As many people are forced to work from home, there has been quite a bit of discussion over whether or not this is a good thing, a bad thing or makes no real difference. Well, now we have a better idea as to what it means because Kaspersky...
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Last week, Patrick and I had an update from Mark Ayzenberg of Beacon Platform who had also just sent over an announcement regarding a new partnership with Gasum. According to that announcement, Gasum had been “looking to expand the range of products they can trade, but were finding...
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North American CTRM software markets were probably the most impacted in 2020. Not only was COVID-19 and the lockdowns an issue but the collapse of the oil price around the same time added an additional and unexpected challenge. Understandably, budgets were tightened considerably for software and consulting in...
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CTRM Cloud is a relatively new entrant into the CTRM space, having been actively selling their product only since early 2019. As a start-up, their leadership team had made the strategic decision to focus their sales and marketing efforts toward the power markets, believing that a cloud-based solution...
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Just recently, a number of smaller vendors with cloud CTRM solutions have been reporting strong demand. Fendahl is another vendor that has seen an upswing in demand for its CTRM software recently. “We signed three new deals last month alone,” said Henry Thornally of Fendahl. These were a...
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The UK Government recently decided to ensure that larger companies report climate risk and will mandate climate risk disclosure in the next 5-years.“We’re announcing the UK’s intention to mandate climate disclosures by large companies and financial institutions across our economy, by 2025, going further than recommended by the Task...
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Gen10 seem to be thriving with remote implementations under these trying lockdown conditions. Richard Williamson, CEO of Gen10, was in a good mood when we spoke last week. “Four new deals,” he said. “And two of them already implemented remotely.” The deals he refers to are across the...
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During the summer, I got a string of emails from various ‘publications’ telling me ComTech had been selected as the best analyst firm in the industry and that if I would just pay $10,000, we would be awarded the title along with full coverage in the ‘magazine’ and...
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For Belgium-based EGSSIS, the first lockdown passed better than expected according to Dries Lamont, Chief Growth Officer. The company was up and running from day 1 from home offices. “Business did slow down, and a lot of prospects put things on ice,” he said. “Some are now picking...
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Last week, I had an update from Igloo Trading Solutions (Igloo), the UK-based ETRM software vendor. Igloo’s Dale Emmerson told me that it is also experiencing high demand. “We have closed two new clients in the last two weeks. One was a UK supplier and the other a...
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