Silver Spring Networks, headquartered in San Jose, California, was a provider of smart grid products, with offices in Australia, Singapore, Brazil, and the United Kingdom.

[2][3][4] Besides communications devices, Silver Spring Networks developed software for utilities and customers to improve energy efficiency.

[5] Silver Spring Networks was founded in July 2002 as Real Time Techomm in Butler, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.

On July 7, 2011, Silver Spring Networks filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise up to $150 million in an initial public offering.

[17] In October 2009 Silver Spring acquired Greenbox Technology, and developed its web-based software into a product called CustomerIQ.