Rob Conant, chief marketing officer at Trilliant, and Bryan Spear, Trilliant’s managing director for Asia Pacific, will speak at the two-day event, which will focus on key areas of interest including smart grid technology and applications overview, key lessons learned from smart grid deployments and next-generation smart grid communications.   

On Wednesday, May 22, Spear will speak on how to translate lessons learned from Tenaga Nasional Berhad Research (TNBR)-Uniten’s fully integrated smart grid test bed to large scale deployments. Specifically, he will share results of the end-to-end testing, an overview of the technology and applications utilized and key lessons from smart grid deployments. On Thursday, May 23, Conant will lead discussions on next-generation smart grid communications during the Smart Grid knowledge sharing sessions.

Should delegates be interested to learn more about Trilliant’s offerings, please visit Trilliant’s stand #D1 on the exhibition floor.   

What: Metering/Billing/CRM and T&D Smart Grid Asia 2013

Sessions: 

Day 1 (May 22, 2013):

- 14:00 Indo China Time:  Track 2: Smart Grids, ICT & Data: Translating Lessons Learned from TNBR-Uniten’s fully integrated smart grid test bed to large scale deployments (Bryan Spear, Asia Pacific MD, Trilliant)

Day 2 (May 23, 2013):

- 11:00 Indo China Time: Smart Grid Knowledge Sharing Session: Next-generation Smart Grid Communications (Rob Conant, CMO, Trilliant)

Where: Bangkok Convention Center at CentralWorld, Thailand  

For more information, visit  Metering/Billing/CRM and T&D Smart Grid Asia 2013

Trilliant Leads Discussions at Asia’s Premier Smart Grid Conference was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

‘Utilities are facing real challenges, and they have an urgent need to

make significant changes, therefore the deployment of smart grid

technologies at large scale will likely accelerate’

Interview with

Bryan Spear

Managing Director, Asia Pacific

Trilliant

What are the current challenges in the industry?

The challenges of the industry vary largely by region. For example, some of North America’s challenges

are modernizing an outdated grid, increasing energy and operational efficiencies, and large numbers of

the skilled workforce rapidly approaching retirement age. Europe is heavily focused on accommodating

environmental mandates. Asia, on the other hand is difficult to compare because of the size of the

region and vast differences from one country to the next. Some are challenged simply by increasing

electrification rates, while others are challenged by reliability, integration of renewables, and revenue

management. However, I think a common theme of many utilities across the Asia Pacific region is

generation shortages. Energy consumption across the region is currently among the lowest in the

world, however the growth is expected to far outpace the rest of the world. The supply is not growing

proportionately with this demand, and this further magnifies some of the other challenges such as

losses and reliability.

What’s your vision for the industry looking forward?

I believe that with the evolution of technology, the industry will look much different in 10-20 years from

today. There will be major transformations but some will be more visible than others. First, the

percentage of renewable generation will increase significantly, enabled by storage, bi-directional

communications, and advanced software. Second, consumers will become more engaged, and will be

active participants in their energy usage and conservation. This will drive dramatic changes in the way

utilities operate.

Where do you think Asia is heading in particular?

The challenges that we are hearing from utilities in the Asia Pacific region are similar to what we have

been hearing for the past several years, what has changed is the relevancy and urgency. Utilities are

facing real challenges, and they have an urgent need to make significant changes, therefore the

deployment of smart grid technologies at large scale will likely accelerate. I recently met with an Energy

Minister who said “I can’t wait on bureaucratic processes and nationwide smart grid committees to

come to consensus, I need the benefits now!”

What is on the Trilliant calendar this year?

Since our founding in the 1980’s, I don’t think Trilliant has ever faced a more optimistic future. We

placed big bets on technology development and these developments are precisely aligned with the

needs of the market today. Our focus now is on global expansion.

Do you have specific plans for the Asian region?

Trilliant will continue to make significant investment into the Asia Pacific region. Over the past year we

have setup a regional office, built a local team, and successfully deployed initial projects. We believe we

have unique competitive advantages in this market, and we are committed to developing lasting

relationships with our customers here for the long term.

What are the projects you are most proud of so far?

Trilliant takes pride in being an end-to-end smart grid communications provider, and solving the

problems of our customers. We have had some incredible opportunities to do this, and we are most

proud of the strong partnerships we have developed with our customers, the mutual trust we have

developed, and the tangible benefits they have realized.

What have been the challenges in regards to these projects?

