RTI Presents "Standards for Autonomous and Secure Microgrids" Complimentary Webinar

Duke Energy Joins RTI to Discuss Emerging Microgrid Interoperability Standards

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—March 17, 2015—Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the Industrial Internet of Things connectivity platform company, today announced it is hosting a complimentary webinar, "Standards for Autonomous and Secure Microgrids" in partnership with Duke Energy, one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S. This live event will explore how emerging microgrid interoperability standards can accelerate software and device development while reducing integration costs for utilities.

The U.S. power grid is changing. Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) require responsive, distributed control at the edge of the grid. DERs create new challenges in scalability and reliability, while increasing the network footprint exposed to cyber threats.

Stuart Laval, Manager of Technology Development at Duke Energywill review Duke Energy's lessons learned on interoperability and introduce its Distributed Intelligence Platform reference architecture and the Open Field Message Bus (OpenFMB) framework. He will also explain how these relate to other traditional standards including DNP3, IEC 61850, and Modbus.

David Barnett, Vice President of Products and Markets at RTI, will introduce the Data Distribution Service (DDS) interoperability standard. DDS is a core component of Duke Energy's reference architecture platform because of its unique ability to support demanding performance and security requirements.

Additional details on the event can be found below.

Event Details

What: "Standards for Autonomous and Secure Microgrids" complimentary webinar
When: Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. PT/11:00 a.m. ET
Who: David Barnett, Vice President of Products and Markets, RTI and Stuart Laval, Manager of Technology Development, Duke Energy

For more information and to register for this free event, please visit: http://bit.ly/1Ce7Agr

About RTI

RTI provides the connectivity platform for the Industrial Internet of Things.

Our RTI Connext^® messaging software forms the core nervous system for smart, distributed applications. RTI Connext DDS allows devices to intelligently share information and work together as one integrated system. RTI was named "The Most influential Industrial Internet of Things Company" in 2014 by Appinions and published in Forbes.

Our customers span the breadth of the Internet of Things, including medical, energy, mining, air traffic control, trading, automotive, unmanned systems, industrial SCADA, naval systems, air and missile defense, ground stations, and science. The total value of system designs that trust RTI for their fundamental architecture exceeds $1 trillion.

RTI is committed to open standards, open community source and open architecture. RTI provides the leading implementation of the Object Management Group (OMG) Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard.

RTI is the world's largest embedded middleware provider, privately held and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.