Today Telvent, through its innovative information technologies, wishes to contribute to creating a more sustainable and secure world. For that reason, we employ the most talented personnel with vast experience in developing solutions and services that help manage energy sources more efficiently; reduce CO2 emissions in transportation by reducing traffic congestion; optimize the complete water cycle; monitor and oversee critical infrastructures and provide proprietary real time information services, which is required to optimize the production and distribution of basic commodities.

Telvent is the global IT solutions and business information services provider that helps to improve the efficiency, safety and security of the world’s leading companies. Telvent serves markets that are critical to the sustainability of our planet, including the energy, transportation, agricultural and environmental sectors.

http://www.telvent.com/corp/web/en/

We ensure the safe and reliable delivery of electrical power to more than 688,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers across the Greater Toronto Area. This represents 18.5 per cent of electricity consumers in the province of Ontario.

We plan, maintain and operate Toronto's electrical distribution system infrastructure safely, efficiently and in an environmentally responsible manner. We deliver consistent, high quality customer service and account management.

We lead Ontario in the design and delivery of electricity Conservation and Demand Management (CDM) programs.

http://www.torontohydro.com/

AlertEnterprise, the technology leader in unified access security, provides the industry’s only complete solution for rules-driven user access enforcement.

Founded by the same team that started Virsa Systems (the technology behind SAP GRC), AlertEnterprise addresses the single most overlooked gap in enterprise security – the prevention, detection and fast resolution of linked IT and physical access violations across diverse enterprise systems, applications, databases and geographically distributed assets.

AlertEnterprise is headquartered in Fremont, CA, with field offices in New York, Los Angeles, and development offices in Chandigarh, India.

http://www.alertenterprise.com/

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a worldwide provider of network security appliances and the market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide, including the majority of the 2009 Fortune Global 100. Fortinet's flagship FortiGate product delivers ASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers of security designed to help protect against application and network threats. Fortinet's broad product line goes beyond UTM to help secure the extended enterprise - from endpoints, to the perimeter and the core, including databases and applications. Fortinet is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world.

Fortinet's flagship FortiGate® security platforms offer a powerful blend of ASIC-accelerated performance, integrated multi-threat response, and constantly-updated, in-depth threat intelligence. Employing innovative technologies for networking, security and content analysis, Fortinet systems integrate the industry's broadest suite of security technologies, including firewall, VPN, antivirus, intrusion prevention (IPS), Web filtering, antispam, and traffic shaping, all of which can be deployed individually to complement legacy solutions or combined for a comprehensive threat management solution. The company complements these solutions with an array of management, analysis, e-mail, database and end-point security products.

http://www.fortinet.com/

Ivara is the leader in asset performance management software solutions for companies in capital intensive industries. With Ivara’s advanced software, seasoned reliability practitioners and proven implementation methodology, Ivara customers prevent equipment failure, increase production and lower costs to improve business performance.

At Ivara, we understand what it takes to improve asset performance and reliability. We are the pioneers of the process, practices, technology and methodologies required to get quick wins and ensure sustainable results.

An effective Asset Performance Management (APM) process involves the development and implementation of reliability programs for operational assets coupled with the application of on-going performance monitoring and improvement to drive program optimization over time. Successful and sustainable implementation of the APM process is dependent on building a program that is aligned with key business objectives and developing the organization in a manner that ensures clear accountability for asset performance activities. Implementing the APM process along with supporting practices and tools requires an approach that demonstrates meaningful results quickly and also supports reliability knowledge transfer critical to sustaining improvement.

http://www.ivara.com/

National Instruments transforms the way engineers and scientists around the world design, prototype, and deploy systems for test, control, and embedded design applications. Using NI open graphical programming software and modular hardware, customers at more than 30,000 companies annually simplify development, increase productivity, and dramatically reduce time to market. From testing next-generation gaming systems to creating breakthrough medical devices, NI customers continuously develop innovative technologies that impact millions of people.

http://www.ni.com//

Cooper Power Systems engineers and manufactures medium- and high-voltage electrical equipment, components, and systems that deliver reliable electric power to homes, industries, businesses, and institutions worldwide. Through their Energy Automation Solutions group, which includes Cannon Technologies, Cybectec Inc., and Cyme International, we are also a leader in providing software, communications and integration solutions that enable customers to increase productivity, improve system reliability, and reduce costs.

