The energy data provision and management markets are very competitive. Having observed the market over the last several years, we’ve noticed that many of the vendors have struggled to... continue reading
The news coming out of Trayport Contigo remains buoyant. In a conversation yesterday with Trayport Contigo’s head of sales and business development functions, Mr. Tim Rogers, he indicated that... continue reading
Recently, I received a call from someone I had last seen in Houston, Texas several years ago. Apparently, he too had decided to head back to Europe and was... continue reading
Global solutions provider, Aspect, helped to pioneer ETRM software delivered in the cloud 15 years ago. The company continues to add customers and functionality to its product and has... continue reading
Brady PLC announced its preliminary results for 2014 this morning. Brady PLC CEO, Mr. Gavin Lavelle, briefed me on Friday regarding Brady’s performance and forward business strategy in advance... continue reading
For some time, ComTech had been aware of a German vendor of recycling software called tegos but just recently, we noted that the company had brought a new solution... continue reading
A week or so ago, I talked to Mr. Mark Taylor and Mr. David Hirst of VuePoint Solutions. VuePoint is a software development company based in Hampshire, England that... continue reading
Last week I visited with a client in Budapest (I love my job!). Budapest is a truly beautiful city with its own culture. Hungary seems like many Central and... continue reading
It is always a pleasure to talk to Richard Quigley, CEO of Datagenic and recently, I asked him a few questions partly as an update to a video interview... continue reading
I had the chance yesterday to visit with David Klien, head of a new data offerings from EnerKnol, a company who is described on their website as providing “U.S.... continue reading
New vendors (to us anyway) emerge periodically. Most usually, they are in the Ags and Softs space and often based somewhere in Asia – but not always. Recently, the... continue reading
Singapore-based JustCommodity is coming off a record year according to its CEO, Mr. Joel Lou. The software vendor has been growing by more than 30% year on year over... continue reading
We’ve recently begun preparation of our 2015 CTRM Global Market Size report and are in the process of collecting data from both private and public sources to ensure as... continue reading
For the last couple of days, Patrick and I were in Essen for E-World. As usual, the trade show was huge (bigger even?) and attendance seemed very good –... continue reading
It’s just over a year or so ago since Birmingham-based ETRM vendor Contigo was acquired by Trayport to become Trayport Contigo. As that anniversary approached, I ask Mr. Tim Rogers,... continue reading
I recently spoke with the founders of a newly launched recruitment firm in the form of Commoditas Partners – Carl Vellenoweth, Manager Director and Chris Scott, Director. Commoditas Partners... continue reading
Paris-based Logaviv has been in business over 20-years and got its start developing software for commodity brokerage management for a physical broker client. In 1994, when the exchange opened... continue reading
On the 21st January a surprise announcement entered my email. It was from Dycotrade’s Managing Director, Mr. Ouko Reitsema regarding a merger with TKF Mercator. I was surprised on... continue reading
As you may know, at ComTech we track more than 80 vendors of ETRM / CTRM technology around the globe. While many are well-known names in the industry, those... continue reading
Last week, I caught up with Austrian ETRM software vendor – ComFin – and I spoke with Mr. Gerald Neher (CEO) and Mr. Daniel Gallar (Bus. Dev.). The most... continue reading
Though the LNG markets are in a current state of flux, with a slowing global economy reducing overall energy consumption and low crude prices putting downward pressure on liquefied... continue reading
