Dive Summary:

• The Connected Grid Cisco Developer Network officially launched on Monday and cements deep ties between Cisco and smart partners such as OSIsoft, Proximetry, Space-Time Insight, Alvarion, Itron, Elster, Alstom, and Cooper Power Systems among others.
• The deal benefits both parties as Cisco has extended its existing developer support organization of 700 companies and 1,000 product solutions to its smart grid partners.
• Cisco’s software partners are also working more closely to package their platforms on gear in ways that help utilities make new technology operational.

From the article:

Cisco’s bid for smart grid networking kingpin status will be built as much on its partner and developer networking skills as on its grid routers and switches. After all, a network is only as good as the disparate technologies and platforms it tied together.

That’s the backdrop to Monday’s launch of the official “Connected Grid Cisco Developer Network,” which cements some deep ties between Cisco and a roster of smart grid partners like OSIsoft, Proximetry, Space-Time Insight, Alvarion, Itron, Elster, Alstom and Cooper Power Systems, to name a few. ...