During our initial large scale deployments 8-10 years ago, the challenges were around technology

maturity. Today we are well past that point, our technology is mature and we have been through the

learning curve, and technology is now easily deployed and performs exceptionally well. Our challenge

today is scaling our business globally and identifying and training the right partners in each region to

ensure we are able to help our customers meet their commitments and support them for the long term.

What makes your company competitive in the market?

When it comes to large scale smart metering and smart grid deployments utilities seem to care most

about risk and ability to meet commitments, a solution that will enable multiple technologies both today

and in the future, and Total Cost of Ownership. Trilliant made the decision years ago, contrary to the

rest of the market, to base our end-to-end communications solutions on a standards based, unlicensed

platform. We have built the Trilliant Communications Platform to be extremely robust and scalable, and

to allow utilities to manage multiple technologies under a single platform. Trilliant provides the only

unlicensed (2.4GHz) AMI solution that has been proven at large scale, and this is the exact solution we

have brought to the Asia Pacific market. This significantly reduces the risk to our utility customers, and

these factors appear to be very compelling to customers across this region.Moreover, unlike other

companies who only focus on Smart Metering (AMI), the Trilliant Communications Platform enables

utilities to use the same powerful platform for any smart grid applications – Smart Metering, Smart

Distribution (Distribution Automation) or Smart Consumer – today and tomorrow. And last but not

least, the Trilliant Platform is purpose-built for the utility industry, unlike some other solutions out there

that are not purpose-built for the utility industry.

What will be your message at the upcoming event?

Utilities are facing real challenges in this region and it is clear that there are opportunities for existing

smart grid technologies to bring tangible and significant value to both utilities and consumers in the near

term. That is a huge benefit for these utilities and consumers, they have the ability to leverage a

technology that has already been proven at large scale, and therefore their risk is greatly minimized and

benefits can be realized right away.

Smart Grid in Asia Pacific – Interview with Bryan Spear of Trilliant was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

 Trilliant Platform’s SecureMesh® WAN Honored for Exceptional Innovation

Redwood City, California (May 7, 2013) — Trilliant, a leading smart grid communications company, announced today that the Trilliant Communications Platform’s SecureMesh WAN solution has received a 2012 Smart Grid Product of the Year Award from SmartGrid.TMCnet.com, a TMC and Crossfire Media sponsored technology media website.

The SecureMesh WAN is part of the Trilliant Communications Platform, a powerful combination of networking technologies pre-engineered to work seamlessly together, and purpose-built for smart grid. The SecureMesh WAN is a broadband mesh network built specifically for utilities to provide the reliability, bandwidth and low latency necessary for advanced Smart Distribution applications such as Volt/VAR control, fault detection, isolation and restoration (FDIR), and other real-time smart distribution applications.

Even though our current electric grid is about 99.97 percent reliable, according to the Department of Energy, power disruptions are a major challenge for the U.S. industry. The Electric Power Research Institute estimates annual outages cost the nation about $150 billion each year, which is more than $500 for each person in the country.

 “Utilities are being asked to do more with aging infrastructure,” said Rob Conant, Trilliant’s chief marketing officer. “Trilliant’s deep heritage serving the utility industry enables us to provide solutions that address these needs, combining advanced grid technologies and best-in-class communication networks. Trilliant’s SecureMesh WAN helps utilities future-proof their grid communications system so they are able to effectively manage distribution needs today and prepare for other smart grid applications tomorrow. We are honored to have received this award.”

 “The solutions that have been selected for the Smart Grid Product of the Year Award reflect the diverse range of innovation driving this market. Congratulations to Trilliant which best exemplified the most innovative smart grid technologies in the past year,” said stated Carl Ford, Co-Founder and Community Developer, Crossfire.

 “It is my pleasure to recognize Trilliant with a Smart Grid Product of the Year Award for its contribution to the advancement of smart grid technologies,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “I look forward to seeing more innovation from Trilliant in the coming year.”

Trilliant Receives Smart Grid Product of the Year Award was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Yesterday, our team of experts here at Trilliant hosted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Power Sector Stakeholders in a Reverse Trade Mission (RTM), at the invitation of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). The ASEAN Smart Grid RTM included representatives from Cambodia’s Electricite du Cambodge, Indonesia’s PT PLN, Laos’ Electricite du Laos, Malaysia’s Tenaga Nasional Berhad, the Philippines’ Manila Electric Company, Cagayan Electric Power & Light Company, Aboitiz Power Corporation, Philippine Energy Regulatory Commission, Thailand’s Metropolitan Electricity Authority, Provincial Electricity Authority, Vietnam’s National Power Transmission Corporation and Electricity Vietnam, among others.

