Investors in iControl include ADT, Charles River Ventures, Cisco, Comcast Interactive Capital, GE Security, Intel Capital and the Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers iFund.

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Many defense companies, like L-3, GE and Northrop Grumman have security divisions to advance these technologies.

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But look at the security business, which GE entered with fanfare after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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With support for a wide array of input and output options and a large number of protocols available in the industry including IEC 61850, DNP3.0, and IEC60870-5-104, GE has the ability to connect and integrate your power system equipment with virtually any HMI, SCADA or Energy Management System with the security, reliability and dependability you expect from GE.

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