Comments on: IBM to prime pump for smart-grid start-ups

Plugging smart grid technologies into the electricity grid is too slow and piecemeal. So IBM is developing a technical framework to speed integration.

[suyts2]

Johnny come lately if you ask me. I've had 2-way comm with my utilitie's meters for 2 yrs now. And yes, I can even install a device to control a thermostat from the office. (Not that I think it is a good idea.) We can even install a pay as you go solution that accepts a credit card swipe for our customers. IBM.....yawn...... Sounds like they've got some serious catching up to do if they want to become a player in the AMR/AMI scene.

[BernardJ--2008]

A much larger problem with the grid is the use of of sticks and wires, a technology that's about 150 years old.

[afraserthink]

It's not IBM but the US who has a lot of catching up to do. A few of us have started up a petition urging Congress to recognize digital infrastructure and innovation as an important part of the stimulus package, so that we do not just create jobs short term but invest in our competitive and "connected" future. Check out the petition at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/five2digital