Strong economic growth in the ASEAN region is mirrored by the growth in electricity demand, which is projected to triple between 2005 and 2030, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. To meet this growing demand, ASEAN member country governments and utilities are prioritizing investments in the power sector and working toward regional cooperation for greater energy connectivity, trade and security in the region.

“The ASEAN countries have a significant opportunity to leverage the power of smart grid technology to meet the region’s increasing demand for reliable energy,” said Bryan Spear, Trilliant’s managing director for Asia Pacific. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to help share insights with delegates from ASEAN on leading-edge smart grid communications networks that can help deliver electricity in more efficient ways.”

Earlier last year, Trilliant announced an engagement to help Tenaga Nasional Berhad Research (TNBR) deliver end-to-end solutions for the utility’s first integrated smart meter and smart grid project. TNBR is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia’s largest utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), which serves more than 7.4 million customers. The project is an important milestone in the path towards smarter grids in Malaysia to bring the industry’s most innovative smart grid communications solution to support Malaysia’s continued economic growth. 

Trilliant looks forward to continuing our International growth, including helping our utility customers in Asia deliver the benefits of a smarter grid to their customers and countries. 

Trilliant Provides Insights on Leading Smart Grid Communications Technology to ASEAN Power Sector Stakeholders in US Reverse Trade Mission was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Rob Conant, chief marketing officer at Trilliant, and Bryan Spear, Trilliant’s managing director of Asia Pacific, will speak at the three-day event, which will focus on key areas of interest including best practices and implementation strategies in achieving energy efficiency, reliability and resilience, enhancing customer engagement and profiting from new energy sources for energy providers in Asia.  

On Tuesday, April 16, Conant will participate on a panel  titled, “Migration and Implementation Forum: Sharing Multi-Country Experiences and Insights on Smart Grid Migration and Implementation.” On Wednesday, April 17, Conant will speak on the ICT Convergence Forum panel, focusing on examining the gaps, reliability and prospects in smart intelligent systems. Also on Wednesday, Spear will speak on the role of communications platform in maximizing the value of smart grid deployments. Specifically, he will educate audience on how to evaluate the business case of smart grid communications options, sharing lessons learned and case studies of world-class smart grid deployments, and strategies to ensure that smart grid communications platform chosen is scalable, future-proof and will yield maximum value. Should delegates want to learn more about Trilliant’s offerings, they can visit  Trilliant’s stand #A-6 on the exhibition floor.   

What: Power & Electricity World Asia 2013 

Sessions: 

Day 1 (April 16, 2013):

- 16:30 Indo China Time:  Migration and Implementation Forum: Sharing Multi-Country Experiences and Insights on Smart Grid Migration and Implementation (Rob Conant, CMO, Trilliant)

Day 2 (April 17, 2013):

- 12:30 Indo China Time: The Role of Communications Platform in Maximizing the Value of Smart Grid Deployments (Bryan Spear, Asia Pacific Managing Director, Trilliant)

- 12:50 Indo China Time: ICT Convergence Forum: Examining the Gaps, Reliability and Prospects in Smart Intelligent Systems (Rob Conant, CMO, Trilliant) 

Where: Marina Bay Sands Convention Center, Singapore  

For more information, visit Power & Electricity World Asia 2013

Trilliant Educates Audience at Asia’s Largest Power & Electricity Conference was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

The UK’s Retailer-Led Smart Meter Rollout was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

To read the whole article, please click here. 

The UK: Opportunities and Challenges of Smart Metering in a Hyper-competitive Energy Market was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Trilliant UK deal hints at a very different smart grid future was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Quick Take: At first glance, Trilliant’s press release today is just another announcement about future prepay capabilities. But look in more detail and you’ll realize that it holds hints about where the UK market is going next. It may even portend a radically different approach to electric power for other regions, including North America.

To read more of the article, please click here. 

Trilliant UK deal hints at a very different smart grid future was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

The UK government has mandated a rollout of smart meters to all consumers in the UK by 2019, and this rollout is estimated to create £14bn in net benefits to the UK in consumer energy savings and lower energy generation demand, according to the Oxford Economics report, The Value of Smart Metering to Great Britain. 