Our products, services, and solutions are used worldwide for public, commercial, and industrial power generation systems. We help our customers in the planning, commissioning, and developing of power distribution solutions that save money by improving performance, reducing maintenance, and enhancing safety.

As a global manufacturer, Cooper Power Systems provides a wide range of forward-looking solutions including Distribution Automation, Outage Management, Power Quality, Distribution System Reliability, Environmental, and Distributed Generation products and services. Through our commitment to research and development, we continue to develop smart solutions for safe, reliable, environmentally friendly electrical power delivery.

Headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the company is a division of Cooper Industries, plc., a global manufacturer with 2008 revenues of $6.5 billion, approximately 88% of which are from electrical products.

http://www.cooperpower.com/

Elster Metering is part of Elster Group, a world leader in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and integrated metering and utilization solutions to the gas, electricity and water industries. Elster’s high quality AMI and AMR products, systems, and solutions reflect the wealth of knowledge and experience gained from over 170 years of dedication to measuring precious resources and energy. Elster provides world class solutions and advanced technologies to help utilities more easily, efficiently and reliably obtain and use advanced metering intelligence to improve customer service, enhance operational efficiency, and increase revenues. Elster's AMI solutions enable utilities to cost-effectively generate, deliver, manage and conserve the life-essential resources of gas, electricity and water. The group has over 7,500 staff and operations in 38 countries, focused in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.

http://www.elstermetering.com/en/index.html

Alcatel-Lucent is the trusted transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users.

A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP and optics technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivaled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry.

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/

Since 1993, AGSI has been providing strategic technology and information solutions to our customers via our experienced team of professionals. AGSI offers extensive solutions and services by leveraging small teams of highly experienced industry/process consultants, developers, technologists, field resources and end users with extensive industry knowledge and business function processes. AGSI's value add is our team approach to solving complex problems with innovative, cost effective and efficient information and web solutions while being customer focused and driven.

http://www.agsi.ca/

At Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) customers come first and an integral part of our DNA is creating long-lasting customer partnerships and working with them to identify their needs and provide solutions that support their success. The concept of solutions being driven to address specific customer challenges has been with Cisco since its inception. Husband and wife Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner, both working for Stanford University, wanted to email each other from their respective offices located in different buildings but were unable to due to technological shortcomings. A technology had to be invented to deal with disparate local area protocols; and as a result of solving their challenge - the multi-protocol router was born. Since then Cisco has shaped the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers, employees, investors and ecosystem partners and has become the worldwide leader in networking - transforming how people connect, communicate and collaborate.

http://www.cisco.com/

RuggedCom designs and manufactures ruggedized communications equipment for harsh electrical and climatic environments. Founded by people with strong backgrounds in electric utility and industrial automation we at RuggedCom have a first hand understanding of the needs and issues faced by our customers. This is reflected in RuggedCom’s industry leadership in pioneering technologies and products which offered the world’s first IEC 61850-3 compliant Ethernet switch suitable of electric utility substation environments, the world’s first IEEE 1613 Class 2 error free communications devices, the world’s fastest network fault recovery, and the world’s first fully managed IP67 rated Ethernet switch. Other industry specific innovations have made our products the product of choice for high-reliability, high-availability, mission-critical communications networks deployed in harsh environments around the world.

