Hugo Stappers remains excited by the opportunities presented via Hitachi Energy post the acquisition of Pioneer a while ago when I caught up with him to see how things... continue reading
Last week, we had an interesting briefing from FIS regarding its strategy for tackling the sizeable oil and gas software marketplace – particularly in North America. The market for... continue reading
Like many businesses, SAP has shuttered its Russian operations in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has also carefully monitored developments because of the war and sees... continue reading
We need your help and opinions…. in return, we will issue an informative report and it is FREE. We are looking at trends in commodity risk via this short... continue reading
In our recently issued market assessment and sizing, we highlighted what we thought might be a short to medium-term increase in demand for CTRM solutions for coal. Our thinking... continue reading
ComFin in Vienna is a software vendor that has been around for quite some time. Originally serving the liquid hydrocarbon markets with a software product called The Bulldog, it... continue reading
Many of the vendors in the CTRM and CM software space use LinkedIn for product marketing. Recently, I noted some short announcements there by ION Commodities and so I... continue reading
I have found myself telling people around me to expect food shortages later this year and to perhaps even slowly stock up on non-perishables and grow their own food.... continue reading
NavitaSoft is eyeing the smaller player energy market in Europe with its ETRM software suite, Kornel Balogh told me last week. He was the second person that week to... continue reading
We quite often read about a commodities super cycle. The investment bankers seem particularly fond of the term. But does that translate into a CTRM software super cycle as... continue reading
FIS has reorganized and Irina Reitgruber now has global responsibility for energy which resides within the Treasury/Risk area of the business, she told me. Many different business units were... continue reading
For Enuit, in the Asia-Pacific region, it is business as usual, says Winson Low, VP of APAC operations. “We have plenty of inquiries and proposals and many of the... continue reading
Commodities People is sponsoring our Trends in Commodity Risk research project along with Amphora and the Nasdaq Market Technology Division. Commodities People will also support the study by polling... continue reading
Amphora continues to enjoy strong interest and has signed another two oil traders in the last month for a total of three new customers this year according to David... continue reading
Current energy conditions in the GB market are in the news daily, muses David Calmonson of Enegen, yet they encourage more companies to look at the balancing mechanism as... continue reading
There is a growing emphasis on optimizing supply chains, the rising cost of transportation especially at sea, and transportation optimization, as well as a lot of attention being paid... continue reading
Recently, Commodity Technology Advisory began research into the trends in Commodity Risk Management (kindly sponsored by Amphora and the Nasdaq Market Technology Division). This activity alerted David Thambiratnam of... continue reading
This week, I had a chance to catch up with Enuit’s Chief Product Officer, David Rao, and ask about Enuit’s plans in terms of new enhancements and to hear... continue reading
Simon Wheeler, CEO of Energy One Europe, sees a robust software market for Contigo, eZ-nergy and EGSSIS so far this year but is also being kept busy with a... continue reading
Last October, Brady acquired Igloo and in that same month, we spoke with CEO, Bernard Delahaye who told us, “Brady has decided to invest in building a new program... continue reading
Fendahl has built up quite a backlog of sales and Henry Thornalley of Fendahl tells me that this will see it issue a number of significant announcements regarding new... continue reading