During the past four years, Trilliant and British Gas have worked together to extend Trilliant’s proven communications platform to the unique requirements of the UK, and have developed the appropriate standards to ensure the deployment of a system based on open standards.  The validation of this solution has led to British Gas and Trilliant reiterating their partnership commitment for the Foundation stage, both continuing to lead the industry in the roll-out of Smart Meters.  The next phase of the deployment will see Trilliant and British Gas introduce pre-payment functionality and continue expansion across the country.

Stuart Rolland, Managing Director, Smart Metering, British Gas said:  “British Gas is leading the way to provide the benefits of smart meters to our customers.  We are pleased to extend our partnership with Trilliant for the Foundation phase of the UK rollout.  British Gas, Trilliant and our other partners have worked closely to build the right technical solution for our customers.  We are committed to bringing this standards-based solution to the broader UK market supporting a smooth transition from the current rollout to the UK-wide mandated rollout.”

Andy White, CEO, Trilliant said:  “Trilliant has spent the past four years building a critical component of British Gas’s smart meter rollout.  We are delighted that this has been such a success and that British Gas has the trust in us to deliver on a much larger scale.  We will continue to invest to lead the way for the smart meter rollout in the UK.”

About British Gas

British Gas is the UK’s leading energy supplier and serves around 12 million homes in Britain – nearly half the country’s homes – as well as providing energy to one million UK businesses.  British Gas provides value for money, dedicated customer service, innovative energy solutions and the highest quality Home Services expertise in the country. Find out more at www.britishgas.co.uk

Trilliant and British Gas Extend Smart Meter Partnership was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

In its recent Annual Meeting in Spain, Iberdrola Chairman, Ignacio Gallan shared that US performance helps Iberdrola sustain profits and dividends in 2012. 

Of special note is Iberdrola COO, Jose Luis San Pedro, sharing that… ”the successful completion of CMP’s advanced meter initiative (AMI) in Maine where the company installed 620,000 ‘smart’ meters and the associated mesh network. CMP now gets 98% of its monthly billing data electronically from smart meters, has eliminated nearly 2 million meter-reading vehicle miles per year, and provides customers with detailed online reports about their energy use. This was the largest single smart-grid project ever completed by Iberdrola, and the group intends to share the learning from it throughout its worldwide network.”

For more information, please click here. 

Strong Performance at Iberdrola USA, with Help from the Smart Metering Project was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

In the article, Sara Burns, CMP’s CEO shared some of the company’s accomplishments and lessons learned. 

Trilliant is proud to be a partner of Iberdrola USA’s CMP,  in helping them realize the benefits of its smart metering project. Already, CMP is seeing returns on the project by enabling their customers gain better energy awareness and eventually, access new options that enable more energy efficiency in their homes and businesses. What’s more, the Department of Energy (DOE) has hailed this project a Success Story. 

Moreover, CMP has won several honors. It has been named No. 1 in business customer satisfaction by J.D. Power & Associates three times. Since 2008, J.D. Power has also given CMP top ranking in its residential customer satisfaction survey four times in a row. Additionally, the Edison Electric Institute has recognized CMP three times, in its fast and safe recovery efforts following Hurricanes Irene, Sandy and superstorm Nemo. 

Congratulations, CMP!

To read the full article, please click here. 

A Department of Energy’s Smart Metering Success Story was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Whether you start off with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and add Distribution Automation (DA)  later, or rollout DA first, the author offers some great insights and advice on the need for a well-planned technology roadmap, so your resulting end-state is a truly integrated AMI and DA system.  

 Trilliant wholeheartedly agrees with the author’s recommendations and in fact our Trilliant Platform was built to address the concerns he raised in the article, including the following three I would like to expand on: 

1) McDonald: “Too often, a siloed utility builds two systems, side by side, when a single, well-vetted system could be built to serve both purposes…To assess whether an AMI system will support DA functionality, one needs to weigh the response requirements of the DA applications. Three metrics must be assessed: speed, bandwidth and latency.”

 Many AMI vendors have been promoting their solutions as one size fits all Smart Grid networks to serve both metering and DA applications.  The reality is there are two distinct classes of DA applications distinguished by the applications requirements for speed, bandwidth, and latency.  Typical AMI networks can serve the low performance monitoring applications but are not suited to high performance DA applications thus providing support to the argument for siloed DA and AMI networks.  Trilliant has solved this issue with its multi-tier SecureMesh network with a fully integrated high performance WAN tier to support AMI backhaul along with the most demanding DA applications with domain partitioning to provide security and Quality of Service specific to the needs of each application and Layer 2 Ethernet for direct connectivity of the DMS/DA Application to the DA device.  SecureMesh WAN offers air data rates of up to 54 Mbps resulting in a throughput of 20 Mbps with a latency of 2ms per hop.  And because it is a mesh topology with a range of 10 miles per hop, SecureMesh WAN can cover the largest utility footprint with a minimum of infrastructure, while delivering built-in redundancy and automatic routing failover.

