I had the opportunity to visit with Paragon Energy Software a couple of weeks ago to catch-up on the latest developments in the energy credit space and find out... continue reading
Just a reminder…ComTech will close the survey effort for the vendor perception study at the end of April, so there is just a few days left to share your... continue reading
I was in Dallas last week to visit with the team at Allegro, including Paul French, the company’s new CMO, Samantha Johnston, VP of Marketing and Michael Hinton, Allegro‘s... continue reading
While in the Netherlands last week, I also took a trip to visit with Agiboo in Almere just outside of Amsterdam. There, I had lunch with Jan van den... continue reading
ComTech will close the survey part of the vendor perception study at the end of April meaning that there isn’t much time left for you to give your opinions... continue reading
As first and foremost a marketeer myself, readers will know that I follow changes and trends in vendor marketing quite closely. I have previously remarked about the massively increased... continue reading
Last week, I attended the Dycotrade Customer event in Rotterdam. It was held at the private Royal Maas Yacht Club and included around 45 customers and partners of the... continue reading
ComTech issued the CTRM for Agricultural & Soft Commoditiess research report last week and it is now available for download. The study was sponsored by Agiboo, Allegro, Aspect, Brady... continue reading
Brady PLC released its interim full year results for 2015 recently and in line with expectations, revenues were off 7% adjusted for currency, as a result of weaker market... continue reading
In light of Amphora’s recent press release touting the “reloaded” company, I visited today with Don Levantin, Amphora’s CEO and Rick Nelson, their president, to find out more about... continue reading
Talking about marketing in the modern era, I recently received an email from TRADESPARENT providing me an update on its activities. Emails are obviously another good way to inform... continue reading
OpenLink has become the first sponsor of the 2016 CTRMConference at the Gold level. OpenLink was also a major sponsor of the CTRM Conference last year and we thank... continue reading
Recently, I was approached by another relatively new vendor called Inatech. Inatech is a Glencore company and, as stated on its website, “As part of their Oil division, Inatech... continue reading
The survey for the 2016 Vendor Perceptions study is doing quite well but if you haven’t filled out our short survey and given us your input, now is the... continue reading
Over the last 12-months or so, OpenLink has announced a string of (for it) rather untypical license deals in the middle tier in European power and gas, including firms... continue reading
A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to get an update from UK-based vendor Utilidex via Mike McCloskey, Director and Co-founder of the company. Utilidex provides an integrated... continue reading
ComTech is tracking around 90 vendors that have solutions in the ETRM and CTRM space and this number isn’t getting any smaller. Last week at E-World, we ‘discovered’ a... continue reading
We have posted our newly updated list of CTRM consultants and systems integrators. This new list includes the addition of several firms since the last version. We are now also... continue reading
As our readers are surely aware, FIS announced their intention to acquire SunGard back in August of last year, with the deal having closed in November. I had the... continue reading
I had a briefing this week with InstaNext, a US-based provider of tech solutions for companies that trade, procure, produce or transform commodities. The company, in business about 3... continue reading
Knowing that only a few E/CTRM software license deals ever get publicized, analysis of disclosed licensing data might well be an exercise in futility. Nonetheless, the analyst in me... continue reading