Buyers of CTRM systems are clearly, and increasingly, interested in adopting web-delivered solutions and as such, the marketing terminology being used in this market has changed. CTRM vendors now commonly say their software is “web-enabled”, “web-deliv......
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We have often heard from CTRM vendors touting their ability to handle multiple commodities and commodity types in a single platform, spanning from energies such as natural gas, hydrocarbon liquids, and power, to metals including base metals, ores and c......
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I recently had the chance to catch-up with Randy Wilson, CEO of Houston-based Aquilon. For those that aren’t yet familiar with the company, Aquilon provides an invoice settlement/reconciliation platform – called the Energy Settlements Network &#......
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ComTech Advisory just released our 2019 CTRM Market Sizing, Trend and Outlook report. In that report, we have forecast the 2019 CTRM Market will close the year at $1.7B, including vendor software, implementation services and the value of home-built or ......
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Scheduling and tracking crude and refined products has always been a difficult task. Disparate systems, many with differing views of the transaction (contract vs. trade vs. movements) and lack of integration – from pipeline bulletin boards to various ......
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Capco, the global scale technology consulting firm focused in the financial services and energy markets, announced late last week that they were acquiring Houston-based ATOM Solutions, an IT consultancy focused on ETRM/CTRM and related technologies. I......
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As we noted in this blog, the co-founder and CEO of Trilogy Effective Software Solutions (Trilogy) and longtime industry veteran, Dick Couron, passed away suddenly several weeks ago. In light of his passing, we recently reached out to Jeremy Frye, pres......
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I recently had the chance to visit with Kenneth Hall, CEO, and Richard Pinos, Head of Customer Success at nGenue, a retail natural gas solutions provider. nGenue traces their origins back to Lloret Data Systems, a company started by Mark Lloret in the......
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I recently had the opportunity to visit with Mr. Jay Bhatty, CEO and founder of Houston-based NatGasHub.com (NatGasHub). NatGasHub is a natural gas scheduling service/tool that helps streamline what is otherwise a very labor intensive, and potentially......
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In the last couple of weeks, we’ve had numerous people ask us what we thought ION’s strategy might be? Are they out to corner the market for trading solutions servicing energy and commodity companies? And now, with the acquisition of Allegro, had they ......
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