 2) McDonald: “The interval meter’s so-called “last gasp” when an outage occurs isn’t metering information; that signal needs to be routed to the OMS, where it can be analyzed to determine the cause and extent of an outage.”        

 Trilliant is an early developer of this technology and has continuously improved our Unity Suite Head-End System for smart grid applications and specifically OMS reporting.  Every Trilliant endpoint can deliver “last-gasp” events without the need for additional costs or infrastructure.  Real-time outage events are pushed to a JMS bus that can be easily integrated into any OMS using standard APIs.  Equally important is sufficient reserve power in the NIC to filter momentary outages and the network efficiency and bandwidth of the Trilliant AMI network that facilitates delivery of nearly 100% of last gasp messages.  This is in sharp contrast to typical AMI networks that cannot filter momentary outages and struggle to deliver 50% of last gasp messages.

 3) McDonald: “Voltage data coming back from the end-of-line sensor, in this case the meter, needs to be routed to the DMS to ensure that the utility is achieving the 114v to 126v ANSI standard at the customer premise.”

 Every Trilliant advanced meter endpoint has the ability to capture and transmit voltage data such as max, average, and min voltage, without the need for additional costs or infrastructure.  In fact we can capture and export any kind of data an advanced meter has been configured to collect. Real-time reporting of this data can be easily integrated into any DMS/CVR system using standard APIs and voltage exceptions, based on user configurable data, are reported immediately.

We hope you find the article of value and Trilliant would welcome the opportunity to help you define a technology roadmap that best meets your needs and enables you to achieve an integrated AMI/DA end-state.

The Importance of Choosing the Right Platform for Smart Grid Integration was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Trilliant Made the Top 25 Smart Grid Companies to Watch in 2013 was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Trilliant is nominated as a Smart Grid News Company to Watch was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Your 2013 DistribuTECH cheat sheet was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Tampa Electric Co. To Deploy Trilliant’s SecureMesh WAN was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Distributech Roundup was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Tampa Electric Co., Trilliant join on smart grid communications project was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Trilliant Launches Enhanced SecureMesh WAN Series was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Trilliant launches SecureMesh WAN to boost utility reliability was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Tampa Electric will deploy Trilliant’s SecureMesh® Wide-Area Network (WAN), a broadband mesh networking system built for advanced distribution applications. The SecureMesh WAN is part of the Trilliant Communications Platform, a powerful combination of networking technologies pre-engineered to work seamlessly together, and purpose built for smart grid. The Trilliant Platform provides unmatched flexibility in deployment: rather than forcing a utility to start with a full smart meter roll-out, the Trilliant Communications Platform allows utilities like Tampa Electric to immediately benefit from a smarter grid through economical deployment of broadband networks for advanced distribution automation, and to deploy other smart grid applications in the future.

“A central theme to the smart grid is choosing the right network to maintain flexibility for future applications – from fault detection, isolation and restoration to time-of-use pricing,” said Walter Lowes, Trilliant’s managing director for the Americas. “This project highlights the tangible need for advanced smart grid solutions that can help customers realize the benefits of smarter energy from a variety of entry points. While the American utility industry has been focused on smart meters recently, there are many other ways to start modernizing the grid, including starting with distribution automation first.”

The Trilliant SecureMesh WAN is a broadband mesh network built specifically for utilities to provide the reliability, bandwidth and low latency necessary for Volt/VAR control, fault detection, isolation and restoration (FDIR), and other real-time distribution automation initiatives. The Trilliant Communications Platform, including the SecureMesh WAN, allows utilities to manage all smart grid applications – advanced distribution automation, AMI, and demand-side management – on a single, unified network. To learn more, visit Trilliant’s booth #815 at DistribuTECH, or the website at www.trilliantinc.com.

Tampa Electric Company and Trilliant Build the Foundation for a Smarter Energy Grid was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

The SecureMesh WAN is part of the Trilliant Communications Platform, a powerful combination of networking technologies pre-engineered to work seamlessly together, and purpose-built for smart grid. The SecureMesh WAN is a broadband mesh network built specifically for utilities to provide the reliability, bandwidth and low latency necessary for advanced Smart Distribution applications such as Volt/VAR control, fault detection, isolation and restoration (FDIR), and other real-time smart distribution applications.

