The City of Turlock has a population of more than 70,000 across a 17-square-mile service territory. The City of Turlock recognized changing water conditions and the need to take action to address impacts from California's drought to ensure future availability of water for residents. The city was interested in automating its meter reading and leak detection processes in support of conservation measures.

SCG wanted Itron to modernize and manage its Advanced Metering Infrastructure system, helping the company optimize the delivery of natural gas, improve customer service and streamline business operations. SCG wanted the system to be scaled for customer growth, providing hourly reads for all customers, and offer remote shutoff and enhanced security features.

Itron Total AMI offers utilities guaranteed data collection, improved utility operations and robust system- and data-level security for a predictable monthly fee.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent, not-for-profit, standardization organization in the telecommunications industry (equipment makers and network operators) in Europe. ETSI produces globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, converged, broadcast and internet technologies.We have a special role in Europe. This includes supporting European regulations and legislation through the creation of Harmonised European Standards. Only standards developed by the three ESOs (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI) are recognized as European Standards (ENs).We produce different types of standards to meet the different needs of business and society. These needs include:- facilitating trade- enabling economies and efficiencies- achieving interoperability- enhancing consumer protection and confidenceThe progress of innovation requires a balance between collaboration and competition. Standards provide a foundation to achieve this balance and help enable new technologies. We therefore maintain close links with the R&D community and academia and we support the development of new technologies through a variety of mechanisms.

Our strategy is to embrace the promise of the Internet of Things, Intelligent Autonomous Machines, and the creation of a Data Marketplace. We desire to create a consensus-based Alliance very focused on Smart Object Model definition for the distribution and alignment with existing formal and relevant standards development organizations. We do not want to create a standalone definition or one-off standard, but rather our work effort is to create a unified open viewpoint for large scale adoption.There is a market need and urgency for industry leadership in the definition of the next generation of Smart Objects and the IPSO Alliance is up to the challenge. No doubt, it is critical in this new era that we continue to drive towards openness and interoperability of Smart Objects, but also we need to drive towards a common understanding and method of identity and privacy.The IPSO Alliance is updating its charter to include new generation Smart Object definitions that contain a number of additional attributes for example: Immutable Identity Model, Protocol Model, Physical Model, Data Model, Resource Model, Service Model and Autonomous Model. These attributes, combined together with references to industry standards, define the next generation IPSO Smart Object Framework.The IPSO Alliance continues to a be focused special interest group (SIG) comprised of a diverse international membership of companies and non-profit organizations focused on developing the definition of this Smart Object Framework with an emphasis on the aspects of Identity and Privacy.

The IMC is comprised of companies providing solutions from all parts of the global Iot/M2M ecosystem as Sustaining Members. The organisation has brought together large-scale connectivity providers like AT&T and Deutsche Telekom, but also more dedicated network operators such as long-time industry players Aeris Communications and Kore Telematics. It includes systems integrators like Digi, but also equipment manufacturers like Telit, and chipware maker giants like Intel.The IMC is the largest and fastest-growing trade organisation in the IoT/M2M sector, with over 18,000 OEMs, enterprise users, and apps developers as members, and an average of 300 new members joining weekly. Key objectives include:- Awareness: promote powerful use-cases for IoT/M2M technology in industries like automotive, manufacturing, energy, healthcare, public infrastructure, retail, and more – making the benefits of connectivity highly visible to Adopters.- Research: learn more about the demographics and needs of Adopters that deploy connectivity – in functions as diverse as operations, IT, and product design – and in doing so, how best to address those needs.- Thought Leadership: provide platforms for IMC Sustaining Members to set the group agenda, communicate that agenda to a broad audience, create better channel relationships, and rightfully claim a position of industry leadership.- Policy: communicate consensus views about important issues, such as privacy and security in the IoT/M2M sector, with governments and other industry groups as those views pertain to regulations and standards.

Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe. With their positioning along the electrification value chain, Siemens has the knowhow that extends from power generation to power transmission, power distribution and smart grid to the efficient application of electrical energy.Featured Subsidiaries/ Business Units:- Digital Factory- Siemens Technology to Business (TTB)

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company. From Gulfstream business jets to submarines to wheeled combat vehicles to communications systems, people around the world depend on their products and services for their safety and security.Year founded: 1952NYSE: GD

Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. is a provider of automation and control technologies, and products. The Company's business segments are industrial automation, rail transportation, mechanical and electrical solutions, and miscellaneous. The Company's technologies are applied through its industrial automation solution suite, including the Distributed Control System (DCS), Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Real-time Management Information System (RMIS), HolliAS Asset Management System (HAMS), Operator Training System (OTS), HolliAS BATCH (Batch Application Package), HolliAS Advanced Process Control Package (APC Suite), Safety Instrumentation System (SIS), high-speed railway signaling system of Train Control Center (TCC), Automatic Train Protection (ATP), Subway Supervisory and Control platform, nuclear power non-safety automation and control system HolliAs-NMS DCS, and other products.