be managed and the results he has seen from customers who have implemented it into their operations.
http://www.advancedtelemetry.com

Gus Ezcurra, CEO, Advanced Telemetry, continues to discuss the EcoView Commercial solution in terms of how it specifically functions and the process they underwent to select their customers. Ezcurra also compares the solution with another product currently being developed by Advanced Telemetry, the EcoView Residential.
http://www.advancedtelemetry.com

Peggy Smedley and Michael Mara discuss two new applications of M2M technology that promote energy efficiency. The first is a new program in the city of Dayton, Ohio, designed to modernize buildings and conserve energy in certain buildings throughout the city. The second application comes from San Jose, Calif., where the city is using M2M technology to replace its current streetlights with new, networked, LED streetlights.
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Show host discusses wirelessly monitored hand cleaners being used in healthcare, the role of smart services in the green movement, and some statistics relating to the implementation of smart grid technology throughout the energy/utilities industry.
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Joel Young, chief technology officer and senior vice president of research and development, Digi Intl., discusses connectivity for remote devices, as well as the iDigi solution and more specifically, how the solution is impacting the industry.
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Joel Young, chief technology officer and senior vice president of research and development, Digi Intl., continues his discussion on the iDigi solution and a contest that Digi has launched to encourage the industry to develop creative applications using iDigi. He also discusses the response iDigi has received from the market and future plans for the iDigi solution.
http://www.digi.com

Show hosts talk about a ruling from the Brazilian court, outlawing the mandatory use of in-vehicle tracking devices. Hosts then discuss two applications from the energy/utilities industry, one being a news system for an advanced metering project in Switzerland, and how a number of cities in Italy are working to become “smart cities.”
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Show hosts talk about new eco-friendly M2M developments being made in the energy/utilities industry. Hosts also discuss a letter recently sent by Specialty Publishing Co. to President Obama about his use of the term “M2M.”
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Patricia Dijak, product manager, WebTech Wireless, discusses the company’s “Telematics for the Planet” solution as well as how the combination of telematics and green initiatives can benefit both M2M adopters and the environment.
http://www.webtechwireless.com

Patricia Dijak, product manager, WebTech Wireless, continues her conversation with show hosts and discusses the effect the economy has recently had on companies’ efforts to go green.
http://www.webtechwireless.com

Show hosts discuss three new M2M applications that have an eco-friendly focus. From energy monitoring for streetlights to fleet management solutions, the show hosts discussed more ways M2M can be used to reduce our carbon footprint.
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Steve Nguyen, Director Corporate Marketing, Echelon, discusses M2M Control Systems vs. Energy Management Systems with Peggy Smedley, Editorial Director of M2M Magazine.
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Peggy Smedley, President of Specialty Publishing and John Donovan, Producer of M2M Radio, discuss Web Tech Wireless activity in ‘Going Green’ with M2M and their new automotive M2M insurance devices in the UK.
http://www.echelon.com