Even though our current electric grid is about 99.97 percent reliable, according to the Department of Energy, power disruptions are a major challenge for the U.S. industry. The Electric Power Research Institute estimates annual outages cost the nation about $150 billion each year, which is more than $500 for each person in the country.

“Utilities are being asked to do more with aging infrastructure,” said Rob Conant, Trilliant’s chief marketing officer. “Trilliant’s deep heritage serving the utility industry enables us to provide solutions that address these needs, combining advanced grid technologies and best-in-class communication networks. Trilliant’s SecureMesh WAN helps utilities future-proof their grid communications system so they are able to effectively manage distribution needs today and prepare for other smart grid applications tomorrow.”

The newly-enhanced SecureMesh WAN 1100 Series uniquely addresses utility communications needs:

• Utility-Grade Reliability and Redundancy
  • Trilliant’s SecureMesh WAN is built on the company’s award-winning mesh technology, which is inherently redundant and reliable. The system features integrated dynamic routing and near-immediate failover to ensure uninterrupted communications.
  • Trilliant’s UnitySuite™ Network Element Management System (NEMS), which provides a single platform for managing both AMI and WAN deployments, simplifies smart grid communications for utilities and enables economic, reliable and real-time network management.

• Industry-Leading Latency and Bandwidth
  • Extending the company’s lead in speed, Trilliant has further reduced the latency of SecureMesh WAN in the 1100 Series, cutting its already impressive time per hop down to less than 7 milliseconds, and thereby supporting the most demanding distribution automation applications.
  • With 20 MB per second throughput, the newly-enhanced 1100 Series supports orders of magnitude more capacity than mesh networks traditionally used for AMI.
  • New application domain partitioning functionality allows utilities to segment applications from each other to uniquely satisfy each application’s specific Quality of Service (QoS) needs.

• Integrated, End-to-End Security
  • End-to-end safeguards across multiple layers of the OSI stack ensure that the SecureMesh WAN network remains private and secure.
  • The SecureMesh WAN is compliant with the latest industry security standards, including NERC/CIP and is consistent with the requirements of NISTIR 7628, NIST SP 800-53 and FIPS 140-2.
  • SecureMesh WAN supports virtual private network (VPN) and Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) capabilities to enable safe and controlled access of the network.
  • Application domain partitioning available on the SecureMesh WAN includes standards-based 802.1q VLAN tagging of network traffic, which ensures that access to or a breach of one application does not affect other applications or devices.
  • SecureMesh WAN supports node-by-node two-way authentication using a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with x509-like signed certificates and the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-128) encryption.

• Low Cost Territory Coverage
  • The SecureMesh WAN 1100 Series now supports up to 12 mesh hops, allowing utilities to cover up to 10,000 square miles of territory with a single network takeout point. This reduces the cost to cover large service territories for all utilities.
  • The SecureMesh WAN network automatically circumvents barriers, routing around large buildings, mountains, RF interference and other obstacles, ensuring both low-cost deployment and long-term reliability.
  • The Trilliant SecureMesh WAN now supports secure remote management of the entire WAN network, including SSH telnet capability to remote devices.

• Expanded Interoperability
  • SecureMesh WAN is built on an open, interoperable IP platform, supporting both legacy IPv4 and future IPv6 protocols.
  • SecureMesh WAN is compatible with a wide variety of legacy devices and can seamlessly work with a wide range of existing distribution assets.
  • SecureMesh WAN has proven interoperability with devices made by the leading distribution equipment vendors.
  • SecureMesh WAN supports key utility industry standards, including DNP3 and IEC 61850.
  • SecureMesh WAN and the broader Trilliant Communications Platform can also flexibly adapt to meet future standards as they evolve.

Part of the Trilliant Communications Platform, the SecureMesh WAN is a smart investment for utilities that must make prudent decisions today while keeping an eye on future smart grid opportunities. The Trilliant Communications Platform, including the SecureMesh WAN, will allow utilities to eventually manage all smart grid applications – Smart Distribution, Smart Metering and Smart Consumer – on a single, unified network. To learn more, visit Trilliant’s booth #815 at DistribuTECH, or website at www.trilliantinc.com.

