Post DistribuTECH Thoughts: Partnerships

May 1, 2010

The week of DistribuTECH 2010 proved to be a very fruitful one for Tendril. The launch of our new Vision in-home display at the show received great response from attendees. We also announced two key strategic partnerships, with Utility Integration Solutions (UISOL) and Landis+Gyr, that we are really excited about. I believe that such strategic partnerships are key to building the momentum the entire industry needs to realize the Smart Grid on a large scale.

Our strategic partnership with UISOL allows us to integrate our two companies’ product and service capabilities for Energy Management and Demand Response. The result is a full end-to-end Demand Response solution that is open, standards-based and provides a level of utility and customer functionality and interoperability that has not been available to the market until now.

In the same week Tendril and Landis+Gyr announced a licensing agreement that allows joint marketing of Tendril’s portfolio of Residential Energy Management products to utilities using Landis+Gyr’s advanced metering systems.Tendril’s hardware and software solutions for Residential Energy Management are already in use by multiple Landis+Gyr advanced metering customers. This agreement will promote further development of Smart Grid solutions, such as in-home energy monitors, thermostats and software – specifically for Landis+Gyr utility customers. This agreement is designed to deepen the integration between the complementary solutions, and provide a broadened AMI system offering for efficient Energy Management and Demand Response.

I am excited to continue pursuing strategic partnerships with other firms who are providing complementary capabilities and intelligent solutions for the future.