| | December 20146CIOReviewCopyright © 2014 CIOReview, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewDECEMBER - 30 - 2014CIOReview's circulation is audited and certified by BPA International (Audit Pending). Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 December 30 - 2014, volume SE 36 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Editor-in-Chief Pradeep ShankarEditorial StaffSalesT:510.565.7564 VisualizersStephen ThomasArpita GhoshEnergy Technology SpecialCIOReviewAlex D'SouzaJoe PhilipMatthew JacobSonia SacharAaron PierceJenna VegasJoshua Parker Shashikanth PeetlaCharles Mathewcharles@cioreview.comImmaculate D'souzaimmaculate@cioreview.comPeter Jonespeter@cioreview.comUrmi SenguptaThe energy industry is in constant business transformati on. Today we are seeing a revoluti on in the energy sector like never before. Energy companies have to be fl exible and rapidly adapt to market conditi ons due to geopoliti cal changes, regulatory requirements, highly volati le market prices, and a changing supply-and-demand patt ern. Today's energy value chain is a linear sequence of resource fi nding, extracti on, conversion into diff erent energy types, distributi on, and consumpti on by end customers. For decades this value chain has been push-driven from the supply side. Over the last few years, many energy companies have put a lot of eff ort to move to a more pull-oriented business by leveraging technology tools to capture and analyze data from the demand side. The future energy value chain will put the customer at the center of the business. The emergence of vast amounts of new data, from smart meters to digital instrumentati on, is presenti ng both an opportunity and a challenge within the energy industry. Energy companies will conti nue to invest in enhancing the customer experiences that deliver bett er, faster service using mobile and social media platf orms. Internet of Things has created buzz across several industries. In the case of energy industry too, IoT can have big impact by driving energy effi ciencies around the world, from buildings to citi es and countries. IoT will also make the grid smart, and connect home devices to the uti lity company, making the energy sector more effi cient. IoT can play a signifi cant role in reducing the enormous amount of wasted energy across industries and geographies. CIOs are looking for innovati ve technology soluti ons to improve business effi ciencies--and there is no dearth of such soluti ons in the market. In this issue we feature 20 most promising Energy Technology soluti on providers. Over the last few months, our editorial team evaluated several technology companies. The chosen 20 are the ones who help customers in the energy sector to opti mize their technology investments and deploy new capabiliti es. Hope this list will help you in formalizing strategies for your organizati on. Pradeep Shankar Editor-in-Chief editor@cioreview.comTech-driven Energy Revolution Editorial
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