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In $8M deal, Sensus takes smart grid down to your toaster

Under a licensing deal with a U.K. firm, Raleigh-based Sensus will be able to offer its utility customers the ability for individuals to monitor power use in their homes by device. They can do it with a mobile app or from PC.

In the news: Axial Exchange, SciQuest, Cree, Sensus, lupus survey

Axial Exchange goes 'cloud;' Los Angeles picks SciQuest; Cree adds more LEDs; Sensus in smart grid deal; lupus impact understated, survey finds.

Lenovo using new Intel chip?; Google's smart glasses; Red Hat's cloud formula; new Sensus grid deal; Cree share target up; Comcast goes streaming.

Inside the Bulldog Blog: Lenovo reportedly putting Intel's new chip in smart phones; Google to offer glasses with heads-up data display; Red Hat's "open cloud" plans; Sensus wins Grand Cayman project; analysts boost Cree stock; Comcast to offer streaming.

Sensus CEO can tout smart grid from comforts of home

The Wake Forest residence of Peter Mainz, the chief executive at the global provider of technology and services for utility firms, is the latest to be added to Wake Electric Membership Corporation's growing smart grid.

Sensus CEO Peter Mainz now has a smart meter.

Sensus meters under fire; HP woes help Red Hat; Quintiles top Asia CRO; Metabolon accreditation

Bulldog Blog headlines: Sensus' smartmeters are taking criticism in New York; HP's woes are boosting Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Quintiles is named best CRO in Asia; Metabolon receives accreditation from medical group.

Smart metering firm Sensus up for sale?

According to a Reuters report, Raleigh-based Sensus has asked Credit Suisse to find a buyer. Price could be $1 billion.

Sensus forms one organization for North American business

The company also names some new executives as it gears for growth in the smart meter markets.

Smart metering makes big $ense for Sensus – Revenues soar

The Raleigh-based firm has a record quarter for revenue at $260 million and also reports a record high order backlog of $134 million.

Sensus expands management team with chief people officer post