Our corporate headquarters are located in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada with regional offices in ten locations across the United States and Europe. RuggedCom sales representatives and distributors can be found in over 25 countries around the world to provide knowledgeable and timely support.

http://www.ruggedcom.com/

For over 40 years, Electrical Business has been the only truly national business publication serving the Canadian electrical market. It also publishes: the now bi-weekly E-LINE: YOUR INDUSTRY NEWS BROADCAST e-newsletter; THE BLUEBOOK (an annual buyers' guide for all things to do with electrical and low-voltage); L’INDUSTRIE ÉLECTRIQUE magazine, a French-language publication for the Quebec market; and the newly launched DISTRIBUTION & SUPPLY magazine, the first truly independent voice for Canada's electrical distribution channel.

EBMag offers truly national coverage, with dedicated regional reporting; construction law and business advice from leading Canadian experts; regular technical information on, and interpretation of, the Canadian Electrical Code; feature articles on important industry issues, trends and market opportunities; and so much more!

http://www.ebmag.com/

The Electricity Forum is a North American "value added" publisher of print, internet and live "policies and technologies" information products for the North American electric power industry, with:

Magazine Publishing

1. Electricity Today Magazine (with a combined Canada and U.S. print circulation of 15,000 electric power professionals and a total reach of 30,000 readers) is distributed to North American T&D electric utility engineering, construction and maintenance personnel, and consulting engineers.

2. Electrical Source Magazine (with a Canadian print circulation of 15,000 electric power professionals and a total reach of 30,000 readers) is published for Canadian industrial, commercial and institutional electrical engineering personnel and electrical contractors responsible for electric power systems.

These two magazines have a total Canada and U.S. print circulation of 30,000 electric power professionals and a total reach of 60,000 readers.

Technical Handbook Publishing

3. These magazines are supported by 18 annual Technical Handbooks on a wide variety of subjects related to our major magazine focused issues. E-Magazine Publishing

4. All advertisements in our magazines are also included in our "e-magazines" which receive up to 20,000 views and downloads per issue by electric power professionals from across North America.

www.electricityforum.com

5. Our website www.electricityforum.com (10 million page views a year from 1 million unique visitors) contains the largest Electrical Equipment Buyer's Guide and Directory on the internet with more than 500 manufacturers and 1,000 product categories. The average company in our on-line Buyer's Guide receives more than 5,000 page views and click throughs from our directory to their home pages. The average banner advertiser in our website receives more than 100,000 exposures a year with more than 2,500 click throughs to their web site.

E-Broadcast Product Announcements

6. We also have the electrical industry's largest email newsletter and e-broadcast product announcement service which is sent to more than 50,000 North American electric power professionals.

Electricity Forums and Technical Training Seminars

7. Our national and regional conferences and electrical training courses across North America that attract more than 1,500 delegates a year. The Electricity Forum is committed to developing leading-edge and topical conferences and technical training seminars. It is possible to sponsor and distribute technical material to our forums as well as advertise to our audience of electric power engineers and maintenance personnel with table-top displays.

http://www.electricity-today.com/

Electric Energy T&D Magazine serves the fields of electric utilities, investor owned, rural and other electric cooperatives, municipal electric utilities, independent power producers, electric contractors, wholesalers and distributors of electric utility equipment, manufacturers, major power consuming industries, consulting engineers, state and federal regulatory agencies and commissions, industry associations, communication companies, oil & gas companies, universities and libraries.

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/

The Wi-Fi Alliance is a global non-profit industry association of hundreds of leading companies devoted to the proliferation of Wi-Fi technology across devices and market segments. With technology development, market building, and regulatory programs, the Wi-Fi Alliance has enabled widespread adoption of Wi-Fi worldwide.

