Recently, I spoke with Harshad Kolpyakwar, Head of Product Management for Energy at FIS, who shared some interesting updates regarding the ongoing technical improvements in installation and upgrade processes, as well as other developments. The installation of the FIS Energy Trading, Risk, and Logistics platform, which used to be a lengthy and cumbersome process in the past, can now be completed in just a few days. In fact, technical upgrades can be done in mere minutes. These improvements constitute significant progress, Harshad reported.” In particular, we leverage the FIS Universal Framework “UDF” which allow the creation of all the necessary Azure Infrastructure in an automated way, followed by a “Deployment As Code” which not only makes the deployment of software more automated but also helps with the tracking of all configurations which end up operational benefit.” – Harshad said. Furthermore, FIS continues to promote cloud deployments and now offer customers a Migration path from Oracle to Postgres which helps to bring customers into the latest technology offerings at a very competitive price, he added. Harshad was proud to report, that in 2024 Gen AI has become part of the day to day work at FIS. The energy team is currently… continue reading