As analysts, we recognize that good market intel regarding technology and vendors can come directly from the employment market. We asked Carl Vellenoweth to give us some insights into those trends. It’s very pleasing to see that many of the trend......
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By Aviv Handler, ETR Advisory With the MiFID[1] II deadline now more than 3 months past (the rules started in 3rd January 2018), life seems to have become quieter on the regulatory front. In the past years we have gotten used to looming deadlines, span......
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Recently, I took a short briefing from Mr. Hugo Stappers of Pioneer Solutions to catch up with the company’s activities specifically in Europe. The recent Vendor Perception Study suggested that Pioneer Solutions have made some progress in terms of name recognition in Europe in recent years. I learned...
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Last week, Agiboo unveiled its new Agiblocks by subscription strategy. The concept is actually simplicity itself in that users can sign up for various levels of service on the web and for a simple, all-inclusive monthly fee. The entry price is just 179Eur/month/user for its standard offer. There...
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ComTech is seeking your participation in a new survey and research effort – this new project looks at the impacts and implications of low-priced energy commodities as they relate to ETRM system use and value. Though oil prices have recently begun to rise off their 13 year low...
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ComTech’s latest report on market views and perceptions of CTRM technology vendors and solutions has just released and is available for download or online reading. This 2016 CTRM Vendor Perceptions Report reviews and analyzes the results of an on-line poll of non-vendor market participants conducted by ComTech over...
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COP21 was held in Paris last December, finding broad consensus on the need to cut emissions by the 196 parties attending COP21. However, it will not become legally binding unless 55 countries, whose CO2 emissions represent more than 55% of global CO2 emissions, sign it prior to 21st...
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After the collapse of the merchants, credit risk was the bogeyman of the energy sector. The collapse of Enron and other merchants really had the industry focused on credit and credit risk and looking for solutions. Around that time, a couple of vendors emerged in the form of...
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I try to use social media to do a spot of promotion of things we are doing but to be honest, I don’t really get it. Take Twitter for example – this seems to me like a bunch of people shouting short statements from mountain tops. OK if...
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Last week, I spent a couple of days in London and took the opportunity to catch up with a number of vendors including Allegro, Brady, OpenLink, Aspect and Generation 10. I also met our colleague – Aviv Handler. I learned quite a lot of course taking briefings from...
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