A couple of decades ago, locked in mortal combat with another vendor in the early gas marketing, then power marketing, and then risk management software market, there were any number of terms around to describe the emerging CTRM software category. Energy Trading and Transaction Management (ETTM) was the...
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I think I probably write this article about once a year and always get a couple of people inquiring – “Is it us?”. Funnily enough, those that do the inquiring are often the best at responding and the most efficient software marketers too! It’s CTRM Sourcebook time and...
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I visited with Sameer Soleja, head of Molecule Software, this week to get an update on their recent developments and get a look at the latest generation of their product. As I’ve noted in the past writings about the company, Sameer and his team do pride themselves on...
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I thought about it – really! Should I try telling the head of IT procurement at Deer Energy that I wasn’t going to leave the building till he’d signed a letter of intent? After all, several years previously I had witnessed a successful sale (admittedly on an American...
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From time to time, Comtech welcomes other writers to the blog at CTRMCenter. Gary Craze is already an ad hoc contributor for example. We are happy to report that industry veteran David Calmonson will also be supplying a number of blog articles to the site drawing upon his...
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I often have to field the question regarding ETRM software for European power and related commodities. What is the best commercial solution? The answer isn’t easy. European power markets have developed over time primarily as regional markets within countries or areas like the Nordics. As each market evolved...
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Commodity Technology Advisory (ComTech) has been tracking the rise of ETRM solutions delivered in the cloud over many years. While the potential benefits and cost savings associated with ETRM in the cloud have always appeared to be robust, uptake across the industry has proven to be quite slow...
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The commodity business has always been fraught with complexity, but under increasing scrutiny from legislators, regulators, consumers, and therefore auditors, that complexity is growing steadily and inexorably. One significant challenge in which complexity is increasing, is the need to track commodities, consumables, and fuels, from source to market....
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Dr. Michael Kirch: Mark Higgins and Kirat Singh founded Beacon in 2014 to create a modern collaborative technology environment in the world of institutional finance. Historically, financial institutions and vendors have built closed proprietary technology to solve specific business problems. At Goldman, JPM and BAML, Mark and Kirat...
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Commodity Technology Advisory visits with Dr. Markus Seiser, COO of FIS‘ Energy Solutions to get his insights on the recently completed study examining the impact of low energy prices on the use, utility and value of ETRM solutions....
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