Here Come the Open Smart Grid Software Players

 
Now that the smart grid appears to be settling around Internet Protocol and a future based on the desire for open standards, software developers are emerging and taking a crack at making applications that are interoperable over various networks and can enhance the power grid. For example, smart grid software developer Grid2Home, a year-old company, emerged this morning with its first round of seed funding from Granite Ventures.  Grid2Home’s execs have deep roots in the wireless world — from Qualcomm to Texas Instruments — and have approached the smart grid in much the same way you’d see a traditional wireless network software company. The company makes a software platform that can be used by developers to connect various devices across numerous smart grid networks, and Grid2Home licenses the software to chip companies, smart energy device makers, electric vehicle charging companies and car companies.    

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