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Updating the Evolution of the Vendor Landscape

I always find this chart useful in visualizing the M&A activity in the CTRM vendor space over the last 13 years. (click to enlarge the image)               With the SunGard’s recent purchase of Energeya, and with Allegro now entering the consolidation fray...
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Updating the Evolution of the Vendor Landscape

I always find this chart useful in visualizing the M&A activity in the CTRM vendor space over the last 13 years. (click to enlarge the image)               With the SunGard’s recent purchase of Energeya, and with Allegro now entering the consolidation fray...
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Updating the Evolution of the Vendor Landscape

With the SunGard’s recent purchase of Energeya, and with Allegro now entering the consolidation fray with their acquisition of Just Commodity, we may be starting to see deals flow again after a somewhat quiet 18 to 24 months. While there is clearly a bit of slump continuing in...
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STOP PRESS – Allegro Acquires JustCommodity

Allegro announced this morning that it has acquired JustCommodity, the leading Asia-Pacific vendor of CTRM software specifically in the Ags and Softs arena. This is the first acquisition by Allegro which until now, had grown organically. See the press announcement. More later. The post STOP PRESS – Allegro...
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STOP PRESS – Allegro Acquires JustCommodity

Allegro announced this morning that it has acquired JustCommodity, the leading Asia-Pacific vendor of CTRM software specifically in the Ags and Softs arena. This is the first acquisition by Allegro which until now, had grown organically. See the press announcement. More later. The post STOP PRESS – Allegro...
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2015 CTRM Conference Taking Shape

We are very pleased to announce that Chris Seiple, Genscape’s Managing Director of Power who comes with a wealth of experience in the power data field will be one of the key speakers at the CTRM Conference in late October in London. Chris will speak on the topic  How can proprietary,...
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2015 CTRM Conference Taking Shape

We are very pleased to announce that Chris Seiple, Genscape’s Managing Director of Power who comes with a wealth of experience in the power data field will be one of the key speakers at the CTRM Conference in late October in London. Chris will speak on the topic  How can proprietary,...
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Catching Up With Agiboo

Earlier this week, Agiboo announced that Tereos Commodities had selected its Agiblocks CTRM software. Tereos is the world’s fifth-largest sugar group, and is specialized in processing sugar beet, sugar cane and cereals. It also has leading positions in the markets for alcohol (No. 1 in Europe and No....
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Catching Up With Agiboo

Earlier this week, Agiboo announced that Tereos Commodities had selected its Agiblocks CTRM software. Tereos is the world’s fifth-largest sugar group, and is specialized in processing sugar beet, sugar cane and cereals. It also has leading positions in the markets for alcohol (No. 1 in Europe and No....
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Remembering Jon Arnold…..

Today, I was looking up an old colleague in order to make a connection to him for a client only to discover with some considerable shock that Mr. Jon Arnold, latterly worldwide director of Utilities for Microsoft, had sadly passed away on May 14th, 2015. I first met...
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