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Utilidex Aims to Break The Paradigm

A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to get an update from UK-based vendor Utilidex via Mike McCloskey, Director and Co-founder of the company. Utilidex provides an integrated software product for bill validation, procurement and finance called the Utilidex Energy Hub – now in version 2.0. While...
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ComTech Advisory – 3 Years and Counting

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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Ideology and Markets

I have been following with interest the vote in Switzerland on the motion of banning ‘speculation’ on food. The result was a defeat for the motion and a vote of approximately 60:40 against the motion which was put forward by the Young Socialists who sought curb dramatic price...
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Discovering New Vendors

ComTech is tracking around 90 vendors that have solutions in the ETRM and CTRM space and this number isn’t getting any smaller. Last week at E-World, we ‘discovered’ a new ETRM vendor (new to us anyway) called VisoTech. During the same week, we were contacted by a small...
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Updated CTRM Consultants and SI’s list/directory is now available

We have posted our newly updated list of CTRM consultants and systems integrators.  This new list includes the addition of several firms since the last version.  We are now also accepting in-listing ads in order to support the maintenance and publication of the information.  The new list/directory can...
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An update on the FIS acquisition of SunGard

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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An update on the FIS acquisition of SunGard

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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Visiting with InstaNext

I had a briefing this week with InstaNext, a US-based provider of tech solutions for companies that trade, procure, produce or transform commodities. The company, in business about 3 years, has grown relatively quickly and includes in among their client roster a number of oil and gas producers,...
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CTRM Announced Deal Data 2015 – Analysis

Knowing that only a few E/CTRM software license deals ever get publicized, analysis of disclosed licensing data might well be an exercise in futility. Nonetheless, the analyst in me finds it to be of interest. Yesterday, I updated the announced deal data that ComTech maintains and spotted several...
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Dycotrade Growing Strongly

Ouko Reitsema believes that Dycotrade’s success in the market at the moment is due to happy customers and successful implementations. Just back from a US trip where he says demand for Dycotrade solutions has never been higher, he reels of a list of active opportunities on both sides...
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