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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