The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ program was launched in March 2000. It provides a widely-recognized designation of interoperability and quality, and it helps to ensure that Wi-Fi enabled products deliver the best user experience. The Wi-Fi Alliance has completed more than 6,000 product certifications to date, encouraging the expanded use of Wi-Fi products and services in new and established markets.

http://www.wi-fi.org/

The Metering International brand was established in 1996 with the launch of Metering International magazine. Since then, the brand has grown to encompass the following products:

• Metering International magazine (International edition)
• Metering International magazine (Chinese edition)
• Metering International America Latino
• metering.com
• Metering, Billing/CRM series of conferences and exhibitions
• Smart Metering series of conferences
• Regional prepayment weeks
• Technical study tours
• Research & Consulting

Metering International serves the information needs of many thousands of utility professionals, and is trusted to provide the highest quality content and insights into this changing industry.

Metering International is a brand of Spintelligent, and has offices in South Africa and USA and partner companies in the Netherlands, China, Brazil and Argentina.

http://www.metering.com/

OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society. The consortium produces more Web services standards than any other organization along with standards for security, e-business, and standardization efforts in the public sector and for application-specific markets. Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than 5,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries. OASIS is distinguished by its transparent governance and operating procedures. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. Completed work is ratified by open ballot. Governance is accountable and unrestricted. Officers of both the OASIS Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Board are chosen by democratic election to serve two-year terms. Consortium leadership is based on individual merit and is not tied to financial contribution, corporate standing, or special appointment.

http://www.oasis-open.org/home/index.php

UtiliPoint® International, Inc. has six main practice areas:

1. Smart Grid UtiliPoint's unique Smart Grid practice provides unbiased market research and consulting to utilities, regulators, new and established vendors, and companies interested in entering one of the above markets.
2. Energy Investments & Business Planning UtiliPoint's Energy Investments practice provides business planning and market studies, and helps refine business plans for companies looking for external funding, acquisition opportunities, and investment decision support. Our expert consultants and analysts have unique strategy modeling capabilities and analysis approaches to support investment decisions. We also work with investor groups, venture capital and private equity firms on independent analysis of investment opportunities.
3. CommodityPoint UtiliPoint's CommodityPoint practice provides expert information, independent research, market studies, consulting and analyst services in the area of energy commodity trading, transaction and risk management. UtiliPoint's practice professionals are acknowledged and accomplished experts in their field and are relied upon by their clients to provide unambiguous and independent advice and information. In fact, practice staff published the first book on ETRM Software in May 2006 (Trends in Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software - A Primer, by Dr. GM Vasey & Mr. Andrew Bruce, BookSurge, 2006).
4. Meter-to-Cash UtiliPoint's Meter-to-Cash practice provides expert information, independent research, market studies, consulting and analyst services in the areas of Customer Care, Customer Information Systems and Customer Relationship Management. UtiliPoint's practice professionals are acknowledged and accomplished experts in their field and are relied upon by their clients to provide unambiguous and independent advice and information. UtiliPoint's CIS clients include IOU's, Cooperatives, Municipals, Technology Vendors, Software Vendors and Regulatory Agencies.
5. Pricing & Demand Response UtiliPoint's Pricing and Demand Response practice is dedicated to providing wholesale and retail electricity market design and pricing services to electricity market stakeholders. Our clients include independent system operators, utilities, competitive load serving entities, demand response program providers, state and federal regulatory agencies, and business and investment entities with a commercial interest in the design and operation of electricity markets.
6. Public & Regulatory Issues Management UtiliPoint's Public & Regulatory Issues Management practice has a 25-year track record of working with utilities to manage potentially controversial public, regulatory, and legal issues. Through the provision of UtiliPoint's independent and expert assistance, utilities experience enhanced public trust, broader and improved communication of the relevant issues and a smoother communication process.

http://www.utilipoint.com/

AutomatedBuildings.com has entered its 11th year as an on line magazine and web resource. We provide the news and connection to the community of change agents that are creating our present definition of smart, intelligent, integrated, connected, green, and converged large buildings. Our virtual magazine and web resource provides a searchable platform for discussion and exchange while creating opportunities for B2B for all new and existing stakeholders.

http://www.automatedbuildings.com/