Smart Grid Network Management Software offers cloud functionality.
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Cloud-based version of AmbientNMS® extensible network management system, which manages communications between grid devices and utility operations center, lets utilities add necessary computing resources to manage vital communications for smart grid applications. Integrated suite of software applications provides function for real-time grid monitoring and management. With individual configurations, users can adopt smart grid solutions and manage communications between their assets.
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Ambient Corporation Launches Cloud-Based Smart Grid Communications Network Management System
AmbientNMS in the cloud offers utilities flexibility to provision secure computing resources for mission critical applications in minutes.
NEWTON, Mass. – Ambient Corporation (NASDAQ: AMBT), provider of a secure, flexible, and scalable smart grid communications and applications platform, today launched the cloud-based version of AmbientNMS®, the extensible network management system that manages communications between grid devices and the utility operations center, and provides an integrated suite of software applications for real-time grid monitoring and management. The cloud-based variant of the AmbientNMS enables utilities to quickly and cost-effectively add the necessary computing resources to manage vital communications for smart grid applications, making use of the power and flexibility of infrastructure-as-a-service.
John J. Joyce, President and CEO of Ambient said, "Adding a cloud-based version of the AmbientNMS provides our customers with the ability to quickly adopt our smart grid solutions and manage communications between their assets. Using cloud services means that configurations can be chosen to suit each customer. This option from Ambient acknowledges that each utility's initial requirements are different and will develop at differing rates of over time."
"Flexibility, through providing choice of open, standards-based IP communications technologies for different applications and, now, in how to implement our versatile communications network management system, has always been central to our offering," said David Masters, CTO of Ambient Corporation. "Moreover, we intend to further develop how we offer our suite of applications -- outage management, power quality monitoring, and other software solutions -- to allow the utility to tailor our solutions to their particular requirements cost effectively."
For more information about Ambient's extensible communications and applications platform, please visit www.ambientcorp.com.
About Ambient Corporation
Ambient designs, develops and sells the Ambient Smart Grid® communications and applications platform. The Ambient Smart Grid products and services include communications nodes; a network management system, AmbientNMS®; integrated applications; and maintenance and consulting services. Using open standards-based technologies along with in-depth industry experience, Ambient provides utilities with solutions for smart grid initiatives. Headquartered in Newton, MA, Ambient is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: AMBT). More information on Ambient is available at www.ambientcorp.com.
Ambient, Ambient Smart Grid and AmbientNMS are registered trademarks of Ambient Corporation.
Ambient Smart Grid Node and Ambient MicroNode are trademarks of Ambient Corporation.
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