Trilliant Launches Newly-Enhanced SecureMesh® WAN To Help Utilities Achieve Better Reliability and Operational Efficiency was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Red Herring announced its Top 100 Global list in recognition of the leading private companies from North America, Europe and Asia, celebrating these company’s innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

“Trilliant strives to provide flexible and cutting-edge smart grid solutions for more sustainable and reliable energy systems,” said Andy White, CEO of Trilliant. “It is outstanding to have been recognized among some of the most technologically innovative companies in the world, proving that the Trilliant Communications Platform is key to a successful smart grid future. This is a testament to our position as a smart grid thought leader as we aim to deliver communications technologies that can be tailored to solve the needs of our customers.”

Red Herring’s Top 100 Global list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube and eBay would change the way we live and work.

“Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across Global to the Top 100 Winners. We believe Trilliant embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. Trilliant should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was the strongest it has ever been.”

Red Herring’s editorial staff evaluated the companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy and market penetration. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of companies relative to their peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list a valuable instrument of discovery and advocacy for the most promising new business models from around the world.

Trilliant Selected as a Red Herring Global Top 100 Winner was posted at Trilliant. | http://www.trilliantinc.com

Trilliant and the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 companies will be honored at AlwaysOn’s seventh annual GoingGreen Silicon Valley, Nov. 27 and 28, 2012, at the Golden Gate Club in San Francisco, Calif.

GoingGreen Silicon Valley is a two-day executive event where cutting-edge greentech CEOs meet the movers and shakers from the biggest industries on earth. Green technology innovators are transforming trillion-dollar industries—and the solutions they are delivering not only promise to clean up pollution and restore ecosystems, but bring abundance and prosperity to everyone on earth.

“This year’s GoingGreen Global 200 displays a maturity in the green technology industry that makes it very attractive to both investors and innovators. Greentech research is maturing rapidly, and as it couples with technology innovators and investors, companies are emerging that have the ability to change the way we live our lives for the better and bring huge returns to their founders and funders,” says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. “This year’s GoingGreen Global 200 winners are pushing the bounds of how technology can bring about change in the war on our planet’s waning resources. The strength of these companies lies in their ability to nurture innovative ideas and seen them through to successful, sustainable, and profitable businesses.”

The GoingGreen Global 200 winners were selected from among thousands of domestic and international technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and green technology industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2012 list.

Trilliant was selected because of the company’s mission to help savvy utilities and energy retailers achieve their smart grid visions through the Trilliant Communications Platform, the only purpose-built communications platform that integrates these disparate systems of systems into a unified whole. This platform helps Trilliant transform the grid into a more efficient and far-reaching system, promoting a more sustainable planet.

“It’s an honor to receive this award for innovation and excellence,” said Andy White, CEO of Trilliant. “Trilliant works hard for its customers to ensure the delivery of a top tier product through the Trilliant Platform. This award recognizes the dedication of countless employees and stakeholders, and we are excited our hard work has been validated.”

A full list of all the AlwaysOn GoingGreen Silicon Valley 200 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website at:

http://www.aonetwork.com/AOStory/Announcing-2012-GoingGreen-Global-200-Top-Private-Companies

About AlwaysOn

AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network. In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOn’s preeminent executive event series includes the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit, OnMedia, OnHollywood, IMPACT Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic, Venture Summit East, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, OnMobile, and GoingGreen Silicon Valley. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers like no other media brand.

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Future consumption of electricity in Colombia is expected to grow by a total of 40 percent by 2020, according to the RECIPES project. The RTM aims to provide opportunities for participating Colombian delegates to learn more about cutting-edge U.S. technologies, equipment and services that can assist with the deployment of smart grid projects in Colombia.

“Latin America, including Colombia, has a significant opportunity to leverage the power of smart grid technology to meet the region’s increasing demand for reliable energy,” said Walter Lowes, Trilliant’s managing director for the Americas. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to help share insights with delegates from Latin America on leading-edge smart grid communications networks that can help deliver electricity in more efficient ways.”

Earlier this year, Trilliant announced a partnership with ELO Sistemas Eletrônicos, a leading metering technology provider based in Brazil. The partnership enables both companies to package the Trilliant Communications Platform with ELO’s metering expertise to deliver smarter energy to utilities, businesses and consumers in Latin America. The Trilliant Communications Platform is the only purpose-built communications platform that integrates disparate systems of smart grid communications technology into a unified whole. 

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“In the world of Smart Meters, Security is King” says Neill Young, Marketing Director for Trilliant in Europe. “Vendors need to demonstrate that they are able to offer secure, proven smart meter solutions which can be deployed today whilst maintaining system security and data privacy.  The Trilliant platform provides a proven end-to-end solution, with security designed in from the beginning.”

