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CubeLogic Sees Customer Satisfaction as a Key Metric

Customer satisfaction should be a key metric and focus for any software vendor. For CubeLogic, it is a key activity led by Global Account Management Director, Swati Kaushal and... continue reading

The Perfect Holiday Gift

With it coming up to the holidays, I can’t help myself and suggest that if you are looking for a stocking stuffer for a work colleague the you couldn’t... continue reading

A Bit of an Honor….Cititec Talent The 50 Leading Voices in Commodities

Its quite an honor to be on this prestigious list and pretty much a first for me to be mentioned in this way. I’m pretty much a head down... continue reading

Phlo System’s 40-Point Plan for Customer Success

For any CTRM/CM vendor, implementation and support can be a key differentiator. I recently spoke with Jasmine Assan of Phlo Systems about its implementation approach and much more. Jasmine... continue reading

CTRMRadio – The Podcast

ComTech innovated the Commodity Tech podcast several years ago with CTRMRadio. This year, we turned it into a video podcast as it had been and still is available in... continue reading

CTRM Vendor Funding Part 3 – Steve Hughes of Quor Eka Shares His Views on Private and PE firm Ownership.

Steve Hughes, now CEO at Quor Eka, is a something of a veteran when it comes to M&A with 25 M&A projects under his belt. For example, he ran... continue reading

ETRM / CTRM Transformation & Modernization Report

I had the opportunity to review a pre-release version of Molecule’s ETRM/CTRM Transformation & Modernization report which they have published today.  They compiled feedback from over 200 participants across... continue reading

2024 CTRM Sourcebook

ComTech Advisory LLC (ComTech) will publish a new, expanded version of the highly regarded and widely distributed CTRM Sourcebook last published in the 3rd quarter 2023. As with all... continue reading

Give Us Your Views On Energy Transition Technologies?

ComTech Advisory LLC is excited to announce the launch of the first survey focused on energy transition technologies. The survey aims to gather opinions and data on the adoption,... continue reading

Vendor Funding – The Ability to Innovate and Survive – Part 1

Over the last quarter century or so, as I have been directly involved in CTRM and related software, outside investment and M&A has been a consistent and ongoing theme.... continue reading

What Happened to Commodities News?

If you are a frequent visitor to CTRMCenter then you will know that we like to post a daily article of our own in the blog section and a... continue reading

Your VERY LAST Chance!

If you use or work with CTRM software then you will have your opinions on who and what is best in various areas like risk management, power, metals and... continue reading

Brady Veteran Relishes the evolution of ETRM implementation projects over the years.

Having spent almost 30-years in the energy and commodity trading software sector, I have seen many changes and have always emphasized the importance of history when looking at the... continue reading

Is Commodity Management Edging Out CTRM?

Commodity Management is essentially CTRM plus ERP functionalities to support the physical supply chain involved in moving and managing the commodity and we defined these terms a few years... continue reading

Thoughts on the Quor and ClearDox Partnering Announcement

Quor recently announced a partnership with ClearDox “to help organizations close the ‘automation gaps’ across the trading lifecycle.” According to the announcement, “the ClearDox intelligent applications leverage the latest... continue reading

Who Does the Market See as the Leader in CTRM?

Let’s get you opinion on that and other market leadership and buying criteria questions in our ongoing 2024 Vendor Perception Study. Non-vendor end user and consultants opinions are used... continue reading

Reminder – New Book On CTRM Software

Last year, we published a new book called – CTRM Software: an Analyst View of a Dynamic Software Market. Over the last month or so, I have had many... continue reading

Vendor Perception Study In Progress

So the vendor perception study is in progress in that we are asking users and consultants to fill out the survey that can be found here. The results –... continue reading

Have Your Say!

Just a reminder that we are conducting the survey part of our Vendor Perception Study that we produce every two years. The final report is FREE from this site... continue reading

Developing CTRM Expertise

I’m just back from the annual pilgrimage to E-World and will be writing more on that show later as will Irina. One theme I hear there talking to many... continue reading

When the Vendor Isn’t Apparently Interested!

This will be my annual rant about vendor websites and responses. You see, I’m doing a product market sweep project right now and so I get to experience what... continue reading