Law & Lawyers

Point, Click, and Beware: What Utilities Should Know About the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act

How the new law can threaten system security—and bolster the case for open source software.

Neither this Agreement, nor any rights hereunder, may be assigned by operation of law or otherwise, in whole in part, by Client without the prior, written permission of [the software provider]. Any sale of more than fifty percent (50 percent) of the common voting stock of, or other right to control, Client shall be deemed an assignment. Any purported assignment without such permission shall be void.

Frontlines

Frontlines

Battle of Dunkirk

 

 

Utilities rush to save their last tenuous hold over the power plants they so smugly sold off.

Off Peak

Off Peak

November 15, 2000

Rx for IOUs: Slim Down

 

To an industry whose mantra of late has been "diversify and conquer," a prominent utilities consultant has some startling advice: Slim down and focus on your core strengths.