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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Back in the early 90’s, I had just been hired as VP, Services for TransGas Management (TransEnergy – eventually acquired by Altra and now part of FIS/Sungard as part of their acquisitions). It took me no more than a couple of days to establish that this fledging ETRM...
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Back in the days when I was a VP of Marketing, things were relatively straight forward if you wanted to get a message out. You paid one of a couple of outlets to promote your press announcement, you targeted a readily identifiable set of media – all print,...
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The survey for the 2016 Vendor Perceptions study is doing quite well but if you haven’t filled out our short survey and given us your input, now is the time. You can find the survey here. We particularly need responses from people in North America, Ags and Softs...
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The survey for the 2016 Vendor Perceptions study is doing quite well but if you haven’t filled out our short survey and given us your input, now is the time. You can find the survey here. We particularly need responses from people in North America, Ags and Softs...
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I’ve had two different conversations this week with people I’ve not spoken to before – each worked in a mid-level role with different solutions vendors. Both noted that they followed our research, whitepapers, etc, and this blog. One intimated that they would like to see their name in...
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I’ve been reminded by LinkedIn that February marked the 3 year anniversary of Commodity Technology (ComTech) Advisory LLC. First, I want to say thanks to the dozens of my contacts on LinkedIn that sent along their good wishes. I really do appreciate the kind words. Since launching the...
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As our readers are surely aware, FIS announced their intention to acquire SunGard back in August of last year, with the deal having closed in November. I had the opportunity to spend a few minutes on the phone recently with Dr. Marcus Seiser (formerly head of SunGard Energy...
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As our readers are surely aware, FIS announced their intention to acquire SunGard back in August of last year, with the deal having closed in November. I had the opportunity to spend a few minutes on the phone recently with Dr. Marcus Seiser (formerly head of SunGard Energy...
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