CTRM Center for CTRM Software and ETRM Software
Blog News Events Publications Directory Community Media ETTCenter

Vendor news & updates

As Previse Systems Grows – What Lays Behind its Success?

In a relatively short space of time Previse Systems has gained mind share in the industry, according to our latest vendor perception study, and already has more than twenty... continue reading

Ventriks Building a Comprehensive Data Ecosystem for Users, Says CEO

Richard Quigley co-founded Ventriks back in April 2020 and has made rapid progress in building a flexible, cloud-native solution for data management targeting the energy and commodities space. Ventriks... continue reading

VAKT Looks to 2025 as a Year of Expansion

2024 proved to be a good year for VAKT. In February of last year, it announced Tasja Botha as its new CEO who, at that time, told ComTech that... continue reading

HAKOM Sees Rising Importance of Data Management in the Energy and Commodity Industry

Data management is becoming an increasingly critical topic in the energy and commodity sectors. But is this solely due to the integration of AI applications into business processes? How... continue reading

ActiveViam Targets Commodities Trading & Risk with its Atoti Platform

Recently, we got a briefing and short demonstration from ActiveViam of its Atoti software. ActiveViam has quite a presence in the FinTech space with over 100 clients globally. With... continue reading

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

Loqsea Looks to Redefine Real-Time Risk Management in Commodities

Last week, I had a briefing and demonstration from Loqsea who have a mission to  “redefine real-time risk management and automated trading for commodity and derivatives markets,” with its... continue reading

Enuit COO Bullish on Market Developments

The next generation of Enuit’s EnTrade is shaping up well, according to Ganesh Natarjan, Enuit’s COO, who told me recently that it has been showing it to customers and... continue reading

DycoTrade Seeks to Broaden its customer base with its CTRM/CM Add on to MS Dynamics

DycoTrade is a name that we had long been familiar with and had some interactions with over the years, most notably speaking at one of its user groups in... continue reading

Brady’s Igloo ETRM SaaS Sought Out by Fund Investors

I have always been intrigued by hedge funds – especially those operating in commodities trading and twenty years ago even wrote a book on the topic for John Wiley... continue reading

Amphora Looking for Alchemists

It’s not that often that existing vendors build new solutions so when Amphora announced a new metals CTRM called Alchemy, I was all ears and obtained a briefing and... continue reading

VAKT Claims Some Serious Business Benefits for its Users

Now that VAKT has established its products through broader adoption, it has been able to establish some ROI’s and made these the focus of its new web presence. As... continue reading

TOPAZ: Sophisticated real-time multi-commodity risk management

The demand for external risk systems, alongside the risk management capabilities of CTRMs, is growing steadily. There are several reasons for this trend. First, real-time capabilities have become increasingly... continue reading

Aurora Systems Emerges as SaaS ETRM Supplier in Europe

New E/CTRM vendors continue to emerge. Often this is because people from the industry with experience believe that there is a better way, and they want to utilize new... continue reading

Vendor Perceptions Report Available Soon

Compiling this report is a massive and time consuming task and its one that we are not compensated for – ie we do it as basic research every two... continue reading

ComFin Came to Visit

It’s not very often I get visited in my hometown of Brno, Czechia by a client. In fact, I can count this rare occurrence on one hand and must... continue reading

FIS European Energy User Group Meeting

Last week, I attended the annual FIS European Energy User Group meeting, held in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, near the FIS office. The two-day event was well-attended by... continue reading

Why Your E/CTRM May Not be the Best Credit Tool for your Business

ComTech has long stated that C/ETRM is, in fact, a misnomer. It stands for Commodity Trading and Risk Management but over the years risk management has become increasingly complex... continue reading

Hitachi Energy Positions Around the Energy Transition

Hitachi Energy occupy an interesting position as a vendor from our perspective as analysts. In earlier versions of our published book on CTRM software, we highlighted the asset heavy... continue reading

Enuit Upbeat about Asia-Pacific Region

Enuit always has quite a presence in the Asia-Pacific region in our Vendor Perception Studies and so far, this year is no different (the report is in progress). Much... continue reading

Preparing for the Next Phase of Growth – Amphora

I recently spoke with Chris Mudry and David Glasspool of Amphora.  Over the last few years, since Chris took over, Amphora has seen some success in the market with... continue reading