I met up with Trip Ray, COO of TradeCapture, for lunch yesterday. As you may know, TradeCapture has focused on providing ETRM products primarily for crude trading, but also provides coverage for most bulk traded energy commodities, including coal and crude products. They have also produced a number of tools for exchanged based […]

UtiliPoint IssueAlert Sept 24, 2007
By: Jon Brock and Patrick Reames
Ventyx Broadens its Reach - Acquires NewEnergy Associates
As our readers may know, Ventyx was formed in January 2007 through the merger of Indus and MDSI, backed by venture company Vista Equity Partners. The combination brought together Indus’ service delivery management solutions with MDSI’s mobile […]

As I am apt to do occasionally, I’m venturing outside of the ETRM space with this one…
This video is striking for many reasons. One of the most personal for me is that this gentleman is just about my age. I’m going to go home and give my daughter an extra hug tonight.

A kind reader passed me a note that reminded me that I had not yet posted an article about Ventyx’s acquisition of NEA. I must plead temporary distraction on this one…
I am actually working on an Issue Alert due out the first of next week covering this acquisition in some detail. I will […]

We just finished up our 2007 UtiliPoint Client Conference, this year held in beautiful Santa Fe NM. Based on attendance numbers and early feedback, I’d have to say that it went better than we had even hoped! Everyone I spoke to felt that a lot of valuable information was exchanged and that the […]

Triple Point Technologies announced this week that they have acquired the software producer CoralGrid Software located in India. CoralGrid is (admittedly unknown to me) one of the premiere gold bullion trading systems. Their client base includes financial institutions such as ABN Amro Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered […]

SunGard Energy has announced a new customer for their ZaiNet product: SmartestEnergy in the UK, “a leading purchaser of electricity produced by independent power generators in the UK”. The company says they purchased ZaiNet to “help manage real-time energy trading and risk activities on behalf of its clients”. Apparently this sale is a […]