So the vendor perception study is in progress in that we are asking users and consultants to fill out the survey that can be found here. The results – the resulting report – will be available as a free download from this site. The vendor perception study is...
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Yesterday, we posted an all new CTRMRadio podcast in which we made a few announcements. Importantly and excitingly, we announced our new practice area – Energy Transition Technologies (ETT). This practice will be led and be the focus of Irina Reitgruber – affiliate analyst at ComTech and will...
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I recently had a conversation with Harshad Kolpyakwar, the head of Energy Business at FIS®, and he was proud to share our 2023 successes in supporting our Energy sector clients. Energy companies have a wide array of options when it comes to FIS solutions, but there are three...
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Last week I spoke, for the first time, to Square Four SA, a Geneva-based vendor (it markets the Nova Trading System) that has long been on our radar screen. Square Four SA has been in business since 2001 and was conceived even prior to that date, I was...
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It’s not a new concept but the details are complex and intriguing. If technical issues are solved VPPs could be a significant, even game changing factor in the energy mix providing additional capacity and helping to distribute load both at local and national scales. What’s a VPP? The...
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I spoke with Jan van den Brom this morning to learn that Agiboo had been acquired by Cultura. It will, he told me, continue as a Agiboo autonomously but will be able to leverage the corporate services of Cultura – something that Jan told me he is looking...
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It seems that times are good in the world of E/CTRM and most, if not, all vendors are reporting that they are very busy fielding inquiries. This was certainly true for Phlo Systems when I spoke with them earlier this week. According to Head of Sales, Mark Ferguson,...
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LEAD Consult was at E-World with a sizeable booth and so this week, I connected with the principals – Alexander Nikolov and Dragomir Stanchev – to learn more about their consulting business. It is specialized in providing business and IT consulting services in the energy and financial sectors,...
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Last week, I met with the new CEO of AgFlow, Sacha Prost, who has now been onboard around 6-months. His vision for the business is that AgFlow should become the leading agribusiness market intelligence company that helps its users do their jobs smartly and optimally. One of the...
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It had been sometime since we had had a briefing from VAKT. It was formed in 2018 by a group of oil majors, traders, and trade finance providers. Its founding partners had seen a problem that they believed required their collective action: the physical post trade process was...
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