Jan van den Brom has seen interest surge over the usually quiet summer months “Interest is up 300-400% through July and August’, he said. The demand is not just coming from prospective customers but from existing customers as well as they extend use of Agiblocks to other departments...
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Periodically, I read articles about a new breed of independent workers who were fortunate enough to combine business with location and lifestyle called ‘digital nomads’. It wasn’t lost on me that this is an apt description of myself as all I need is an internet connection and I...
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I recently had a conversation with Mr. Sanjit Paul, of iRely for a general catch up and to see how things were going over at iRely. iRely has been around for 30-years or so, providing Commodity Management and other solutions to the global market from offices located on...
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It is that time of the year when we receive emails from various media outlets telling us its our ‘lucky day’. We have been selected as one of the top 10 analyst firms in the industry and if we just cough up $5000 (or some similar amount), we...
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Recently, the Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) in China issued an interesting notice essentially calling state-owned businesses to coordinate, integrate, and digitalize their management systems to ensure both quality and security. It also encouraged them to accelerate their move to an ‘international standard’ while emphasizing the...
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A few weeks ago, Amphora announced a deal in China with China Zhenhua Oil, one of the largest crude oil importers in China. According to Ivan O’Toole, Head of Sales & Marketing for Amphora, Amphora has followed this up with a couple of more wins in metals and...
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ComTech often gets ask to participate in various webinars in the industry including by various vendors. We are usually delighted to participate by using our analysis and research to help set the scene. Next week on September 9th, I will be doing exactly that in a Gen10 organized...
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For Hugo Stappers at Pioneer, while much seems to be changing in the CTRM world, some things have not. Though he sees strong levels of demand and a solid flow of RRI’s and RFPs – both from Europe and the US, small and large companies – the sales...
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I am still busy doing the analysis and writing up the Vendor Perception Report. We hope to issue it late next month and it will be a beast of a report. We had a record response and so we have been able to dissect it in ways we...
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It is an unusual summer and it is 2020… so perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised at the continuing swathe of new deal announcements? While I was away, Amphora made a big announcement regarding the signing of China Zhenhua Oil, one of the largest crude oil importers in China....
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