We’re seeking your participation in a new research effort by Commodity Technology Advisory. This new project looks at the impacts and implications of low priced energy commodities as they relate to ETRM system use, utility and value. Though oil prices have recently risen off their 13 year low...
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With the market for ETRM/CTRM software now almost 25 years old, I find it interesting to look back at the litany of vendors and products that have succeeded, disappeared or have simply hung around over that time. While the few earliest solutions that were available in what has...
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Yahoo announced last month that they’re ending support of their legacy versions of their IM product, Yahoo Instant Messenger, and after August 5 will only support their web-based version. Unfortunately, for global oil traders who have for almost 2 decades used Yahoo IM as one their two default...
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We’re seeking your participation in a new research effort by Commodity Technology Advisory. This new project looks at the impacts and implications of low priced energy commodities as they relate to ETRM system use and value. Though energy prices have recently risen off their 13 year low set...
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I’ve been a follower of John Sodergreen’s publications for years. Under the banner of Scudder Publishing, his market reports, including The Desk (which launched in 1998), were always chock-full of solid market information and analysis that touched on almost all aspects of the energy markets including natural gas...
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Paragon Energy Software joins the 2016 CTRM Conference as a Bronze sponsor. We very much appreciate their support. As they note on their website, “(Paragon) is comprised of industry experts who each have an average of over 15 years of experience in energy trading and risk management, our...
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In this edition of Conversations with Leaders in CTRM, Patrick Reames talks with Mr. Richard Quigley, CEO of DataGenic and Mr. Eric Fishhaut, President – Americas, DataGenic, about the company’s expansion into the North American markets and recent developments within their business....
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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 gas prices, there is little question that in the long run, LNG trading will be a vital and growing...
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Last week I also spoke to Slovak ETRM vendor MicroStep HDO who are in fact, right on my doorstep! Microstep HDO employ around 60 staff but it is a part of the larger (250+ MicroStep company. MicroStep HDO, based in Bratislava, has three branches of which one deals...
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The blurring of the boundaries between traditional ERP and CTRM is something that interests ComTech at the moment. The emergence of the SAP Commodity Management product line combined with the growing success of vendors such as DycoTrade who leverage the MS Dynamix platform, is strong evidence indeed that...
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