Young continues “Security needs to be approached as a holistic subject, taking in not just the system, but the environment in which it is run.  The white paper details some of the steps that can be taken to build a secure environment for a smart metering system.”

The Trilliant platform covers the full spread of secure functionality, from data management and data privacy, through encryption and PKI to identification of potential attacks in the system.  The Trilliant platform also uses open, standardised protocols such as Zigbee Smart Energy Profile, and DLMS which is designed for use over a range of WAN technologies, meaning integration and interoperability are all simple to achieve, even in a secure environment.  The combination of Trilliant’s UnitySuite head-end system and Trilliant’s Communications Hub in the UK market provides a fully secure, end-to-end smart meter solution from Energy provider to customer premises.  The use of a full end-to-end secure platform has deployment benefits, including removal of weak points in a solution, such as translations between services.

Trilliant will present at Metering Europe, booth C40, to discuss further.  The white paper can be downloaded from http://www.trilliantinc.com/library-files/media/Security-by-Design.pdf  or http://goo.gl/vXkly

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The Global Cleantech 100 list is unique in the sector because it highlights the promise of private clean technology companies worldwide, focusing on those companies which the players in the market feel are currently the most likely to make the most significant market impact over the next five to 10 years. 

“We are honored to receive this award for the fourth consecutive year,” said Andy White, CEO of Trilliant. “This recognition is a testament to Trilliant’s continued efforts to bring smarter communications to utilities around the world. We are committed to enabling our customers and the general public to benefit from the many promises of a modernized energy grid.”

The list is derived from Cleantech Group’s own data and research combined with the weighted qualitative judgments of hundreds of nominations and the viewpoints of a global panel of 75 cleantech experts. To qualify for the list, companies must be independent, for-profit, cleantech companies that are not listed on any major stock exchange.

“The Global Cleantech 100 is a natural extension of our company-wide mission to help corporations, investors and financiers, professional service firms and governmental agencies connect with global cleantech innovation,” said Sheeraz Haji, Cleantech Group CEO. “This report celebrates the best in innovation and is the industry standard on gauging where cleantech innovation is headed next.”

The list was compiled from 8,285 companies that were nominated this year from 85 countries. These companies were weighted and scored to create a short list of 236 companies presented to the expert panel for final input. The end result was 100 companies from 13 countries.

The 75-member expert panel is drawn principally from leading financial investors in Asia, Europe and North America, and from representatives of multi-national corporations. The composition of the expert panel is created to be broadly representative of the global cleantech community, and includes pioneers, leaders, veterans, and new entrants in cleantech resulting in a list of companies that command a broad base of respect and support from many important players within the global cleantech innovation ecosystem, not just insiders.

“The 2012 Global Cleantech 100 is markedly different in its composition to that of 2009, our first edition,” said Richard Youngman, Cleantech Group Managing Director. “As such, it is a strong statement of how the collective market opinion has shifted as to what type of companies are the most likely to have significant market impact in a five to 10 year timeframe.”

• The complete list of 100 companies was revealed Oct. 1 at the Global Cleantech 100 Summit & Gala in Washington, D.C. http://events.cleantech.com/global100/.
• For complete information on Trilliant’s leadership within the cleantech space, access Cleantech Group’s leading market intelligence platform, i3, and search for Trilliant at http://research.cleantech.com/company/
• The full report with commentary and insight on the 2012 Global Cleantech 100 authored by Cleantech Group and sponsored by Autodesk, Deloitte, Wermuth Asset Management, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is available at http://www.cleantech.com/global-cleantech-100/
• The complete list of Global Cleantech 100 firms and expert panel members is available online

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On Wednesday, September 19, Bryan will discuss how the Asia Pacific region is well positioned to deploy and benefit from the smart grid. He will explain the considerations utilities face when choosing the right global communications technologies to build a strong platform that will enable various advanced smart grid applications. Building on Trilliant’s work with Tenaga Nasional Berhad Research (TNBR) in Asia and other leading, global utility customers, Bryan will provide real world examples from Trilliant’s successful global deployments in North America, Europe and around the world.

What:   Transmission & Distribution Smart Grids Asia 2012

Who:    Bryan Spear, Managing Director of Asia Pacific, Trilliant

When:  Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 12:20 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. MYT

Session 11 – Smart Grid Technologies: Why utilities are using RF Mesh communications to enable advanced smart grid applications

Where: Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

For more information about Transmission & Distribution Smart Grids Asia 2012, visit: http://www.td-asia.com/

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